What we recommend," the institute says, "is that teachers and students study more about Darwinian evolution, not only the evidence that supports the theory, but also scientific criticisms of the theory."
Yea, please explain how the beginning of the world began. Was it the "Big Bang Theory"? That sure sounds scientific!
[i]Yea, please explain how the beginning of the world began. Was it the "Big Bang Theory"? That sure sounds scientific![/i]
Evolution has nothing whatsoever to do with the Big Bang - that would be the field of cosmology. Demanding that evolutionary biology account for the Big Bang is as illogical as demanding that geology explain why people get cancer.
There are more pressing questions to answer. Such as:
How did the beginning of the world end?
After the beginning of the world ended, what began?
When is the beginning of the end of the world? Or, more precisely, when does the end of the world begin?
Furthermore, when have we reached the middle of the end of the world? Will we know when we have reached the end of the end of the world? How will we distinguish the end of the end of the world from the beginning of the end? If we aren't at the beginning of the end, are we closer to the end of the end?
For most people, both evolutionists and creationists, intelligent design means Christian creationism. However, there are other views of creation among Americans. An example is the Islamic Intelligent design described in a recently published book, Creation AND/OR Evolution An Islamic Perspective, by a Muslim theist evolutionist, T.O.Shanavas. The author is very critical about Muslim anti-evolutionist. However, he claims that Theory of evolution has an Islamic root and, in fact, according to him, Muslims proposed theory of evolution centuries before Charles Darwin.
This book is a challenge to those who want to teach Christian creationism or Intelligent design in science class in American public school. America being a secular country, there is a separation of church and state. Government cannot promote any purticular religion.
I want to ask those who want to teach Christian intelligent design and creationism in science classes: Do you want Shanavas' Muslim Intelligent design also included in science curriculum or only Christian intelligent design in any of the states such as Kansas, Pennsylvania, etc?
Shanavas is a creationist but strongly opposes the teaching of any form of creationism in public schools in America. In a news paper (The Daily Telegram) interview Shanavas states that there is no place for intelligent design in science class rooms. (http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=Post;CODE=00;f=2)[I][B]