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intelligent design

n.
1. The belief that physical and biological systems observed in the universe result chiefly from purposeful design by an intelligent being rather than from chance and other undirected natural processes.
2. The purposeful design perceived in the universe or one of its parts and attributed to such a being.
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intelligent design

n
1. (Theology) a theory that rejects the theory of natural selection, arguing that the complexities of the universe and of all life suggest an intelligent cause in the form of a supreme creator
2. (Biology) a theory that rejects the theory of natural selection, arguing that the complexities of the universe and of all life suggest an intelligent cause in the form of a supreme creator
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At the same time it extended itself to north and south, joining small patches of mist that appeared to come out of the mountainside on exactly the same level, with an intelligent design to be absorbed.
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By accident I mean that which happens blindly and without intelligent design. That's generally the way a brother-in-law happens into a man's life."
There is very little intelligent design in the majority of marriages; but they are none the worse for that.
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It is also my opinion that "intelligent design" and evolution are not necessarily incompatible.
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Media perspectives on intelligent design and evolution.
Media perspectives on intelligent design and evolution
This study investigates how evolution versus intelligent design is handled in the public, private Christian, private Jewish, and Christian Home-school K-12 settings through a review of the current literature and by interviewing teachers in these educational venues.
The Debate of Evolution versus Intelligent Design: Is Critical Thinking Occurring among K-12 Students?
A PAPER IN the January/February Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology dispels "the myths of intelligent design" by examining the evolution of amoebas and other unicellular organisms.
When amoebas evolve: Myths of creationism
But of those, 54 per cent said it should be taught together with ideas about intelligent design and creationism.
Teach creationism in school, say parents
Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present.
Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present
SIGNATURE IN THE CELL: DNA AND THE EVIDENCE FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN argues that Charles Darwin did not refute intelligent design, and that the case has been misrepresented by the media and local school boards.
Signature in the Cell

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