You know, an awful lot of scientists, physicists, and non-right wingers think there might be something to the intelligent design theory, too. I resent the inference that anyone thinking along these lines is a "crackpot."
The problem is the MSM only shows the crackpots. They will NEVER show the reasoned person who says "god did it this way" or "this is how nature works but the hand of god is there somewhere."
They will only show the wacko who says the BAAAAAHBLE said creation was a week ago tuesday and there never were dinosaaaaaauze.
If it was not evolution, the left would use the abnormal fact that conservatives believe in monogamy, they would use as abnormal that conservatives believe in democracy and are against communism. They just need a whipping post for conservatives.
at least the ID people are looking and asking the questions . . .
I agree. Intelligent Design may not be science (does anyone claim it IS science), but that doesn't make it wrong. There are many versions of intelligenct design, many of which are not inconsistent with evolutionary theories.
By the way, where are we in providing examples of inter-species evolution?
Evolution itself suffers from the same mix. Most every scientist believes in evolution (slow change) and the process of natural selection within species. We see evidence of it within species all the time. However, the theory of evolution that living organisms and systems evolved from simplicity to complexity over millions/billions of years is not axiomatic. In fact, it is problematic. Again, serious scientists don't doubt the fact that evolution within species has and does occur. Many things about Darwin's original work and the work of scientists building and expanding upon his original theses has expanded our understanding of how things and systems work. However, there are reasonable, bright, sincere, brilliant, competent and serious scientists that question the idea that the theory of evolution explains the origin of species from a root specie or cell or whatever.
Of course, though, you have double the religious fervor of the most strident and dogmatic fundamentalist organization visited upon you if you should ever point this out to the cultic evolutionists. Their entire identity and paradigm of existence is threatened by reasoned questioning and debate regarding the fundamental problems the Darwin theory has had and that has been pointed out for at least the forty plus years of serious literature I have read.
A couple of almost throwaway lines Bush uttered has caused an earthquake. It smacks of a transparent insecurity inherent in people who have their faith in flawed scientific theory and flawed social theory.
To all the hullabaloo, I say "good". It's about time we start back up a debate about the origin of species. There may be flaws in the curriculum as being proposed in Kansas. I don't know, I haven't read it myself. However, I am willing to bet money it isn't nearly as flawed as the hogwash being proported by the cult who have their faith in the God of evolution.
When they start calling names, it's not science.
Not only that, notice how quick the "open minded" Left is to pronounce their own dogma holy writ. I though science was SUPPOSE to be about asking questions and investigating hypotheses. Instead it turns out to be about pronouncing anathema on any heretics who wander off the Left wing Ideological plantation. To the Hysteric Left, what they CALL "Science" is really just their form of religion. It differers in rituals and terminology from other religions some but it is similar in how Hysteric Left embraces it with the same blind faith they accuse their foes of having. Claim it is "Science" is just the Left's wave of claiming their version of papal infallibility