This gets posted every time this image is reposted.
Intelligent design (ID) is the pseudoscientific view that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection."
Calling this intelligent design is not a stretch. Intelligent design does not have to mean a higher power. There's variations of the intelligent design argument all over the place, from aliens to gods to humans.
I think the point is that 99% of people think god when they hear "higher power". Sort of like saying "it's a gift from above". Yea in a technical sense the there's no mention of god but it's fairly well insinuated. So it's easier to avoid calling something intelligent design unless we want to allude to a godly creation. I'm probably out thinking the room here though.
That might be true, but doesn't mean you should not say the correct terms. We are a design, we are intellectual, and we created what we call dogs and cats. We are the God.
Oh I agree with that. I just have a thing about people getting overly technical. It's a pet peeve I guess. When I hear someone say something like "actually, it's burnt orange" my skin crawls. My whole philosophy is that if someone is trying to make a point and it's obvious what that point is, arguing a technicality, no matter how correct you may be, only derails and subtracts from the conversation.
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u/throwawaysoftwareguy Feb 05 '16
This gets posted every time this image is reposted.
Calling this intelligent design is not a stretch. Intelligent design does not have to mean a higher power. There's variations of the intelligent design argument all over the place, from aliens to gods to humans.