{"id":42360,"date":"2024-07-12T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T20:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/?p=42360"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:59:33","slug":"1927","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/1927\/","title":{"rendered":"William Dembski on Why Intelligent Design Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this <strong>ID the Future<\/strong> from the archive, intelligent design pioneer William Dembski unpacks one of his chapters in <em><a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/comprehensive-guide-to-science-and-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith: Exploring the Ultimate Questions about Life and the Cosmos<\/a><\/em>, which Dembski co-edited with Joseph Holden and episode host Casey Luskin. The chapter, \u201cWhy Intelligent Design Matters,\u201d focuses on ID\u2019s cultural implications. Dembski notes that atheists use mindless evolution to provide a God-free explanation for life and the universe. Intelligent design checks that move, showing that blind material processes couldn\u2019t have created many things in nature, much less the cosmos itself. Dembski explains why intelligent design is better explanation. What about the idea that an alien created the first life on Earth (intelligent design without the need for God)? Dembski says that idea&#8211;one that some atheists have suggested as a fallback explanation\u2014is a poor explanatory substitute for an immaterial intelligent designer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dig Deeper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get your own copy of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/b\/comprehensive-guide-to-science-and-faith\/\" class=\"ek-link\">The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch Dr. Dembski review the successes and challenges of the modern intelligent design movement in this recent lecture:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-frame\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"William Dembski: Gauging the Success of Intelligent Design\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDD7pARRfm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this ID the Future from the archive, intelligent design pioneer William Dembski unpacks one of his chapters in The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith: Exploring the Ultimate Questions about Life and the Cosmos, which Dembski co-edited with Joseph Holden and episode host Casey Luskin. 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