A alternative theory to evolution for the origins of life. Intelligent Design is NOT grounded in religion. It does not name a specific entity as the "Intelligent Designer." Instead, it proposes that intelligence is a force in the universe, like gravity, and that its effects can be seen in the development of life on Earth. Unfortunately, the opponents of Intelligent Design have succeeded in convincing the government and public that the theory is religion in disguise and teaching it in public schools violates the seperation of church of state. This myth has been so ruthlessly propogated that any evidence disproving it is flagrantly ignored.

Intelligent Design is the idea that some all-powerful being created the original elements of the universe or is guiding the events of the universe. This is different from creationism, which is basicly the idea that god made the entire world, as it is today, in a matter of days. Intelligent design is in contrast with evolution and natural selection, which has the development of life occuring by chance. Intelligent Design is primarily used to explain how creatures as different and complex as humans have come to be.

I myself don't believe one way or the other, and don't really think it matters. If one day we learn for a fact that the world was created by a giant blue pastry, how is that going to change our lives? It won't.

An idea concerning the earth's origins that states that the known universe is too complex to have evolved randomly, which is what the theory of evolution teaches. Its' critics (95% of whom call themselves atheists) slam it as being "Not science" or "A loony back door way for the Christians to try and ram religion down kids' throats". The irony is that these same people, when arguing for their belief, will mostly defend it with the theory of evolution.

The Intelligent Design Theory suggests that intelligent causes are necessary to explain the complex, information-rich structures of biology, and that these causes are empirically detectable.
Contrary to popular belief, this theory is based on modern science, not religious beliefs.

Intelligent design is not religion in the sense that it has less nonsense (none of the fairy tales).

Some bible-bashers are ruining this giant stride for religion by redefining the concept to fit in with Jesus.

The idea of intelligent design, is that all science is real, but it since there is no widely-accepted scientific explanation to explain why everything exists the way it does, in so much complexity, there must be a designer.

Of all the theories about god, this one makes the most sense. Believers are trying to get it taught in schools because it falls in with the current science, but allows for students to chose what they want as to it's origins.

But the concept of god being inherently flawed by the fact that it's utter nonsense that something so unfeasible could exist, when there are rational explanations that are easy to understand.

You would be better off not concerning yourself with the origin of everything than believe in a designer as such because it simply says that everything exists because god made it that way, which doesn't answer a damned thing.

For a theory, you need a question. The question was, why does everything happen the way it does?
The answer was: God designed it.

But- Why does everything happen the way it does? Why did god design it. There is only one answer that can actually fit perfectly into this question, and since god is not the answer, that answer is wrong.

Besides the fact that there would still be no explanation to tell us how god exists. Why would god bother creating the universe in such a way, if he is so powerful? He could have just had the sun, the earth, and the people. If you define something as all powerful, (and that seems to be the only way a god could exist, as a semi-powerful god would make even less sense) you must know what that entitles.