Charles Darwin and William Dembski

Charles Darwin and William Dembski
Jordan Lawson
Cornerstone University














Charles Darwin and William Dembski
      Western Philosophers Charles Darwin and William Dembski have two totally different views of religion and how humans and species appeared on this earth.   Charles believes in evolution, while, William Dembski believes in intelligent design.   Evolution is the process by which species of organisms arise from earlier life forms and undergo change overtime through natural selection and intelligent design is the theory that the universe and living things were designed and created by the purposeful action of an intelligent agent.   William Dembski idea for intelligent design therefore directly challenges Darwin’s approach to the origin and evolution of life.
      Charles Darwin did not believe humans were created by God nor had anything to do with intelligent design, but that humans evolved over time from apes as we adapted to the always changing environment.   William Dembski, on the other hand, believed that the creation of humans and what he research pointed to intelligent design.
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      Charles Darwin was believed to be a Christian at one time, but just lost his faith overtime.   Darwin wrote a letter to Frederick McDermott on November 24 1880; explaining his lack of faith in the Bible and the son of God.   A sentence from the letter said “I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation, & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the son of God.”   (Letter to Frederick McDermott, November 24 1880) (Spencer, 2008).


      William Dembski wrote a paragraph in his text “Intelligent Design” talking about the difference between creation and intelligent design.   He wrote, “Creation is always about the source of being of the world.   Intelligent design, as the science that studies signs of... [continues]

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