The Intelligent Design theorists don’t seem to understand that (1) their effort to describe biological structures in strictly engineering terms capitulates to what materialists have said for generations, namely, that life operates according to nonspooky mechanical principles; and (2) their influence in propagandizing the view of the human body as a machine will probably help to erode resistance to proposals for re-engineering human biology.
In other words, the Intelligent Design idea has the unintentional effect of desacralizing the human body.
The Intelligent Design theorists don’t seem to understand that (1) their effort to describe biological structures in strictly engineering terms capitulates to what materialists have said for generations, namely, that life operates according to nonspooky mechanical principles; and (2) their influence in propagandizing the view of the human body as a machine will probably help to erode resistance to proposals for re-engineering human biology.
In other words, the Intelligent Design idea has the unintentional effect of desacralizing the human body.
I hope that happens quick. There are systems in my body that need some re-engineering, lest I die even sooner than the average Englishman.