{"id":170,"date":"2009-07-21T16:54:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T16:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/07\/a-challenge-to-intelligent-design-bashing-regulars-on-this-blog.html"},"modified":"2009-07-21T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T16:54:48","slug":"a-challenge-to-intelligent-design-bashing-regulars-on-this-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/07\/a-challenge-to-intelligent-design-bashing-regulars-on-this-blog.html","title":{"rendered":"A Challenge to Intelligent Design-Bashing Regulars on this Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know who you are. Rather than go on grousing about how there&#8217;s no evidence for intelligent design, it&#8217;s not science, and so on and so forth, here&#8217;s my challenge to you personally. Read <a href=\"stephencmeyer.org\/\">Stephen C. Meyer<\/a>&#8216;s new book, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Signature-Cell-Evidence-Intelligent-Design\/dp\/0061472786\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245770758&amp;sr=1-1\">Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design<\/a><\/i>&nbsp;(HarperOne). He lays out a massive evidentiary case. As a philosopher of science, he also explains what science <i>is<\/i>. If you really want to tell me there&#8217;s no positive scientific evidence that biological information coded in DNA reflects purposeful design, then go ahead and read Meyer&#8217;s book and report back to me your reasoned response.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>If you tell me, &#8220;Yeah, I don&#8217;t need to read it, I know what he&#8217;s going to say&#8221; &#8212; then you&#8217;ve just proven to me that you&#8217;re not serious. On the other hand, if you&#8217;ll go ahead and read the whole book, including the appendix where he lists and describes 12 ways in which ID is testable, I will take your response very seriously. The most thoughtful response I receive I will highlight in this space. So it&#8217;s a contest! But remember, you have to read the book, not just about it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know who you are. Rather than go on grousing about how there&#8217;s no evidence for intelligent design, it&#8217;s not science, and so on and so forth, here&#8217;s my challenge to you personally. Read Stephen C. Meyer&#8216;s new book, Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design&nbsp;(HarperOne). 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