Introduction

Creationists and ID proponents frequently argue against the opposing position (i.e. naturalistic origins theories such as Darwinism) by pointing out the failures in that position’s ability to explain the data using only the laws of physics and chemistry, the only explanatory device available to those who hold to naturalistic origins.  The only possible explanation to the data, the creationists and ID proponents say, is to infer design.

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