Let's say arguments for Intelligent Design are correct. So what? The inference

Let's say arguments for Intelligent Design are correct. So what? The inference

Let's say arguments for Intelligent Design are correct. So what? The inference from apparent order in nature to the existence of a Creator is theoretically interesting, however this doesn't bear on the vast majority of beliefs, practices and norms which actually make up religion. (A Creator exists! But is he Zeus or Allah or Yahweh? Is the Bible his word? Does he want us to eat pork or not?) In the end, what significance can teleological arguments really have for a religious person?

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