RE: MD Wisconsin School OKs Creationism Teaching

From: Scott Roberts (jse885@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 17:03:40 GMT

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    Arlo,

    > "Intelligent Design" is the newspeak label conservatives are using to push
    > creationism (first "creationism", then "creation science", now
    "intelligent
    > design"). This is one example of how the conservatives distort the news by
    > manipulating language. As it stands, I have no qualms with "intelligent
    > design"... in a comparative mythology course, where it belongs. You may
    think
    > this is dismissive, but I believe mythology to be very important.

    Intelligent Design is not the same as "creation science". The latter
    assumes that the world is 6000 years old, but the former does not. ID
    accepts evolution of life forms, accepts that the earth is over 4 billion
    years old, etc., and therefore rejects the belief that the Genesis story
    can be taken literally. What it does not accept is the notion that
    evolution occurs solely through chance and natural selection. It bases its
    argument on calculation of probabilities. Whether one accepts those
    calculations is another story. What is true, though, is that no one can
    argue either for ID or for the belief that chance and natural selection are
    sufficient, based on clear, scientific evidence. So both should be
    relegated to a philosophical discussion on evolution, and neither should be
    taught as science.

    - Scott

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