intelligent design
the theory that the universe and living things were designed and created by the purposeful action of an intelligent agent. Abbreviation: ID
Origin of intelligent design
1- Compare scientific creationism.
Words Nearby intelligent design
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How to use intelligent design in a sentence
Beyond the cosmetics, Airstream made some intelligent designs in the guts of this trailer that help it thrive while boondocking.
An Off-Grid Test of Airstream's Most Rugged Trailer | Hayden Coplen | November 22, 2020 | Outside OnlineHow then, does the intelligent design movement (ID) persist, in the face of so much damning contrary evidence?
The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution | Karl W. Giberson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHuman tails are a genetic accident—and a big problem for the faux-scientific creationism known as ‘intelligent design.’
The Crazy Way Creationists Try To Explain Human Tails Without Evolution | Karl W. Giberson | June 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have no idea how intelligent design theorists explain humans with tails.
My Debate With an ‘Intelligent Design’ Theorist | Karl W. Giberson | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYoung-earth creationists and intelligent design (ID) advocates love debates.
My Debate With an ‘Intelligent Design’ Theorist | Karl W. Giberson | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Gone to court to prevent “intelligent design” from being presented as science in a Pennsylvania high school.
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights? | P. J. O’Rourke | April 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Universe displays him in its order and harmony, in the intelligent design shown in its working and its law.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton KingStrength, originality, and a thoroughly intelligent design are perfectly clear; one feels the impelling mind behind the product.
Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon PhelpsReason teaches us that intelligent design characterizes every act of God.
Man observes, and he ascertains that facts are governed according to intelligent design.
The Heavenly Father | Ernest NavilleWho could look upon the adaptation of the eye to light without seeing in It the result of intelligent design?
The Story of the Living Machine | H. W. Conn
British Dictionary definitions for intelligent design
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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