Monthly Gathering—February 2003
Is Intelligent Design Intelligent Design?
Creationism is no longer the simple notion it once was taken to be. Its new advocates have become more sophisticated in how they present their views, speaking of “intelligent design” rather than “creation science” and aiming their arguments against the naturalistic philosophical method that underlies science, proposing to replace it with a “theistic science.” The creationism controversy is not just about the status of Darwinian evolution—it is a clash of religious and philosophical worldviews, for a common underlying fear among Creationists is that evolution undermines both the basis of morality as they understand it and the possibility of purpose in life.
This is a topic that has fueled many a debate, including several in the pages of the Mensa Bulletin. No matter which side of this question you may support, you won’t want to miss our next monthly gathering, when Robert T. Pennock, author of Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism will present his views on the subject of intelligent design. Pennock is associate professor of science and technology studies in the Lyman Briggs School and associate professor of philosophy in the Philosophy Department, both at Michigan State University.
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