• "In the world we find everywhere clear signs of an order which can only spring from design - an order realized with the greatest wisdom, and in a universe which is indescribably varied in content and in extent infinite." - Immanuel Kant, German idealist philosopher[85]

• As early as the fourth century AD, the intellectual elite of the Roman world were Christians. And Christianity retained its dominant position in the West until the 1800s, when secular thinkers, aided by Darwin's theory of evolution, gained the upper hand.[79]

• Since then, secularists have dismissed Christianity as a serious intellectual option. That may soon change. Christian thinkers, such as m mathematician and philosopher William Dembski of Baylor University, have seen “promising signs that the intellectual vitality is shifting back to the Christians."[79]

• This is particularly true in the area of biology. For decades, Darwin's theory of evolution has ruled Supreme. But its reign is now threatened by a growing band of scholars promoting an alternative view called “intelligent design." Despite vigorous opposition, they are gaining ground-and panicking Darwin's defenders.[79]

•The Christian world view begins with the Creation, with a deliberate act by a personal Being who existed from all eternity. This personal dimension is crucial for understanding Creation. Before bringing the world into existence, the Creator made a choice, a decision: He set out a plan, an intelligent design.[69]

• There is considerable evidence for intelligent design as described in the topics below:

• The Big Bang

• Anthropic principle

• Irreducible complexity

• Biological evidence

• Our moon

• The moon and solar eclipses

• Platform for observers

• Earth's fight against solar attacks

• Patterns That Point to Design

• "There's something about the universe that can not be explained just by the impersonal forces of nature and atoms colliding with atoms." — Guillermo Gonzalez, Astrobiologist, Iowa State University[63]