Abstract
Evolution theory has been highly successful in stimulating research and in explaining many biological phenomena. Is there a scientifically viable alternative to the naturalistic understanding of evolutionary genetics? We believe that there is. This article will compare the naturalistic theory of the origin of diversity with a theory of limited genetic change after the major groups of organisms were brought into being by informed intervention. This latter theory recognizes that nature follows predictable laws and that a scientist can count on these laws to be consistent, but does not deny the possibility of intelligent intervention in the process of origins, or of divine involvement in maintaining the constancy of the laws of nature.