Peter Rust wrote as follows:
"(Dembki wrote) 32. ... Even if a theory of intelligent design should
ultimately prove
successful and supersede Darwinism, it would not follow that the
designer posited by this theory would have to be the Christian God or
for that matter be real in some ontological sense. One can be an
anti-realist about science and simply regard the designer as a
regulative principle ...
P.R.: Who else but the Christian God could be the designer of living
systems (if not of the earthly ones, then of the creative ETIs if they,
in the extreme case, did the designing)? -... ."
I don't see at all why the Christian God has to be the only candidate
for a designer of living systems. Candidates for the IA (Intelligent
Agent) which did the designing
include the Christian God; other candidates are :
angels working under his command,
gods other than the Christian God,
Highly advanced aliens
Humanity-of-the-future who have deveoped time travel,
etc. etc.
My point here is that ID requires an IA, nothing more. The IA
may be any number of supernatural options, or any number
of non-supernatural options.
Burgy
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