In a meeting room of the Marriott in Lake Mary, Walter Bradley flashed one PowerPoint screen after another to build his case that the universe was deliberately planned."An orderly universe is one described by mathematics. The universe is so profoundly elegant in form, it can be described in five equations," said Bradley, professor of engineering at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. A set of five calculus equations appears on the screen, including Einstein's famous e = mc2.Apparently not many in the audience of more than 200 were mathemeticians. There were bemused looks, but most continued to listen raptly as Bradley reached his conclusion that human life is not the product of random natural forces but designed by God, a conclusion that Bradley terms "rational."Bradley and microbiologist Michael Behe of Lehigh University spoke at an October symposium sponsored by Science Speaks, an Orlando-area organization of lay people interested in Intelligent Design, a movement driven mostly by Christians eager to use the tools of science to discover what they say are the divinely established foundations of the universe.

Disturbed by the claims of some scientists that the universe and life on Earth evolved blindly, proponents of Intelligent Design say that the complexity of physical and biological existence proves it is all part of an intricate design.


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