"Would someone care to post the `` Cliff Notes `` of ID theory ? The entire theory seems like a non-sequitor to me , at least as presented by our friendly neighborhood ID peddler . In essence , it seems as though the central claim is that nothing `` intelligent `` and no `` information `` can be be created except by a creator , and that the world as we know it could not exist without this information . Further to that , the complexity and `` order `` of the universe is evidence of the work of an intelligent designer . Is that fair enough ? So if nothing intelligent and no information can be created , how did the creator get created ? That 's step one , IMHO , and it would seem to me it all falls apart right there , but I 'm assuming I 'll get some kind of an `` always there `` or other such supernatural explanation . A luxury never afforded to the `` scientist `` side of the debate . As far as `` information `` ( I really do n't like that word anymore ) and complexity are concerned , it comes down to the available scientific explanations vs. `` you 're wrong , the creator did it `` in various forms . In other words , it essentially boils down to an entirely philosophical debate as from what I 've seen so far , it ca n't really be argued on a purely scientific level . Further to that , it would seem to me to be a very tenous position to hold to agree that micro evolution and perhaps speciation can occur , and that the world functions as it does because of `` intelligent design `` , and yet profess belief in a 6000 year old earth . In other words , I ca n't see ID theory , which seems to me to be essentially a form of theistic evolution , being compatible with Young Earth Creationism , or for that matter , with any form of literal Creationism . I look forward to be edumacated on the subject . Waxy"
"The I.D . in a nut shell We do n't know how 'XYZ ' could occur naturally . Therefore it was designed by someone .. and of course , that someone is god ."
"Would someone care to post the `` Cliff Notes `` of ID theory ? The entire theory seems like a non-sequitor to me , at least as presented by our friendly neighborhood ID peddler . In essence , it seems as though the central claim is that nothing `` intelligent `` and no `` information `` can be be created except by a creator , and that the world as we know it could not exist without this information ."
"The I.D . in a nut shell We do n't know how 'XYZ ' could occur naturally . Therefore it was designed by someone .. and of course , that someone is god"