Here is what I find funny, and exemplary of the dogmatism of the Darwinists.
If you begin with an assumption of design, much in the same manner Darwinists begin with an assumption of ignorant chance, it becomes pretty easy to make a case for design, common sense arrives at that conclusion naturally. Things appear designed, biological organisms react in an intelligent manner...biological organisms try to survive, most people see that as intelligent. The mechanics of biological organisms are predictable, we have learned lots about them via observation and scientific inquiry, which allows to be able to predict more and more with greater accuracy of what happens. We have gone from beliefs of random "spirits" causing sickness, to understanding of germs causing sickness. We see cause and effect everywhere we look...but somehow, in this one area of Darwinism...we have been led to believe that effect is there, but no cause, no pattern, no plan, and the existence of this situation of no cause, no pattern, no plan itself is just an accident. Not so accidentally of course, they are able to understand it though, right? An accidental existence understanding accidental existence, LOL!
So when ID proponents suggest that life is by design, the non IDers get huffy and essentially say "Produce the designer!" as proof of design. "Give us evidence."
Of course the evidence must meet the level of intelligence and development of the non IDers. So, that would require a designer to bring himself down to the level of non IDers, and communicate such that they would believe that he is actually the Designer, and is responsible for the design.
Uhhh, how would this be possible?
Imagine 3,000 years ago, someone came across a book by Einstein, that had been transported back in time.
Would those people understand it? Firstly, they could not even read it. Wrong language.
If they could somehow read the language, would they understand what Einstein was saying?
Not bloody likely.
Were Einstein's theories more or less true or false back then?
LOL!
Think about the intelligence disparity between the people 3,000 years ago and today. Pretty big. However, compare the level of today to some intelligence that would have planned life itself? The gap between 3,000 years ago and today is incremental, the gap between man today and a designer of man? Unmeasurable.
So how could they possible understand and have evidence of design, unless they themselves could rise to the same level of a designer?
So, the so called scientists would expect that they could understand the language of a designer, the thinking of a designer, the planning of a designer...of life itself?
Shoot, people can't even understand why they do the things they do, how their own brain works, where thoughts come from, why their thoughts come they way they do etc...but they are going to understand the designer of a human brain?
Laughable...
So, why is it then, that scientists make up this theory of ignorant chance, with no way to verify it or rule out design or designer (can't even come up with a test for design or designer), get to decide what unprovable foundation to build a theory on, then declare that ignorant chance is right, and ID is wrong...without every having to prove it to be so?
Because the masses have been hoodwinked...
When what is presented as science conflicts with common sense, they tell the common man he is wrong, and that they are right. Those who stand up and ask why the emperor has no clothes are derided and ridiculed for daring to question.
Hmmm, sounds very much like the Catholic Church of the past...
Why there is no inquiry, no critical thinking applied, a dogged defense of a theory which has no way to verify its underlying premise, a fearful attack of alternative ideas and theories is proof enough of the level of dogmatism and fear that is underlying the position of the atheists who are terrified to seriously question the concept of ignorant chance.
