Argument Quote by Kenneth R. Miller

I say the Intelligent Design-evolution debate misses the point. It trivializes God and it trivializes science. The universe is like the hand of God.…

— Michael Dowd

“Intelligent design offers few answers. For instance, when and how did a designing intelligence intervene in life’s history? By creating the first DNA? The…

— Scientific American Editors

In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended on an…

— Bruce Alberts

Evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology. Intelligent design is not a scientific concept.

— John Marburger

This [the intelligent design movement] isn't really, and never has been, a debate about science, it's about religion and philosophy.

— Phillip E. Johnson

It's high time to rescue "intelligent design" from the politics of religion. There are too many riddles not yet answered by either biology or…

— Deepak Chopra

The first point one has to get straight in discussions like this, is that ID is not the opposite of evolution. Rather, it is…

— Michael Behe

Intelligent design cannot explain Darwinian evolution. Darwin's whole point is that variation and change are random and without higher purpose. We cannot imagine that…

— James K. Galbraith

Because we [people] have an intellect, part of what we do is try to understand the "intelligent design." Everything we don't know is "intelligent…

— George Lucas

There is absolutely no scientific basis or evidence for 'intelligent design.' It is simply a religious assertion, and it has no place in a…

— David Hillis

The new advocates of ID [Intelligent Design] ask that their ideas be judged by scientific, not religious, criteria. OK, let's see how well ID…

— Chet Raymo

I personally cannot discern a shred of evidence for ‘[intelligent] design.’ If 97% of all creatures have gone extinct, some plan isn't working very well!

— Irven DeVore