ID the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

Do you know how to respond to the most common criticisms of intelligent design?

On today's episode, Casey Luskin helps us do just that as he reviews the basics of intelligent design.

Welcome to ID the Future. I'm Andrew McDermid.

You're about to enjoy the second half of a discussion with Dr. Luskin that originally aired on the Truthful Hope podcast, hosted by Jacob Vasquez.

In part two, Casey refutes common objections to intelligent design,

including the God of the Gaps argument.

Casey reminds us that the fossil record doesn't reveal the gradual transitions

predicted by Darwinian evolution.

Instead, it largely shows abrupt appearances or explosions of new life forms, infusions of information

that demand an adequate explanation.

Luskin explains the truth about Lucy as well, a frequently cited fossil find often hailed

as a human ancestor.

He also responds to an objection to irreducible complexity.

The episode concludes with some practical advice for public school science teachers who want to navigate the teaching of evolution in their classrooms.

So let's get back into the discussion.

Here again is Casey Luskin and Jacob Vasquez.

So objections to ID.

I think this is important.

Interestingly, Casey, I was not able to find too many scientific objections.

A lot of it was philosophical in nature.

For instance, the first argument, I do have one scientific for you, but the first philosophical

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