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The direct consequence of the insufficiency of a purely natural explanation
In a speech to the Anti-Defamation League, Jones said that "had I decided the Dover matter in a different way, I would have then engaged in just the kind of judicial activism which critics decry," stating that he was bound by "over a half century of strong legal precedents."<ref>http://www.adl.org/Civil_Rights/speech_judge_jones.asp</ref>
In a speech to the Anti-Defamation League, Jones said that "had I decided the Dover matter in a different way, I would have then engaged in just the kind of judicial activism which critics decry," stating that he was bound by "over a half century of strong legal precedents."<ref>http://www.adl.org/Civil_Rights/speech_judge_jones.asp</ref>
==Philosophical and religious implications==
Like the theory of evolution, intelligent design theory has philosophical implications. The direct consequence of the insufficiency of a purely natural explanation for the diversity of life on Earth is the necessity for a supernatural cause. Life must have been designed, and curiosity over the character or identity of the designer is inevitable.
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