Fanning the Controversy Over 'Intelligent Design'
A light-hearted White House conversation with representatives of Texas newspapers may have opened a new controversy for President George W. Bush. The President laughed when Knight-Ridder’s Ron Hutcheson asked for Mr. Bush’s "personal views" about the theory of "intelligent design", which religious activists advocate should be taught in U.S. schools as an alternative to theories of evolution. After joking that the reporter was "doing a fine job of dragging me back to the past," to his days as governor of Texas, Bush said: "Then, I said that, first of all, that decision should be made to local school districts, but I felt like both sides ought to be properly taught...”
“Both sides ought to be properly taught?” asked Hutcheson.
“Yes,” Bush answered, “so people can understand what the debate is about."
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Okay go ahead and teach that God created things in school. That means that we can teach about the theories of evolution in your sunday school class then right? That's what I thought, it's one sided!
posted by Roms at 22:09
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When you frame it that way, are you saying then that science proves there is no God?
Not at all I'm just saying there should be a clear separation science is taught in school... God should stay at church. :)
Don't get me wrong, God is good and it's great to teach your children your beliefs, but I perfer our kids be taught what thier parents believe. If a child is budist, muslim, etc. they shouldn't have to hear about Jesus in school.. It's all good. :)
One more thought... What if you are a Baptist and you want your children taught certain things according to your religion, and your kids teacher is a Mormon or a Jehovahs witness? Its' not something I want to worry about...
I agree with all that - no problem. The only thing about the evolution debate is that it starts with the assumption of no god at all - not just no Christian God. I had a biology teacher in high school who flat out said that anyone who believes in God or in Creation is ignorant and stupid.
The other thing about it is that it is not the seamless, perfectly verified fact that they say it is. There are some valid criticisms of the theory of evolution, even if you don't present the alternate theory of intelligent design. There are questions that can't be answered by the theory and elements that don't add up. There was a show on the History Channel last night on "the Evolution of Evolution" that documented the many frauds, hoaxes, and falsehoods that have accompanied the presentation of the theory.
When it comes to science, historically you often find that today's facts are tomorrow's mythology. Because in good science, as we learn more we discard flawed theories. But the scientific community is so dogmatic about evolution that if there is a better explanation it's going to be hard to find.
I'll have to dig around to find it, but I have some statements from atheistic scientists who say there are serious problems with the theory of evolution, given the things we have learned in the last 50 years. They don't accept intelligent design, but do suggest that we need to be looking for a better answer.
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