[Just mythoughts]

"As scientists go about their business, they follow a method," Pennock said. "Intelligent design wants to reject that and so it doesn't really fall within the purview of science."


"Actually, it is the opposite. Scientists that reject the possibility of a higher intelligence as the designer of the Universe, do not follow the scientific method."

Seems "crystal clear" man has invented a "method" and nobody but nobody is going to mess with their invention. Interesting times watching man protect his "method" of operation.

[exDemMom]

Seems "crystal clear" man has invented a "method" and nobody but nobody is going to mess with their invention. Interesting times watching man protect his "method" of operation.

Do you have any idea how the scientific method works? The method is designed to be as objective as possible. It is based on a never-ending process of observation, hypothesizing, and testing. Note that there is no room for baseless conjecture, personal feelings, or beliefs.

We don't reject the possibility of a "higher intelligence" (i.e. God); the existence or non-existence of God just isn't a factor. The issue of God is as irrelevant to our work as, for instance, the issue of mad cow disease is irrelevant with respect to the logging industry.