[narby]

I'm just reading through the thread, following the discussion, and noticing a few (unprovoked) Christian-bashings.

Is ID a Christian belief?

I was under the assumption that we were talking about "science" here. Unlike many people here, I find no conflict with Christianity and Evolution. And I find it odd that people who would otherwise claim that God is omnipotent, would also claim that He could not create the process of evolution.

[Psalm 73]

I was under the assumption that we were talking about "science"...And I find it odd that people who would otherwise claim that God is omnipotent, would also claim that He could not create the process of evolution.

"...insist on bringing up stupid things like ID."
"That guy had a brain. I guess that threatens the religious crowd here..."

I was talking about comments like the above.
And if you believe in an omnipotent God, who could have "kicked off" evolution, could He not have likewise created as Genesis (and John 1:1) implies?
Once you admit to the reality of a Supreme Being, then there is no need to explain Him away using "pure science".
Evolution - an interesting theory.

[r9etb]

Is ID a Christian belief?

Christians certainly subscribe to some version of design, though it's not necessary for them to subscribe to ID as the specific mechanism.

I was under the assumption that we were talking about "science" here.

We are, sort of. As I see it, the question in play is whether "science," or more properly, the people conducting science, are behaving "scientifically" when they automatically (and often scornfully) rule out the possibility of God having a role in physical phenomena.

Unlike many people here, I find no conflict with Christianity and Evolution. And I find it odd that people who would otherwise claim that God is omnipotent, would also claim that He could not create the process of evolution.

Personally I don't worry too much about it. My belief in God doesn't hinge on the truth or falsity of evolution, which is, after all, no more than a possible mechanism for the expression of God's will.

From what I can tell, some of the Christians inhabiting these threads see it otherwise: that if evolution is true, then God does not exist. Ironically, by taking that position the anti-evolution Christians place themselves in full agreement with the "atheist evolutionists," such as those on this thread -- which suggests that those Christians don't even "have faith as small as a mustard seed."

[RickyJ]

If you are foolish enough to believe in evolution despite the fact there is NOT ONE SHREAD OF EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP, then you are foolish enough to FALL for anything.

[Quila]

Is ID a Christian belief?

I don't see anybody but Christians pushing it. No, that's a bit too broad: I don't see anybody but American Christians pushing it. My religious German friends are clueless about it.