Jun 30 2008
Bye-bye Intelligent Design
In a couple days I’m taking a long flight to a point known in name but not in personal experience. Today I printed out a series of articles I plan on reading and critiquing during the overnight flight: Does Science Make Belief in God Obsolete?
One thing I can predict is that science will make the belief in an Intelligent Designer obsolete. What does this designer do but fill in gaps, or just “squat” in them, until they become too narrow to fit a gawd? No, it may not happen for a few decades, but the pace and quality of the evidence in support of evolutionary theory grows each day. It will eventually bury such vacuous notions as Intelligent Design as sure as telescopes and astronomy killed serious belief in a flat earth and an earth-centered universe.
One example: In today’s postings at Science Daily you will find an article titled, Lyme Disease Bacterium Came From Europe Before Ice Age. Here’s a brief taste:
The bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, originated in America, or so researchers thought. Now, however, a team from the University of Bath has shown that this bug in fact came from Europe, originating from before the Ice Age.
Every day, every single gawd-darning day, researchers are discovering the real-world mechanisms that explain how life became the way it is.
Will science completely kill “God”? I doubt it. There are still a few nutcases who believe the earth is flat. But, practically speaking, Gawd has already lost both his arms and one leg. It’s only a matter of time . . .
