The Intelligent Design Controversy: Concepts of God or Form (Part I)
H. Allen Orr Devolution stated that Darwin’s theory of evolution aimed to explain the complex features of living things like beaks and brains without the aid of a designing mind. In the Theory of Evolution, Darwin claimed that evolution is a product of random mutation and natural selection. The random mutation is responsible for the slight improvement of the function of some organ of an organism. The improved version of the organism then becomes more common in the succeeding generations. This process is called natural selection. Over time this process of repeated improvement or mutation could lead to the creation of a better organism that looks as if they were designed. This is the essence of Theory of Evolution as developed by Darwin.
On the other side of the coin, Intelligent Design theory makes use of the basic thought that the complexity of nature’s “design” that operates for complex purposes indicates the existence of a purposeful natural or supernatural designer/creator. Hence, what we refer to as God.
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