Do the research projects of intelligent design point to the Christian God?
While not part of the NTSE agenda, this question seems to be behind all the others, at least for those arguing for theistic science. I think the best answer to it is that when (if) intelligent design is an established scientific concept, the results of that science may make a belief in the Christian God intellectually more satisfying. Or, as Phil Johnson put it, ID will be “theist-friendly,” rather than “theist-hostile.” I choose the verb “may” in place of Phil’s “will be” deliberately, for I think this part of the issue has not yet been sufficiently explored. Perhaps it is still premature to do so. Rob Koons ended the conference with what he saw as his own “two primary rules of science,” to wit: a. Seek the truth. b. Use your own light in doing so. He endorsed the theistic science (TS) paradigm advanced by Johnson and Plantinga. This sounds to this skeptical person (I am a Christian) more like religion than science. Phil Johnson observed that theistic science was going to catch on rat
