Butterflies are the latest icon of intelligent design. They dazzle us with their beauty and charm. Many of us intuitively grasp that something in the fluttering shape of a Monarch, Yellow Swallowtail, Gossamer-Winged Blue, or Cloudless Sulpher butterfly hints at depths of purpose and design in nature, gesturing wordlessly toward a meaning that infinitely transcends its small and delicate self. Can our intuition about butterflies be confirmed in scientific terms?
Yes, it can.
The magnificent new Illustra Media documentary, Metamorphosis, documents the case for intelligent design based on the wonders of butterfly metamorphosis and migration. In this companion book, scientists, philosophers, and historians expand on the scientific arguments suggested in the film, offering the first comprehensive explanation of the science that substantiates our intuition about what a butterfly means.
Including contributions by world-renowned butterfly expert Bernard d’Abrera and by science historian Michael Flannery, Metamorphosis: The Case for Intelligent Design in a Nutshell Chrysalis is highlighted by a detailed essay by Drs. Ann Gauger and Paul Nelson. In “Stranger than Fiction: The Riddle of Metamorphosis,” Gauger and Nelson comprehensively lay out the scientific evidence for intelligent design from the life, death, and transformation of the caterpillar. They tell us what Darwinian evolutionists say in response to the challenge raised by Metamorphosis and why, in contemporary scientific terms, the Darwinian reply falls short.
