Why Evolution Theologically Makes More Sense Than Intelligent Design

Guessing on the methods of an infinite God

Recently, I wrote how I think it’s a foolish trap Christians get themselves into: feeling the need to argue specific science versus just arguing the foolishness of believing any science can disprove God. I think that’s the more important point, but today I’d like to argue a more minor thing: Why theologically I think evolution makes more sense than intelligent design.

Now, once again, this is not really a science debate — it’s a religious one. Whether you think the science for one or the other is more compelling isn’t the point. This is a question of, from what we best know of the nature of God, which method of creation makes more sense that He would use. And again, this is base opinion — God is free to have created any way He wanted, and it could have been niether of these.

But still, it’s always frustrated me so many Christians seem to not like evolution when even from a young age it felt to me like, “Yeah, that’s how the real God would do things.”