Sentences with phrase «intelligent design theories»

My argument was based neither on theology nor modern science nor «intelligent design theory.»

Thus far, intelligent design theory has eliminated (falsified) all extraterrestrial examples of radio waves monitored as being the product of intelligent design

Proponents of «intelligent design theory» refuse to answer such questions, because it is rhetorically advantageous for them to take a purely negative position in which they criticize Darwinian theory without defending a positive theory of their own.

The posters were a mock - up of Michelangelo's famous «Creation of Adam» fresco from the Sistine Chapel but with the character of God replaced with the satirical deity the «Flying Spaghetti Monster», which is typically used to parody intelligent design theory.

The flying spaghetti monster is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a parody religion often used by atheists to critique intelligent design theory.

Not exact matches

When one fires a» scientist» who advocates intelligent design from a job involving scientific theories and methodology, this is not discrimination.

As for his theories about intelligent design.

No, intelligent design is not a valid theory.

So it rightly criticises creationism and «intelligent design», yet it rarely challenges the mystifications of deep environmentalist thinking, such as Gaia theory, or the numerous varieties of Eastern mysticism that are so fashionable in Hollywood.

Leonard Susskind in his interview with New Scientist concerning his book, The Cosmic Landscape: String theory and the illusion of intelligent design.

Unfortunately, the minority voice in the communitiy tends to be incredibly vocal and, at times, hostile in the sole attempt to delude the general public into thinking that, if one is a scientist or intelligent, one does not believe in a God or subscribe to intellingent design theories.

If there was any proof to even prop up intelligent design as a legitamite scientific theory, then it would be out there for the public to see.

One of those theories is intelligent design.

Stein focuses on scientists and professors who have been fired, denied tenure, and passed over for grants for suggesting intelligent design as a plausible theory.

Should intelligent design be presented as a plausible theory in secular classrooms?

He has some theories against intelligent design that I don't agree with.

I think life forming as the result of intelligent design is a perfectly rational scientific theory.

Neither creation nor intelligent design are scientific theories, they are religious beliefs.

Fairly typical is this quote from Stephen Meyer's Darwin's Doubt: «Though many biologists now acknowledge serious deficiencies in current strictly materialistic theories of evolution, they resist considering alternatives that involve intelligent guidance, direction, or design.»

I only ask that this counsel apply just as much to contemporary advocates of Darwinian theory as it does to proponents of intelligent design.

They claim that scientific theories that ascribe the great role to chance and random events in the evolutionary processes should be replaced, or supplemented, by theories acknowledging the thread of intelligent design in the universe.

For the past decade, we have had the scientific proponents of «intelligent design» sometimes frontally challenging and at other times offering significant modifications of the theory of evolution.

The defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy raise the alarm at any suggestion of intelligent design or purpose, thereby implicitly endorsing a narrowly dogmatic version of evolutionary theory.

Proponents of «intelligent design» and other approaches, who are frequently well - certified scientists, contend that their theories possess greater explanatory power.

This is made clear by the definition of its very proponents: «the theory of intelligent design (ID) holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection.

It is important to clarify, before proceeding, that a theory of «intelligent design» can be parsed in two different ways.

The theory can also mean that a divine being intervenes to micromanage or introduce specific designs into a world that would otherwise fail to achieve key steps of progress — as if to say: you've got a bicycle, but some intelligent intervention is required to turn it into a motorcycle, since this won't happen automatically; or, you've got a light - sensitive spot, but an external operation of considerable dexterity is required to transform this into a functional eye.

It's kind of telling that the same people who are against gay marriage are also for teaching intelligent design in schools as an accepted scientific theory.

Everything around you shows proof of intelligent design, while atheists holds on to these empty theories.

We do not hold to an «intelligent design» theory in which God designs each entity separately and extrinsically.

Benedict favours intelligent design, which says God directs the process of evolution, over Charles Darwin's original theory which holds that species evolve through the random, unplanned processes of genetic mutation and the survival of the fittest.

He has removed Father George Coyne from his position as director of the Vatican Observatory afterthe American Jesuit priest repeatedly contradicted the Holy See's endorsement of «intelligent design'theory, which essentially backs the «Adam and Eve» theory of creation.

For «intelligent design» to be a viable theory, there'd have to be a method to test for it.

According to evolutionary theory, the way something exists in nature is simply a consequence of the constraints imposed by the environment and the organisms resources for adaptation - not some ideal or optimal design imagined by an intelligent creator.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has responded today to the findings of a survey finding 54 % Briton's agreed with the view that «Evolutionary theories should be taught in science lessons in schools together with other possible perspectives, such as intelligent design and creationism.»

48 % of people in Britain thought the theory of evolution best described their view, 17 % thought intelligent design best described their view and, startlingly, 22 % of British people thought creationism best described their view.

A decade ago, it designed lesson plans for teachers that focused on weaknesses in evolutionary theory and presented «intelligent design» as a scientific alternative.

Instead, they championed what they called an alternative theory of evolution — a hypothesis known as intelligent design.

«There's an unease from some quarters that you will give ammunition to the creationists and intelligent design people — that they'll say, «Ah, this shows flaws in Darwinian theory,»» he says.

Creationism ranges from biblical literalism to «intelligent design,» which disputes natural selection theory.

The decision came in a civil suit brought by the parents of 11 Dover students after the school board passed a resolution in October 2004 declaring that «students will be made aware of gaps and problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design» (ScienceNOW, 27 September).

On evolution: intelligent design is «a legitimate scientific theory that should be taught in science class».

It's interesting that you assert that the Avida software program proves the theory of evolution when, in fact, it does more to prove the theory of intelligent design.

McCarter, who also serves as a trustee of the University of Chicago, has emerged as one of the leading critics of the intelligent design movement and an outspoken proponent of teaching modern evolutionary theory to all students.

Why do you think anyone listens to the people pushing intelligent design as an alternative to evolutionary theory?

Organizations like the Institute for Creation Research and Answers in Genesis are promoting the theory of intelligent design.

As the 2005 school year got underway, a new requirement in a Pennsylvania public school district mandated that all 9th - grade biology students listen to a statement questioning the validity of evolutionary theory and promoting intelligent design.

And then you get down [to] the detail and then it gets complicated, and I felt actually the intelligent design was trying to sort of like sniggle into some sort of complicated areas where no one would understand what they were saying and come out of it with some sort of a theory that did not make any sense.

David Coppedge - a former lead systems administrator on the Cassini Mission to Saturn who worked at JPL for 15 years - filed a lawsuit in 2009 against the agency claiming he was demoted, and then eventually fired, because of his Christian beliefs and in retaliation for discussing the theory of intelligent design at the NASA facility in La Cañada Flintridge.

Sixty - three percent of physicians believe that the theory of evolution is more correct than belief in intelligent design, according to a recent poll, though the responses vary significantly by religion.