Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language (ConversantLife.com)

Understanding Intelligent Design: Everything You Need to Know in Plain Language (ConversantLife.com)

<P>This compact guide lays out the basics of Intelligent Design, popularly known as ID. William Dembski, the dean of the intelligent-design movement, and Sean McDowell especially target readers whose understanding may have been confused by educational bias and one-sided arguments and attacks.</P><P>Commonsense and no-nonsense, with pointed examples, the authors explain</P><ul><li>the central theories of ID, showing why the presence of <I>information</I> and meaningful <I>complexity</I> require the involvement of intelligence</li><li>why ID adheres to the scientific method and is a valid field of scientific inquiry</li><li>why scientific evidence increasingly conflicts with evolutionary theories</li><li>how <I>both</I> evolutionary theory and ID have religious/philosophical underpinnings, and why this causes so much controversy</li><li>how <I>both</I> systems of thought have radical implications for our culture€"and what readers can do about it</li></ul><P>Clarifying crucial issues, this key resource gives nonspecialists a solid grasp of one of today's foundational religious-scientific-cultural concepts.</P>