6 So-Called ‘Facts’ That Contradict Evolution (Spoiler: Wrong)!
3. Intelligent Design
As you fiddle around with your iPhone, you have great confidence that it was created by some research and design folks at Apple, and that it didn’t just form by itself. That’s similar to the argument that proponents of Intelligent design are trying to sell. Life is too complex to have occurred by chance, the idea goes, and therefore it must have been created by somebody. ID doesn’t flat out say that it’s God, which is why the state of Louisiana has attempted to introduce it in the public school curriculum. But they do it with a wink, since it’s clearly implied that the intelligent designer is meant to be God.
The issue: It’s true that science can never disprove intelligent design, but that’s because science only focuses on things that are testable. But not being able to prove that something doesn’t exist doesn’t mean that by default it must. Whether or not a divine being exists makes for a compelling philosophical debate, not a scientific one.
4. Christian Science
Adherents of Christian Science believe that nothing exists but the spirit and that everything else – fluffy rabbits, the Lamborghini you’re planning to buy once you win the lottery, and even McRibs – are nothing more than an illusion. Since this belief extends to the Earth, the fossil record and everything that serves as the foundation for evolution, the debate over evolution is moot.
The issue: This is another believe based on theoretical arguments, not science. It would be like suggesting that the universe is full of invisible bananas that we can’t see because, duh, they’re invisible.
