Paley's Watchmaker Analogy: Valid or Invalid? Or Something Else?

[DaleCutler]

I still think it is a futile effort:

@DaleCutler

But scientific demonstration of God’s activity might actually be counter to his purposes ( that seems counterintuitive, speaking of counter ). After all, he wants us to have faith, and scientific proof would constitute compulsion. That has been discussed here before, too (and here). So maybe I shouldn’t hope for scientific demonstration of design after all, even though it might be personally gratifying to me as a Christian. And maybe, for the aforementioned reason and as confessing scientists here believe, pursuit of it is futile, and not the best use of ID movement leaders’ and supporters’ resources.