No, this kind of black and white thinking does nothing to further our understanding. There is a medium between Biblical creationism and nothing called Intelligent Design.

Evolution vs. Creationism has been an argument since Charles Darwin published Origin of Species, but are there only two alternatives in this debate; nothing vs. Christianity?

Creationism is a Christian expression to argue against certain elements of evolutionary theory that do not coincide with biblical scripture. Intelligent Design (ID) is not tied to biblical scripture; it is an agnostic term in regards to supernatural intelligence outside of any religion.

Many atheists claim ID and Creationism are the same thing. They are not, even though some Christian groups are trying to use ID to bring religious scripture into the classroom. Intelligent design outside of any specific religious text is the only agnostic argument to be had on all of life not simply happening by blind chance.

If ID were somehow proven to be true, it would no more prove Christianity than it would Hinduism. It would not prove life after death, or an interactive God. Many questions may be answered, but many would be unanswered.

The people currently living without God, as in no worship or prayer, would likely continue to live as they are now. Any proof of a supernatural intelligence would still leave the question of what exactly that intelligence is and the implications, if any, toward our daily lives.

In a chapter in his book "The Greatest Show on Earth," which I highly recommend, Richard Dawkins explains how a human embryo was more of a recipe than a set of manufacturing instructions. He stated that, “if a divine intelligence did prove to be ultimately responsible for designing living complexity, it is definitely not true that he fashions living bodies in anything like the way that clay modelers, for example, or carpenters, potters, tailors or car manufacturers go about their tasks.”

Is all of life due to random and blind natural means, or is there something supernatural involved? After philosophizing for many years, I don’t know. What do I believe? I believe we don’t know.

Some people maintain that belief has to be on one side or the other. I don’t believe natural science ultimately provides all the answers any more than the belief in supernatural intelligence.

I don’t even know if it is a question of the two. If there is supernatural intelligence, then natural science is simply a study of what was already intelligently designed, and what was intelligently designed is what we now call “natural.”

Imagine a fish in an aquarium making a declaration that their world was spontaneously generated.