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Because Intelligent Design is quite similar to Darwinian evolution (the theory of evolution as originally proposed by [[Charles Darwin]], it is useful to look at his view and contrast the areas where Intelligent Design differs. |
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<h2>How scientists generally view ID</h2> |
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The Darwinian view of [[evolution]] is based on two premises. Variations occur in the genetic makeup of organisms, and through the process of [[Natural selection]], the most fit of those variations survive while the others die out. |
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Intelligent Design accepts much of the |
Intelligent Design accepts much of the Darwinian theory, but differs in one crucial aspect -- the role of God in causing the variations. |
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It accepts that fact that there has been evolution, i.e., species have changed and diverged over time from earlier forms of life to the forms which exist today. It accepts that there is [[speciation]], the creation of more than one species out of a single species. It accepts the [[fossil record]] as an accurate representation of the history of the evolution of species, and accepts that analysis of the fossil record gives accurate and useful results. It accepts that there is a process of [[natural selection]], and it accepts the scientific view of how it works |
It accepts that fact that there has been evolution, i.e., species have changed and diverged over time from earlier forms of life to the forms which exist today. It accepts that there is [[speciation]], the creation of more than one species out of a single species. It accepts the [[fossil record]] as an accurate representation of the history of the evolution of species, and accepts that analysis of the fossil record gives accurate and useful results. It accepts that there is a process of [[natural selection]], and it accepts the scientific view of how it works. |
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Where it departs from the commonly accepted biological view is in the belief that the variations which are subsequently acted upon by Natural Selection are not random, but guided by the hand of God. |
Where it departs from the commonly accepted biological view is in the belief that the variations which are subsequently acted upon by Natural Selection are not random, but guided by the hand of God. Once the variation has been caused due to deliberate acts of God, the survival or [[extinction]] of a newly arisen species is believed to then be subject to natural selection. |
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In the scientific view, these variations are random and usually small. In the Intelligent Design viewpoint, these small, random variations exist but are not the explanation for speciation. Instead, speciation occurs when God steps in and causes the variation to occur. |
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Revision as of 01:02, 1 December 2001
Intelligent design is a theory of evolution which asserts that God guided and continues to guide the process of evolution, on the grounds that some differences between species are too complex to have come about without having been designed.
Because Intelligent Design is quite similar to Darwinian evolution (the theory of evolution as originally proposed by Charles Darwin, it is useful to look at his view and contrast the areas where Intelligent Design differs.
The Darwinian view of evolution is based on two premises. Variations occur in the genetic makeup of organisms, and through the process of Natural selection, the most fit of those variations survive while the others die out.
Intelligent Design accepts much of the Darwinian theory, but differs in one crucial aspect -- the role of God in causing the variations.
It accepts that fact that there has been evolution, i.e., species have changed and diverged over time from earlier forms of life to the forms which exist today. It accepts that there is speciation, the creation of more than one species out of a single species. It accepts the fossil record as an accurate representation of the history of the evolution of species, and accepts that analysis of the fossil record gives accurate and useful results. It accepts that there is a process of natural selection, and it accepts the scientific view of how it works.
Where it departs from the commonly accepted biological view is in the belief that the variations which are subsequently acted upon by Natural Selection are not random, but guided by the hand of God. Once the variation has been caused due to deliberate acts of God, the survival or extinction of a newly arisen species is believed to then be subject to natural selection.
In the scientific view, these variations are random and usually small. In the Intelligent Design viewpoint, these small, random variations exist but are not the explanation for speciation. Instead, speciation occurs when God steps in and causes the variation to occur.
Unlike Darwinian evolution, which says new species arise due to various random forces which Darwin did not attempt to explain but which modern science attributes to DNA transcription errors, chemicals, or radiation, ID propenents argue that new species arise only (or chiefly) by an intelligent force.
They point to complex biological structures such as the eye, saying that such structures could not have possibly have developed due purely to random chance. Symbiotic relationships, such as plants who can only be pollinated by a specific species of insect, which in turn can only reproduce by using the plant, could not have arisen -- a typical chicken-and-egg problem.
Adherents of ID consider their idea that God causes speciation a viable scientific hypothesis. Scientists generally consider it unscientific, because it is not falsifiable and so merely a philosophical or religious idea outside the realm of science.
These ideas distinguish ID from Sudden Creationism, which denies completely the existence of evolution.