S1E22 The Intelligent Design Movement: It's Strengths and Fatal Flaws
Origins
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21-Mar-2023
Is it biblical to use intelligent design arguments to argue for the existence of God? What about the Intelligent Design Movement (IDM)? Is its strategy in opposing Darwinian evolution something that Bible-believing Christians should embrace? In this lecture Dr. Mortenson illustrates the amazing design we see in nature and how secular scientists foolishly attribute it to evolution rather than to the brilliance of our Creator. He then identifies some of the IDM’s leading scholars and assesses four strengths and four serious weaknesses of this religiously eclectic movement. Christians should use ID arguments in conversation with non-believers. But the IDM approach to dealing with evolution is not consistent with Scripture and does not accurately explain reality.
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