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Dembski allows this possibility. Of course, the theory of natural selection itself is compatible with some notions of "divine input"—the idea that natural selection was set in motion by some higher intelligence, whether a God or a bunch of extraterrestrials or whatever. In fact, I myself have argued that, for all we know, evolution could have been set in motion by some intelligent being for some as yet unrealized purpose.

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