This is actually a very good synopsis of the theme in "Case For The Creator." As near as I can tell, Stroble presents the arguments without religious bias and without quoting any scripture. All he does is interview top scientists alive today and ask them to discuss the pros and cons of believing in "Intelligent Design" vs believing in what amounts to macro-evolution. It is very compelling when you look at it from the perspective of the "clock maker" analogy, especially if you accept the varied assertions in the book regarding the fragile and pockmarked framework that claims to "support" theories surrounding macro evolution. What is the "chance" or the "probability" that the finely tuned and hand crafted Swiss watch could have come into existence by accident or by random environmental mechanisms?? It's the same thing. If one believes that the entire finely tuned universe could happen by accident and chance, then one must also believe that something infintely less complicated (like the Swiss watch) could also happen by random chance and accident. Put it the other way: If you look at something as relatively simple and unsophisticated as a Swiss watch and you say it obviously shows signs of "an intelligent mind, an intelligent designer," how can you then look at the universe in its finely tuned and relatively infinite complexity and convoluted sophistication and say that there are no signs whatsoever of any "intelligent mind" at work here??
On the other hand, part of the opposing argument is that evolutionary "science" has never produced one single experiment to demonstrate how even the simplest amino acids can form by accident or by chance in some "primordial soup".....and it is an almost incomprehensible quantum leap in biological theory to go from simple amino acids to simple single celled organisms with simple dna strands in their nucleus. Then to go from there to all of the variegated life on earth, including human dna and the human brain?? To all of the finely tuned "accidents" that make the universe function and allow this planet and it's life to exist at all?? All by random chance and accident and "natural selection"?? It's ok to casually believe that all of this happened by chance? Because it's "good, hard science??" But I'm silly and stupid if I accept the notion of "intelligent design" as being at least equally plausible?? Yup, no contradiction there, mates.....
I have made a personal choice to believe that none of this could have happened by chance, as many macro evolution theories would claim. I am frankly absolutely tickled by the idea that the universe is waaaaay toooo perfectly tuned to have "evolved" by chance or accident. In the end, that inner personal choice is all any of us will ever have to go on. No one will ever prove or disprove God or No God or intelligent design - or evolution - one way or the other. There is no proof, and I believe the absence of proof is by design. It's the only way to guarantee that no one is compelled, but rather each one makes a sincere and pure choice to have faith......or not.
The only "proof" anyone will ever have is the effect that the choice has on your own life and the lives of those who come in contact with you. You can call it a "convenient explanation" if you like, but it has the advantage of also being a "convenient truth." If you are waiting for someone else to "prove it" to you, you will be waiting a long, long time..... If you want a pile of laughs while you wait, then read Stroble's book.
