The indecision of chapter 10 of
Dembski &
Licona's
Evidence for God appears to have carried over to chapter 11.
Walter Bradley spends most of "The Origin of Life" explaining just how impossible it is for life to get started on Earth by wholly natural means, and thereby nullifies one of theism's favourite arguments, the
argument from fine-tuning. My
review of chapter 10 applies equally here, even down to the supposed inherent complexity of early cellular life — that is, the first cells would necessarily have been much simpler than the cellular life we can see today.
Bradley appeals to the intelligent designer in his final paragraph (as well as to
Michael Behe's irreducible complexity) but at least this is ID in its true colours:
The necessary information, which expresses itself as molecular complexity, simply cannot be developed by chance and necessity but requires an intelligent cause, an intelligent designer, a Creator God. (p 67)
So much for ID not being a religious idea....
4truth.net:
http://www.4truth.net/fourtruthpbscience.aspx?pageid=8589952963