johncwright: Intelligent Design

Wright has posted an interesting point in the argument for Intelligent design. In that he claims to now be a Deist (he used to be a self-proclaimed atheist), I think his main purpose is to highlight what he sees to be a fault in the Intelligent design argument. It’s not so much an attempt to break the argument as to point out a weak point that must be addressed.

I don’t think he emphasized enough that this point cuts both ways. If you can’t provide a leaf that is factually known to not have been made by God (is completely natural, if you will), then there is an issue with proving that any other leaf was not made by God. It’s a problem with both arguments and, at least in my mind, hurts both the same amount.

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