> -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Oh dear God no..... > > >It's a public schools job to teach accepted theory and science. ID is > >neither. > > Exactly. It's a fundamental shift from what science is. The whole basic > tenet of scientific theory is to seek positive, natural proof for > things...ID is the exact opposite of both of these.
It can be accepted ONLY if the very definition of science is changed. That was one of the more dramatic moments in the Dover trial: when Michael Behe (one of the shining stars of the ID community) was forced to admit after he broadened the definition of "science" enough to include ID that astrology would also need to be included as "real science" if his definition was to make any reasonable sense. He also asserted under cross-examination that his definition of "Theory" was essentially identical to the accepted scientific definition of "hypothesis". Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249861 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
