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The '''intelligent design controversy''' is the most important intellectual and political dispute of modern times, involving questions of science, philosophy, law, and religion. [[Intelligent design]] addresses the [[origins debate]], attempting to establish an objective, scientific midway position between [[Creationism]] and [[Darwinism]].<ref>In the context of this article "Darwinism" is considered to be the materialistic view that life came into being without any intervention by God at all, i.e., "molecules to men" merely by chance and natural law.</ref>

The '''intelligent design controversy''' is the most important intellectual and political dispute of modern times, involving questions of science, philosophy, law, and religion. [[Intelligent design]] addresses the [[origins debate]], attempting to establish an objective, scientific midway position between [[Creationism]] and [[Darwinism]].<ref>In the context of this article "Darwinism" is considered to be the materialistic view that life came into being without any intervention by God at all, i.e., "molecules to men" merely by chance and natural law.</ref>

* intelligent design does not address metaphysical and religious questions such as the nature or identity of the designer.<ref> [http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2735 The Truth About Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture]</ref>

* intelligent design does not address metaphysical and religious questions such as the nature or identity of the designer.<ref>[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2735 The Truth About Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture]</ref>

Opponents of intelligent design are very persistent, like a bulldog<ref>Huxley remarked to student Henry Fairfield Osborn, twentieth-century American paleontologist and director of the American Museum of Natural History, back in the mid-seventies:about Charles Darwin, "You know I have to take care of him–in fact, I have always been Darwin's bull dog." [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/guide4.html The Huxley File] </ref> or rottweiler, insisting that there is not and cannot be any distinction between intelligent design theories and the theological ideas of [[Creationism]]. For evolutionists, there are are only two possible and mutually exclusive positions:

Opponents of intelligent design are very persistent, like a bulldog<ref>Huxley remarked to student Henry Fairfield Osborn, twentieth-century American paleontologist and director of the American Museum of Natural History, back in the mid-seventies:about Charles Darwin, "You know I have to take care of him–in fact, I have always been Darwin's bull dog." [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/guide4.html The Huxley File]</ref> or rottweiler, insisting that there is not and cannot be any distinction between intelligent design theories and the theological ideas of [[Creationism]]. For evolutionists, there are only two possible and mutually exclusive positions:

#the scientific hypothesis that life came into being and continued to evolve entirely as a result of natural forces

#the scientific hypothesis that life came into being and continued to evolve entirely as a result of natural forces