Here's a good write-up of ID. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design
Kind of long, I only read half, but that half was interesting. On 8/2/05, Jim Davis wrote: > Biological Evolution is a very useful metaphor for many processes: social, > economic, geological, anthropological, etc but none of them are really > "Evolution" in the biological sense (and it's only biological evolution > that's being challenged by ID). > > But the argument still stands: ID is considered by many to be a "wedge" > strategy which is why it's fought to stridently. This is borne out to at > least some degree by the fact that many vocal proponents of ID are also > Christian Fundamentalists. > > The ID "movement" has a definite, organized "two prong" approach: > > 1) Add ID to current curricula. They want their theory taught in schools. > This is actually quite odd, especially in science. Very rarely do > proponents of a scientific idea lobby school boards for inclusion. Rather > the idea becomes accepted in the broad, professional scientific community > first and is added "naturally". > > 2) Downgrade Evolution. This is the worse side of things in my opinion. > Whether or not ID is added to the curricula IDers in general (or at least > the vocal ones) lobby to have Evolution disclaimed or, at worst, removed > from the required curricula. > > Again, this is very odd in science. Science is full of competing theories > and explanations but few are as generally accepted as Evolution. Again this > is an attempt to circumvent the natural dissemination of science information > from research to professional acceptance to curricula. > > There is little question in my mind that those IDers than are picketing > school boards and proposing disclaimers in schoolbooks are religiously > motivated. > > However there are also IDers that are legitimate scientists. They are > attempting to test their hypothesis and are working within the confines of > science. They will defend their hypothesis but will also admit that much > more work needs to be done in the efforts to confirm it. > > However these folks are unfortunately in the silent minority. > > Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167741 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
