Though the recent debate in the State Board of Education was ostensibly about ID, really, it was about Creationism in the Christian sense. The board members who are pushing ID are all evangelical Christians, and have made it clear that this is about science vs Jesus. The Board member who the chair of this committee has made it clear in letters to her supporters that she is a young Earth creationist and that American society and American education should be based directly on the Bible, and not on science.
My guess is that if you suggest to her that life originated when alien Johnny Appleseeds dropped DNA onto our planet 3 billion years ago, you are not exactly going to get an open-minded hearing...
If "ID" were about considering alternative theories, I wouldn't be nearly so opposed; some posters here have a valid philosophical point. On the ground in places like Kansas, though, ID is solely and completely about teaching as much of the traditional Christian creation story as you can get away with.
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Your IDers arent the "ID"ers we have in Kansas...
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- Bush loses remaining mind
- Scott's post on Space about God and Physicists reminded me of something
- Evolution.
- Gotta fall in with the "bad idea" crowd....
- Didn't Einstein say....
- re:Have you ever read the beginning of the Bible and
- Don't forget the Founding Fathers and Declaration of Independence
- BDS?
- What exactly is intelligent design?
- "Intelligent Design" is just "Creation Science" dressed up in a suit and tie. (n/t)
- Why is there this need for religion to masquerade as science?
- "Intelligent Design" is just "Creation Science" dressed up in a suit and tie. (n/t)
- Very BAD decision. (n/t)
- Were the universe intelligently designed..............
- re: Bush loses remaining mind
- Is anyone really surprised by this? (n/t)
- He's a very dangerous man
- This is one of the reasons why I'm still a Democrat
- From the full transcript