{"id":3628,"date":"2008-07-01T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/07\/intelligent-design-is-pure-science\/"},"modified":"2008-07-01T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T12:51:00","slug":"intelligent-design-is-pure-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/07\/intelligent-design-is-pure-science.html","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Design Is Pure Science&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51c2utvvUaL._SS500_.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51c2utvvUaL._SS500_.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\u201cIntelligent Design is pure science\u201d has been the claim of the movement associated with this name from the outset. And now you can read about it in a brand new book that <a href=\"http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/understanding-intelligent-design.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">explains<\/a> what Intelligent Design is. The foreword to the book is written by a <a href=\"http:\/\/debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/did-josh-mcdowell-lie.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">well-known<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommondescent.com\/intelligent-design\/understanding-intelligent-design-now-available-at-amazoncom\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">conservative Christian apologist<\/a> (and one of the authors is that famous apologist\u2019s son).<\/p>\n<p>Hey, wait a minute\u2026How are we supposed to parody this viewpoint when the reality sounds like a joke?!<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, John Pieret has a better <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/whispers.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">explanation of what Intelligent Design is<\/a> (or <em>why<\/em> it is).<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the blogosphere, NT Wrong has an <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/01\/giberson-saving-darwin\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">interview with the author of <em>Saving Darwin<\/em><\/a> (also <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/WishingDoesntMakeItSo\/~3\/323720540\/here-something-to-tide-you-over.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>) and statistics on <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/29\/republicans-are-creationists\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Republicans and creationism<\/a>. Open Parachute has posts on \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/openparachute.wordpress.com\/2008\/07\/02\/i-didnt-come-from-a-monkey\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I didn\u2019t come from a monkey<\/a>\u201d (OK, maybe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/channel\/life\/dn14231-counting-monkeys-tick-off-yet-another-human-ability.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">monkeys that can count<\/a>) and whether <a href=\"http:\/\/openparachute.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/30\/most-americans-do-accept-evolution\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">most Americans are persuaded by the evidence for evolution<\/a>. The Evolution of Mystery has a <a href=\"http:\/\/evolutionmystery.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/scary-poll-from-gallup.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">scary Gallup poll<\/a> and Bob Cornwall has <a href=\"http:\/\/pastorbobcornwall.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/ive-not-had-chance-to-read-through-or.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more Pew findings<\/a>. Pisteuomen looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Pisteuomen-TheWeblogOfTMichaelWHalcomb\/~3\/324042173\/thinking-about-genesis-1-and-2-genesis.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Genesis creation stories as parody<\/a>. The Center for Progressive Christianity has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/news\/item.cfm?news_id=240\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">news<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/review\/review.cfm?review_id=157\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">book reviews<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpc.org\/library\/article.cfm?library_id=510\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sermons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mystical Seeker has several interesting posts on subjects like \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/why-religion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Religion?<\/a>\u201d and <a href=\"http:\/\/mysticalseeker.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/re-thinking-christianity.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Keith Ward\u2019s book <em>Rethinking Christianity<\/em><\/a>. Biology in Science Fiction has <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/robert-sawyer-on-relevence-of-science.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robert Sawyer on the relevance of sci fi<\/a> for today. Metanexus has several posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/metanexus.net\/magazine\/tabid\/68\/id\/10545\/Default.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cybernetics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/metanexus.net\/magazine\/tabid\/68\/id\/10547\/Default.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">transhumanism<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/metanexus.net\/magazine\/tabid\/68\/id\/10546\/Default.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the posthuman future<\/a>. Blogging Faith has a post on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2008\/07\/as_campaign_issue_heaven_can_w_1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">politicians\u2019 beliefs about salvation<\/a>. And at long last, Codex has the <a href=\"http:\/\/biblical-studies.ca\/blog\/wp\/2008\/06\/30\/biblical-studies-carnival-xxx\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">XXX Biblical Studies Blog Carnival<\/a>. That should get a few hits from people looking for something else\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-361948763910832305?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIntelligent Design is pure science\u201d has been the claim of the movement associated with this name from the outset. 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