David Berlinksi's clarity of insight

The usual crowd of darwinists often fall back to throwing a few standard claims at the burgeoning Intelligent Design movement, such as "ID is not properly defined" or "ID lacks rigour". Such attacks have always lacked merit but are now more ineffectual than ever. So noted philosopher of science David Berlinski's bestselling new book The Devil's Delusion comes along at a good time. David Berlinski is possibly one of the most perceptive minds in this field and the book is a joy to read and is quite the tour de force as we say here in Canada. It also stimulates the reader's own thoughts. As a textbook reviewer I've reviewed many textbooks and am happy to see that the Devils' Delusion comes with a downloadable discussion guide which makes it ideal for use in school settings where it is bound to spice up an otherwise dull philosophy or science classes. Berlinski has always strived lion-like to convey important matters to the wider public. Regal is another fine word. He dares to ask whether a designer whose nature we cannot fathom, using principles we cannot specify, constructed a system we cannot characterize, and lays bare the intellectual dishonesty of dismissing this essential question as "lacking rigour" or being a "science stopper".

Put in simple logical terms where the Darwinists go wrong is when they collectively root their pseudointellectual foundations in a profound overconfidence and misunderstaning of what they claim is the "scientific method" and even before they begin reject a priori a huge swathe of Human experience. This arises of course as an inevitable consequence of their syllogism mired in a miasma that was imposed initially by the enforcement of this so-called "methodogical naturalism". Thus they will adopt a fundamentally theological stance while claiming to reject any theological prerequisites to their postulates ipso facto. Blinkered to the inherent circularity of his reasoning the darwinist builds an ever more teetering tower of inferences and rhetoric on the weak sandy foundation of his mental alluvial mudflats. Recently this house of cards has begun to be shown for the shaky ivory tower construct it always was and is being increasingly rejected by a public demanding change. Wearing pink tasseled slippers and conical hats covered in polka dots the Darwinists descend, honking sadly, into the tar pits. Among the whole Darwinian Guild there is not a single first rate intelligence in the bunch.

But these aren't arguments you'll ever hear a darwinist give an answer to.

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