Design within Reason

A great post from Lynn at State Street.

The world of supernatural beings is well populated: gods, angels, devils, spirits, and disembodied minds that exist for eternity. People ask me to believe in them. Fine. I know they recommend these supernatural beings to me because they care about my well being.

Now, I am asked to believe in the Intelligent Designer. I legitimately ask questions. Who is she? What does she do, and please, supply details? What is her relationship to the other supernatural beings? Are there many Intelligent Designers, ones who do physics, mathematics, and chemistry besides biology? What good does it do a working biologist to know about the Intelligent Designer?

I fight the urge to believe that the world of supernatural beings is rapidly becoming an ontological slum. I want to be fair.

Comments

[Lynn]

Jodi,

Thanks!