Posted on 09/26/2008 1:51:12 AM PDT by Soliton
The Discovery Institute, as indicated by its wedge document, wishes to eliminate science's focus on natural causes. The group views this focus as the source of society's increasing materialism, which makes it anathema in the belief system of Discovery's members. Stephen C. Meyer, the lead author of EE, heads the Discovery Institute and is mentioned by name in the wedge document, as is coauthor Paul Nelson.
Evolution has been singled out for special ire by Discovery, as it provides an explanation for the origin of humanity based solely on natural processes. Although the ID movement has not developed a research program or even proposed a scientific formulation of its ideas, it has gotten a surprising amount of traction with its attack on the science of evolution. Tapping into a rich vein of American thought that dates back roughly a century, the group's members have used popular books and appearances in the press to argue that the scientific theory of evolution is on the verge of abandonment, having been pushed to its most recent "inevitable" collapse by new molecular evidence.
(Excerpt) Read more at arstechnica.com ...
But the book doesn't only promote stupidity, it demands it. In every way except its use of the actual term, this is a creationist book, but its authors are expecting that legislators and the courts will be too stupid to notice that, or to remember that the Supreme Court has declared teaching creationism an unconstitutional imposition of religion. As laws similar to Louisiana's resurface in other states next year, we can only hope that legislators choose not to live down to the low expectations of EE's authors.
As a Christian and a conservative I wish to the Lord we could rid ourselves of this moonbattery. It really, really does not help the cause.
Amen brother. Faith is good as long as it doesn't falsely claim to be science.
That’s a great article. It not only explains why evolution is such an overwhelmingly accepted theory, it demolishes the standard counterarguments we see here over and over. It should be required reading.
I wish you were right, but people who will believe anything often choose not to believe the obvious.
True enough. But new people come to these threads all the time. If they read that article and came away with some understanding of consilience and/or a recognition of the typical strategies used in attacking evolution, we’d all be a lot better off.
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