Constrained Optimization Is The Art Of Compromise

I'm Not Saying That Atheists Can't Act Morally Or Have Moral Knowledge. But When I Ascribe Virtue To An Atheist, It's As A Theist Who Sees The Atheist As Conforming To Objective Moral Values. The Atheist, By Contrast, Has No Such Basis For Morality. And Yet All Moral Judgments Require A Basis For Morality, Some Standard Of Right And Wrong.

How A Designer Gets From Thought To Thing Is, At Least In Broad Strokes, Straightforward: (1) A Designer Conceives A Purpose. (2) To Accomplish That Purpose, The Designer Forms A Plan. (3) To Execute The Plan, The Designer Specifies Building Materials And Assembly Instructions. (4) Finally, The Designer Or Some Surrogate Applies The Assembly Instructions To The Building Materials. What Emerges Is A Designed Object, And The Designer Is Successful To The Degree That The Object Fulfills The Designer's Purpose.

Wrong People Are Wrong Because They Use Their Freedom To Deny It To Others.

Intelligent Design Is A Modest Position Theologically And Philosophically. It Attributes The Complexity And Diversity Of Life To Intelligence, But Does Not Identify That Intelligence With The God Of Any Religious Faith Or Philosophical System.

There Is An Immediate Payoff To Intelligent Design: It Destroys The Atheistic Legacy Of Darwinian Evolution. Intelligent Design Makes It Impossible To Be An Intellectually Fulfilled Atheist.