The Effectiveness of Intelligent Design in the Challenge of Science and Religion

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1 faculty of theology, ferdowsi university of mashhad

2 assistant professor of ferdowsi university

Abstract

The conflict between science and religion and evaluation the views is one of the most challengeable issues in philosophy of religion. And one of the most significant subject in this field is the conflict between the theory of evolution and creationism. This challenge rise up verity theories includes complete denial of evolution to acceptance of it. The Intelligent Design theory (ID) is one of these theories that try to reduce tension between science and religion and states that the complex system of creation is the result of the deliberate design of a wisdom designer. With the Irreducible complexity and specified complexity that support the (ID), this theory tries to challenge the common scientific methodology and introduce evolution as an unfinished and oriented theory in the propagation of materialism.
In this paper, we will criticize and review this theory on the relationship between science and religion and also some critics about it. Finally, we will conclude intelligent design doesn’t have a strong foundation to seize some conflict between science and religion.

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