Intelligent design, also known as ID, is a concept that has its origins in the 4th century BC in the works Timaeus of Plato, where he describes a supreme wisdom and intelligence as the creator of the cosmos. In the Metaphysics Aristotle further developed the idea of ​​a natural creator of the cosmos. One of the most famous ideas for intelligent design today dates back to the 13th century, when Thomas Aguinas described the concept of design as the fifth of five proofs of the existence of God in his work Summa Theologia. The term intelligent design has been used several times in more recent years, but the usage was unrelated to the word's current usage, as in an 1847 issue of Scientific American. The intelligent design movement, as we know it today, began in the late 1980s and early 1990s. To clearly understand what exactly intelligent design is, a definition provided by the Discovery Institute is used. They describe intelligent design as "certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by intelligent cause, not by an undirected process such as natural selection." The Discovery Institute, a conservative Christian think tank, is a leading advocate of intelligent design. In their definition the name of a specific designer is intentionally omitted but simply mentions that one must exist. However, opponents of intelligent design believe that this designer is the Christian God. This too has been the subject of much debate within the movement. Intelligent design cannot be understood until some other concepts are also understood. The first is the theory of evolution. This is the brainchild of Charles Darwin. The theory holds that all life is interrelated and descends from… middle of paper… historical knowledge and proposes to fill that gap with an intelligent designer and this therefore proves that an intelligent designer exists. The final reflection is: can we believe in the theory of evolution and in the theory of an intelligent designer? Could it simply be that an intelligent, omnipotent, omniscient designer created humanity and simply used evolution as a means to do so? Could this be his clever plan? The answer to all these questions remains unknown. So the debate about intelligent design versus evolution continues. So far God has not given us the intelligence to know for sure. I don't think the existence of God can or will ever be proven using scientific principles. It is based on faith. Faith is after all the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. If it could be demonstrated it would no longer be faith.