My ongoing explorations of creationism etc. have lead me to the conclusion that Intelligent Design is at the heart of the issue as it currently stands. I hope to draft my own notes on the matter soon. In the meanwhile, I advocate reading Rabbi Slifkin's short and cogent essay on the matter written way back in 2006. For some reason, it took me quite a bit of searching to unearth this gem.
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What about all those phenomena for which there is a scientific explanation? by Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Why are there Orthodox Jews such as myself who are opposed to Intelligent Design? Isn't it fundamental to Judaism that God - who is taken to be highly intelligent - designed the universe? How can we subscribe to the random, blind, meaningless universe of Darwinian evolution? In order to understand the answers to these questions, it is necessary to clarify what evolution and Intelligent Design actually mean.
