I'll be right upfront about my bias - I am a BIOLOGIST by training. I believe strongly in Evolution.
The problem I see with the Evolution/Intelligent Design debate is the assumption by both sides that these ideas are incompatible.
Evolution is a scientific theory, the compilation of observation and experimentation. It is the product of REASON. Intelligent Design is the belief that someone/something intentionally created life. It is the product of FAITH.
Reason and Faith are not mutally exclusive. As far as I know, science has no way to measure intent. Scientists overstep when they say categorically that life was not intentional. They may not believe life was deliberately created but, since there is currently no way to test this through observation or experiment, the question, from a scientific point of view, is an open one.
As for The Faithful, if the products of REASON can challenge your FAITH, the problem isn't with REASON it's with your FAITH. The core of your FAITH should not be able to be shaken.
If your Faith demands that human understanding of the mechanics of life never grow or change, you are going to be disappointed. If your Faith concedes that human understanding (of science, theology and everything else) is incomplete, then new ideas and new points of view will add to your sense of wonder and strengthen your FAITH.
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Unfortunately, on this issue you are falling into the same false dichotomy as the rest of society. There is a perspective far more satisfying than either of those, one that both rings true to the heart and has loads of empirical evidence to back it up... It is this: Our universe is clearly the product of Un-Intelligent Design!
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