Does Intelligent Design Have Merit?

Does Intelligent Design Have Merit?

With about 70 billion stars and as many as 100 million life forms (at least here on Earth), the universe is a stunningly complex place. Did all of this matter evolve independently, or was it guided by a larger force – as proponents of intelligent design believe? With the debate raging in living rooms, classrooms and courtrooms, the stakes are high when it comes to determining intelligent design’s merit.

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  • PvM
    ID's creationist history and its lack of scientific content

    --Casey Luskin--
    First, The Ayn Rand Institute’s arguments offend the First Amendment’s protections on religious freedom: scientists have freedom of religion and their scientific views should not be disqualified due to their alleged religious motives or beliefs. Moreover, as I explain in my third opening statement, the religious beliefs and motives of a scientist are irrelevant to whether they are scientifically correct:
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    That is true, but in case of ID, it is the combination of the well described motivations of the Discovery Institute combined with the lack of scientific content of Intelligent Design which makes this an issue beyond academic freedom. While ID proponents surely have the right to voice their position, they, given the above facts, do not necessarily have the right to be heard in public schools under the pretense of 'academic freedom'. The lack of scientific relevance and the strong religious motivations cause ID to be entangled with its creationist history

    - PvMUS September 12, 2008 1:41PM

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  • Ardsgaine
    Separation of Education and State

    This objection highlights one of the problems with public education: the government should not be in the position of deciding what people ought to believe about science anymore than they should decide what people ought to believe about religion. We should have a separation of education and state for the same reason that we have a separation of church and state. So long as education remains in the government's hands, however, it must not introduce religion into public education. As ARI makes clear, ID is nothing more than religion with a pseudo-scientific veneer. It does not belong in the public schools.

    - ArdsgaineUS September 17, 2008 8:01PM

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    • F2XL
      Well.........

      ......your half right.

      - F2XLUS November 14, 2008 8:23PM

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