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My cousin goes to a private christian school and evolution theory is taught there along with creationist theory , I don' t know if this is common for all christian schools or not, but if your question read should christian and other religious schools also teach evolution, I would say yes.
but I don't think intelligent design should be taught in public schools
They are two completely different things.
Build your own church and knock yourself out.
Love the ballot. Great twist on the question.
Even if you believe the Biblical account of creation, the problem with teaching "intelligent design" or "creationism" in public schools is that it would open the door to every religion and belief system on the planet, including Satanism, Druidism, Wicca, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more to demand that their views of the matter be taught, too. Nasty business.
Let's teach science as best we can in school and teach religion in churches.
Many churches and other places of worship have no problem with evolution. they just believe God started it (not necessarily designing things down to smallest degree).
I can't for the life of me understand the uproar over discussing the theory of intelligent design, just as they currently discuss the theory of evolution in classrooms. Why would anyone feel threatened by the mere suggestion of a creator? I'm a member of what seems to be a small group of people who consider science and religion to be complimentary rather than adversarial.
I don't have any problem discussing intelligent design in a religion or philosophy class. But in science you have to prove something before you start preaching it, and intelligent design has about as many peer-reviewed papers backing it as the theory that the world is flat. If you actually look at the science, it falls flat on its face.
Very few scientists consider ID a theory. It's mostly based on finding faults in evolution and then making unsupported assertions. Now that I think of it, ID should be studied in science class, as an example of what bad science is.
Great question!
by mojo on Tue Aug 23, 05 7:12am
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lcb: It is a matter of categorization. The question/ belief of a creator is perfectly acceptable for classes on religion, philosophy, etc. But it is not Science.
I believe this effort is yet another coercive attempt to proselytize and to make over society in their image.
BTW, I personally tend to favor a variant of Intelligent Design. But it still doesn't belong in science classes.
If God is so intelligent, why did he design Bush?
^An even better question.
I love this question.
I believe in God therefore I can see your all going to hell for turning against him. Arn't you guys happy that demons and satan are going to butt fuck you all so hard till blood gushes out of your eyes, all cause you believed evolution and went against God.
How many times do we have to go over this, a theory in science is different from a theory in a Sherlock Holmes novel. Since science never claims to know everything a theory is the most proven state. It is the theory of gravity.
Intelligent design is nothing but Christian proaganda under the guise of a valid theory. It has no place in schools. Evolution has been proven again and again while intelligent design has no real proof at all.
Reminds me of a funny political comic I saw once: "America was created in 7 days. George Washington is just a theory."
Voted : yes, its only fair
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