[Tribune7]

"And that all life can be explained by random mutations and natural selection. This is the conclusion that can be logically drawn from the enormous amounts of evidence available.

This is the conclusion that can't be logically drawn be must be emoitionally maintained by enormous amounts of speculation.

ID does not even threaten evolution per se. It does threaten atheism -- a philosophy which should never be taken seriously, right?

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"ID does not even threaten evolution per se. It does threaten atheism -- a philosophy which should never be taken seriously, right?"

But I thought ID wasn't about religion or God; you're not saying they were lying are you? lol

[b_sharp]

"ID does not even threaten evolution per se. It does threaten atheism -- a philosophy which should never be taken seriously, right?

Why would it threaten atheism? Are you assuming that the designer is God? I thought ID didn't presuppose the designer?

If aliens contributed to our DNA, so be it. That isn't why I don't like the current incarnation of ID. I don't like it because there is no way for it to reliably differentiate between designed and natural, therefore is not science, and because the proponents of ID want to screw science up so that nothing could ever be tested.