All the discussion about intelligent design versus evolution misses one important point in my opinion. That is, if there were a designer, then IMHO, whoever it is, clearly isn’t very intelligent.
– Speed limit of 3X10^8
– Only one planet viable for life among trillions in the known universe.
– No switches for hearing, vision, smell etc…
– No modular body parts instead of being stuck with one design which is very difficult to interoperate.
– Strictly monotonic evolution.
– Murderous creatures like cats and humans who don’t appear to give a damn about the suffering of a large number of their fellow creatures.
– Design blue-prints not available for review.
– A mortal fear of death for creatures who are all going to die.
– Bad weather.
– Multiple (1000’s of) languages with the same semantics
And the list goes on….
So in the vein of the spaghetti monster argument, I’d like to suggest that we should teach SD in US schools. The pseudo-science of how the universe was created by a stupid designer, and how to do it better next time.