Perhaps it is a holiday gift for those who celebrate the anniversary of
the birth of the son of the intelligent designer but don't think that
the intelligent design plan was really a science project?
Which leads me to the quesiton, isn't the whole concept of "intelligent
design" ultimately blasphemous, and shouldn't people who are biblical
literalists be more offended by "intelligent design" than evolution?
After all, evolution simply says ignore (or believe in) scripture as you
choose, but here is the "science." But, advocates of "intelligent
design" argue for a religious basis for change and the development of
the earth that is clearly at odds with scripture.
Is the push for "intelligent design" sort of like the outcome in Lynch
v,. Donnelly -- that in order to get religion on the public square you
have to mock it by cluttering the nativity scene with clowns candy canes
and Santa Claus? Thus, in oder to get religion into the science class
you hae to reject the scriptural account of creation and offer some sort
of faux theory of religion that is neither religious nor scientific.
Paul Finkelman
Ed Brayton wrote:
If you can't get the decision from the court's website, it is available at:
http://www.stcynic.com/kitzmiller_342.pdf
It's a big, big win for the plaintiffs. A very broad ruling, exactly
what the plaintiffs wanted.
Ed Brayton
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