Intelligent Design: Twisting Recent History

Ed Darrell, at the blog Millard Fillmore's Bathtub, has posted an extremely insightful two-part essay (Part 1, Part 2) about the intelligent design (ID) movement's proclivity to twist even recent history to erroneously support their positions. Darrell wrote in response to Joe Carter's two-part complaint piece about the "10 Ways Darwinists Help Intelligent Design" on the Evangelical Outpost (Part 1, Part 2). Darrell masterfully examines and rejects each of Carter's arguments.

I found a careful reading rewarding. Darrell's work stands apart from other debunkings of ID thought in that it (1) accurately depicts the nuances of the ID movement, (2) references history and science to discredit the claims of ID, and (3) does not conflate the issues of faith an science. As far as (3) is concerned, Darrell is careful to show how Christianity stands quite apart from the claims of evolution and must be evaluated separately. Very well done.

My favorite quote:

Creationists don't know why ignorance is not honored as knowledge among the knowledgeable, and hubristically they demand that their favored brand of ignorance be given a seat at the table of science.

To the YECs an IDers: before you get angry about why he might make this claim, evaluate his arguments and demonstrate where he is wrong.

Update: My apologies to Ed Darrell for calling him "Michael Martine" in the original post. I got Martine's name from the bottom of Ed's post, but apparently I did not read carefully -- Martine only created the blog template that Ed uses.