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→Philosophical and religious implications: ID sounds the death knell of atheism
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.
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.
On the contrary, if live could evolve without being designed at all, then philosophically there is no need for a creator. This bolsters arguments favoring [[Atheism]].
On the contrary, if live could evolve without being designed at all, then philosophically there is no need for a creator. This bolsters arguments favoring [[Atheism]]. Indeed, atheism's strongest support is the idea that life came about purely through the random interplay of natural forces. If this idea is denied, then atheism loses one of the legs it stands on. Its proponents are forced to answer the question, "How did life come into being, if natural laws can't explain it?"
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