Intelligent Design Proponent Makes Another Stupid Argument

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16 July 2009

Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute has published an opinion piece in the Boston Globe in which he makes a rather anachronistic argument for ID: Thomas Jefferson was a supporter. I knew the creationists were sloppy scholars and had a poor grasp of history and science, but this is getting ridiculous.

Here, I have to help them out.

Date	Jefferson	Darwin
1743	born	-
1776	Writes the Declaration of Independence	-
1809	Ends his term as President of the US	born
1823	Writes the quote Stephen Meyer will find so appealing: I hold (without appeal to revelation) that when we take a view of the Universe, in its parts general or particular, it is impossible for the human mind not to perceive and feel a conviction of design, consummate skill, and indefinite power in every atom of its composition.