God Must Be Proud

What has always concerned me about the proponents of intelligent design has been their unmitigated arrogance and their contempt for God. Intelligent design turns God from the the Creator of the universe, into a garage level tinkerer. It takes the infinite and subtle God who creates the entire universe in a single moment, the Big Bang, and turns him into a bumbler who couldn't get the eye right the first time.

Scientific American has a great, extended review of the ruling in the Dover case. Here is an example:

"Both Defendants and many of the leading proponents of ID make a bedrock assumption which is utterly false. Their presupposition is that evolutionary theory is antithetical to a belief in the existence of a supreme being and to religion in general. Repeatedly in this trial, Plaintiffs' scientific experts testified that the theory of evolution represents good science, is overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community, and that it in no way conflicts with, nor does it deny, the existence of a divine creator."

My God doesn't worry about Darwin, he probably has him over for dinner once a week.