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Originally Posted by Voluntary  Of course it does. How can we have ID without a designer? |
Designer doesn't necessarily equate to a God or Gods. Take dogs for example. There are tons of breeds that NEVER would have come into existence on their own, Darwin style. Humans stepped in and manipulated the evolutionary process to create what we wanted. This has resulted in some very ridiculous dog breeds. Dog breeds that you would never be able to look at in a Darwin, survival of the fittest, natural selection sense. Our creation of those dog breeds does NOT make us Gods. Not even close.
Lets say there was alien life on another planet. They aren't Gods. Even if they're more advanced than us this doesn't necessarily make them "Gods" especially not in the Christian God sense. I don't think you have to turn your back on Darwin in order to be somewhat open minded to intelligent design. Knowing dogs probably wouldn't have evolved on their own to represent what we see today doesn't mean Darwin was wrong. It just means that not all evolution can be attributed to Darwin. Some of what can't be explained by evolution can be explained by manipulation and intelligent interference. Believing there may have been an intelligent designer responsible for our origins doesn't mean, necessarily, that the designer is GOD.