Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language

This compact guide lays out the basics of Intelligent Design, popularly known as ID. William Dembski, the dean of the intelligent-design movement, and Sean McDowell especially target readers whose understanding may have been confused by educational bias and one-sided arguments and attacks.

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Commonsense and no-nonsense, with pointed examples, the authors explain

the central theories of ID, showing why the presence of informationand meaningful complexityrequire the involvement of intelligence

why ID adheres to the scientific method and is a valid field of scientific inquiry

why scientific evidence increasingly conflicts with evolutionary theories

how bothevolutionary theory and ID have religious/philosophical underpinnings, and why this causes so much controversy

how bothsystems of thought have radical implications for our culture—and what readers can do about it

Clarifying crucial issues, this key resource gives nonspecialists a solid grasp of one of today's foundational religious-scientific-cultural concepts.

Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 240 pages

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