i'm getting mighty sick of it.
i don't care what you believe, just like you don't really care what i believe.
unless of course you happen to be on the religious right, and feel that i MUST believe the same thing as you, if only for the sake of my mortal soul.
the question is, really, whether or not intelligent design belongs in a science class?
well does it?
we don't teach the hollow earth theory in science classes either... how come?
what about teaching about atlantis in geography, that seems viable.
for those highschools that offer it, seminary or a bible study that's off school grounds, but during school hours, do those classes teach about the bigbang, string theory, or newtonian physics?
no, not that i'm aware of.
the problem most folks have with evolution is with meta-evolution (as micro-evolution has been show throughouly in the lab for the last five decades).
i've no problem with those believing in intelligent design, there are alot of unanswerable questions regarding evolutionary theory at the moment, so intelligent design seems an easy out.
intelligent design, for me at least (and for most scientists strangely enough) isn't a sasitfactory answer to those questions.
it's almost what one would consider a cop-out.
"well we can't answer the question, so let's say god did it"
that's the sort of attitude that left europe in the dark ages for 600 years.
i'ts not a very good attitude to take period.
it's amazing to me how many people can't, for some reason, reconcile their belief in the mystery of god, with science.
it's as if GOD had to do everything with a flick of the wrist and with a light hand of mystism.
doesn't seem likely.
he'd more likely than not, set up a set of specific cause and effect stipulations and put the whole thing in motion, only tweaking with the controlers not the product or the mold once set in motion.
mostly what i would like is for these idiots, on both sides to shut up.
keep creationism in the church, or bible study, or home where it belongs. and evolution in science class where it belongs.
parents need to take a bigger interest in what their children are learning more than whether they are being taught religion in the class room.
if you feel that strongly about it, make sure they learn at home; that's where education begins anyway.
follow the links below for more.
http://www.everystudent.com/wires/evolution.html
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/evolution.htm
http://www.therazor.org/oldroot/Spring02/evolution.htm
posted by F.G. Shaw @ 1:01 AM
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ok, now that you've posited the definition to intelligent design, what exactly is this intelligent cause or agent supposed to be?
Why aren't monkeys still evolving?
Wheres my 3rd arm?
Wheres the walking fish?
Einstien said,"The more I learn about science the more I know God exists."
who says monkey's aren't still evolving? we've only been studying evolution for about a hundred and fifty years, the two popular theories are gradual evolution; 150 years isn't much time to notice a change. the other popular theory is one of sudden change, well it hasn't happened yet.
as for a walking fish: http://www.hypervision.com.au/aquarium/topics/creatures/mexican.htm
there you go man.
i'm not denying the exsitence of god, that's something that each one of us has to figure out on our own. i'm condeming ingorance on the behalf of the conservative christians (who seem to be the ones most enthusiastic about intelligent design) about their misunderstanding of what scientific theory is, and their personal goals to discredit science. trying to discredit evolution really does harm other scientific thought from being taught.
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