The Evolving Debate on 'Intelligent Design' Feb. 27, 2004 12:01 am ET Share Resize ...

Critics of "intelligent design" say it is biblical creationism in disguise, but defenders argue it is based on science and doesn't require adherence to any religious belief.

Jack Hinton, the president of the Staunton-Beverley Manor WRE group, said he hopes the intelligent-design debate will reach a new level in the aftermath of the president’s comments on the subject.

“The Intelligent Design debate is a political controversy, not a scientific one.” Spath said she believes the Discovery Institute attempts to use Intelligent Design to promote its Christian right-wing ...

How ironic! I call it faith in intelligible design — faith that nature’s patterns and structures can be understood. Those of us who practice science share a faith in intelligible design.

As he explained, “There’s no intelligent design, because if there were, we wouldn’t have to breathe and eat through the same hole in our neck.” ...

The reason it’s appropriate to discuss intelligent design is that it is an explanation for biology. Now, Ben, I know you have a policy audience for Think Tank.

In 2005, a federal judge ruled that “intelligent design” — the idea that life is so complex it must have involved some sort of supernatural creator — isn’t science, but religion in disguise.

I tiptoe cautiously into the intelligent design debate, lest I be mistaken for a right-wing fanatic.That seems to be the automatic assumption made about anyone who hasn’t accepted Charles Darwin ...

The debate echoing through Vatican corridors these days, however, is whether the pope has given the Catholic Church’s tacit support to intelligent design advocates and their ongoing campaign to ...