This UDI is equated to common sense we all have such that we donвЂ™t need any expert knowledge to understand that life is designed. He calls this the Universal Design Intuition or UDI. The thrust of AxeвЂ™s book is that we all have a вЂњdesign intuitionвЂќ that tells us-despite our desire to deny it-that unguided natural processes donвЂ™t explain the intricacy of the biological world. In the space below I include some additional thoughts-best understood in the context of my published essay-that I had to cut from my initial drafts. There was so much more that I wish I could have explored in my essay.

I was under a strict-at least for me-word limit for the essay. They both reflect similar criticisms I had of AxeвЂ™s central thesis and his supporting data but explore those ideas from unique perspectives and experiences. I highly recommend the two essays published prior to mine in the series. The essay is part of a symposium of essays including a response by Douglas Axe. That essay, Undeniably Limited: Designing a Box in Which to Find the Creator, has now been published. Henry Center for Theological Understanding an outreach of TEDS вЂ“Trinity Evangelical Divinity School). Last year I was invited to write an essay reflection on Douglas AxeвЂ™s book Undeniable: How Biology Confirms Our Intuition that Life is Designed for theВ periodical Sapientia (Carl F.

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