--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity with New "Intelligent Falling" > > Theory > > > > http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4133&n=2 > > Funny stuff. > > But I find it ironic that all of us here on this "TM" forum are > joining in the jibes. After all, "creative intelligence" and SCI > was virtually the same attempt at secularizing something spiritual > and religious...and didn't we all participate in it?
I supported the court decision against teaching TM in public high schools, actually. But there *is* a difference between the version of Intelligent Design that is currently being pushed and SCI. This version of ID is said to be *an alternative theory* to that of evolution. In contrast, evolution could be taught just as it is now in the context of SCI; there's no incompatibility, no "alternative" quality at all. Evolution would be considered to be an expression of creative intelligence. Intelligent Design in its more generic form, as opposed to the fundie version, doesn't require belief in *an intelligent divine being*. In that sense, SCI is indeed very similar. SCI is borderline where the First Amendment is concerned, and the courts were right to err on the side of caution, IMHO. But the fundie version of ID is a big step *over* the line. If the same legal standards are applied to fundie ID as were applied to TM/SCI in New Jersey, ID will never get through. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
