Buzsaw writes:So long as they/you redefine eternity to accomodate a temporal universe, yes it is mythical magic.
It is not a matter of redefining. Our ordinary concepts (time, intelligent, design) arise from our experience with what is in our world. They could not refer to things outside our world, except in a metaphorical sense. And if you are using a metaphorical sense of those words, then it is up to you to explain what you mean.
As for "eternal" - there is nothing in our world that is eternal, as far as I can tell. Human use of "eternal" seems to usually be with respect to what we imagine, rather than what is. Since there is nothing that exists where we can compare usage of the word, people don't all have the same meanings.
Buzsaw writes:You/they would, I assume, define intelligent design as something that emerged void of intelligent design, naturally from premordial non-living soup.
The only clear examples I have of intelligent design are examples of human design. And even when used with humans, the meaning of "intelligent" is far from clear and is much argued over.
Buzsaw writes:Bottom line. Their's/yours implicates the magic whereas mine is logical and better explains the thermodynamic laws, real life observed, design and intelligence, etc without the need to redefine these word terms.
If used with the ordinary meaning of those words, then what you have just written is nonsensical. If you have a different meaning where it makes sense, then it us up to you to provide that different meaning.