If one is willing to look at the idea of a designer seriously, the system as a whole MUST be considered. From that perspective, much of the inconistencies of the ID movement are removed, they no longer are an obstacle.
One big problem with ID is that the designs are pretty piss poor, eyes built backwards, left over parts in the critter, designs like the throat where a single passage goes to two different sub-functions with no adequate means of directing traffic so that the critter chokes on the very fuel needed to survive.
If the purpose was to design man, then the designer was at best, incompetent.
But if the purpose was directed towards the virus, the amoeba, the ring-worm and all the other nasties of the world, then all makes sense. Then, it doesn't matter if the host is poorly designed, the host is simply slop for the hogs.
There is a case for ID and if carried to any reasonable conclusion, I doubt it would get the support it now enjoys.
This message has been edited by jar, 12-31-2004 10:01 AM
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