Actually, that's not at all the concept that he introduced. Jesus was talking about how one should give what belongs to Caesar to Caesar (taxes), which doesn't directly have anything to do with someone owning someone else because of who pays who.
Now, the rest of the post I agree with; I just think it was necessary to point out that it often doesn't say what people say it says/want it to say.
On the other hand, they completely ignore that nature is far more abundant with "unintelligent design" - especially at the molecular level.
Intelligent design would be to use the same enzyme in all animals. Today, you have the same enzymes, but they have differences, not in function, but in all kinds of non-important ways.
Well, that depends. According to one of the biochemistry professors here at my school, the only real difference is in one's take of what's happening. So basically, what one person sees as being accidental or a result of an evolution, another can see as the attention to detail by a creator. On top of that, there's no reason to believe that we know better than a supposed creator - where it would be perfectly reasonable for us to use the same enzyme because there are "differences... in all kinds of non-important ways," something with far superior intellect may have a reason why there's such a subtle difference.
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Ya know, that joke would've been really cool, if it weren't so cheesy. Seriously.
On the other hand, they completely ignore that nature is far more abundant with "unintelligent design" - especially at the molecular level. Intelligent design would be to use the same enzyme in all animals. Today, you have the same enzymes, but they have differences, not in function, but in all kinds of non-important ways. Well, that depends. According to one of the biochemistry professors here at my school, the only real difference is in one's take of what's happening. So basically, what one person sees as being accidental or a result of an evolution, another can see as the attention to detail by a creator. On top of that, there's no reason to believe that we know better than a supposed creator - where it would be perfectly reasonable for us to use the same enzyme because there are "differences... in all kinds of non-important ways," something with far superior intellect may have a reason why there's such a subtle difference.