Not very scientific but my gut feel tells me that NS+RM is, at best, a contributing factor rather than a complete explanation for evolution. I think some religious creationists would be happy to deny evolution, period and I think that (atheist) Darwinists would have us believe that ID is creationism and that the argument is simply evolution vs creationism.
Going back to my gut feel, I look at something like a feather and the complexity of its design and I can't be convinced that an explanation involving random mutation holds water. The irreducible complexity argument from ID proponents is, for me, far more compelling. Going further back and looking at what is going on in a cell; the perfectly managed protein factory involving DNA and codes that look remarkably similar to computer codes, then I am completely happy to accept that intelligence is at work. I am not religious therefore I don't have an idea of, or belief in, a personal God that religions insist must be that designer/creator. DNA is a requirement for all cells and evolution, by definition, doesn't even get started until there are living cells which can begin evolving.
So for me, the question should be "what is the nature of the intelligence?" rather than "is it design or is it NS+RM?".
Going back to my gut feel, I look at something like a feather and the complexity of its design and I can't be convinced that an explanation involving random mutation holds water. The irreducible complexity argument from ID proponents is, for me, far more compelling. Going further back and looking at what is going on in a cell; the perfectly managed protein factory involving DNA and codes that look remarkably similar to computer codes, then I am completely happy to accept that intelligence is at work. I am not religious therefore I don't have an idea of, or belief in, a personal God that religions insist must be that designer/creator. DNA is a requirement for all cells and evolution, by definition, doesn't even get started until there are living cells which can begin evolving.
So for me, the question should be "what is the nature of the intelligence?" rather than "is it design or is it NS+RM?".
I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension.
Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson