•    Darwin’s theory of evolution had three major components: that variation occurred randomly among members of a species, that an individual’s traits could be inherited by its progeny, and that the struggle for existence would allow only those with favorable traits to survive. Although many of his ideas have been borne out by modern science, Darwin didn’t get everything right: traces of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s outdated theory of evolution remained in Darwin’s own. He also could not correctly establish how traits were inherited, which wasn’t clarified until the rediscovery of Gregor Mendel’s work with peas was used.
  • SED TO VERIFY DARWIN’S THEORY).
 
  • The ID theory needs to be a part of the 164-year-old evolution. THEORY,
  • Scientific discoveries in cosmology support the Christian worldview.
  • Intelligent design, or intelligent design (ID), is a pseudoscientific argument that asserts certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, rather than by undirected natural processes like natural selectionID proponents argue that complex biological structures, such as irreducibly complex systems or the specified information in DNA, point to a designer. However, the mainstream scientific community rejects ID as a scientific theory because it is not testable, falsifiable, and cannot generate specific predictions that could confirm or refute its claims. Critics, including the scientific consensus and courts, view it as creationism. 
  • Claim of Design:
  1. Proponents suggest that the intricate complexity and order in nature, including biological systems and the universe’s physical architecture, are too improbable to have arisen by chance and therefore indicate a purposeful designer. 
  • Irreducible Complexity:
  • A central concept in ID is “irreducible complexity,” the idea that some biological systems are so complex that all of their parts must be present for the system to function, meaning they could not have evolved gradually. 
  • Specified Complexity:
  • Proponents also point to the vast amount of “specified complexity” and digital information in DNA as evidence of design, likening it to computer code produced by intelligence. 
  • Challenge to Evolution:
  • ID primarily aims to challenge the sufficiency of Darwinian evolution to explain the origin of life and its diversity. 
  • …some frustrated scientists are resorting to much more far-out—literally—speculation…that aliens came to Earth in a spaceship and planted the seeds of life here billions of years ago. This notion is called directed panspermia.
  • Why Intelligent Design is Not Considered Scientific
  • Unscientific Methodology,
  • Unlike scientific theories, ID does not generate specific expectations about observations that could support or refute its basic premises, making it untestable. 
  • Lack of falsifiability:
  • An essential criterion for a scientific theory is that it must be falsifiable, meaning there must be potential observations that could prove it wrong. ID fails this test because it does not specify what the designer is or how the designer operates. 
  • Not in Peer-Reviewed Literature:
    Despite claims to the contrary, ID lacks support in the peer-reviewed scientific literature. 
    Criticism and Legal Rulings
  • Pseudoscientific Argument:
  • The scientific community largely considers ID to be a pseudoscientific argument rather than a scientific theory. 
  • Reincarnation of Creationism:
  • Critics argue that ID is a repackaged form of creationism, aimed at circumventing court prohibitions against teaching religious doctrine in public schools. 
  • Court Rulings:
  • A significant legal precedent was set in the 2005 case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, where a federal court ruled that intelligent design is not science but a form of religious belief. 
  • For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the last rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.
  • Examples of purported evidence for intelligent design (ID) include the complexity of the bacterial flagellum, the human immune system, and the structure of DNA, which ID proponents argue are irreducibly complex and could not have developed through natural processes but point to a designer. Other examples cited are the complex life cycles of organisms like the butterfly, the fine-tuning of the universe’s physical constants, and the human eye. 
  • The intelligent design theory completes Darwin’s 164-year-old theory.