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Why Fight Over Intelligent Design?
Foxnews.com/Cato ^ | November 22, 2005 | Andrew J. Coulson

Posted on 12/06/2005 11:55:32 AM PST by MRMEAN

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1 posted on 12/06/2005 11:55:33 AM PST by MRMEAN
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2 posted on 12/06/2005 11:58:22 AM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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3 posted on 12/06/2005 11:59:02 AM PST by VOA
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The only way for one side to have its views reflected in the official curriculum is at the expense of the other side.

Totally incorrect. The correced version is as follows:

The only outcome evolutionists will accept is to have its views reflected in the official curriculum at the expense of the other side.>

They absolutely DO NOT want to allow ANYTHING other than evolution to be taught in schools.

5 posted on 12/06/2005 11:59:43 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: MRMEAN

This concept of "choice" I can support.


6 posted on 12/06/2005 11:59:43 AM PST by fizziwig
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To: Regicide

"Our noses are placedupsidedown in the middle of our faces so that when we have colds, snot can run down right toward our mouths. "

Would you rather have a bird crap into your nose?


7 posted on 12/06/2005 12:01:24 PM PST by Bones75
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8 posted on 12/06/2005 12:01:29 PM PST by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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To: Regicide

If our noses were turned up, we'd all drown when it rains. That's intelligent design.


9 posted on 12/06/2005 12:01:45 PM PST by My2Cents (Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
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To: MRMEAN

get rid of gubmint education and you'll solve 2 problems.


10 posted on 12/06/2005 12:01:49 PM PST by Rakkasan1 (Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
The only outcome evolutionists will accept is to have its views reflected in the official curriculum at the expense of the other side.

There are too many PhDs and careers riding on evolution's monopoly. From the perspective of the evolutionists, this has less to do with "science," and is really more of a turf battle.

11 posted on 12/06/2005 12:03:16 PM PST by My2Cents (Dead people voting is the closest the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
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Evolution is not a science to so many -- it is their religion, or world view. It's a visceral issue for them. They are evangelistic and zealous. It is a means to act out their adolescent rebellions.

The sceince is really of no consequence, it is about the Bible and God etc...Using evolutionary theory is just a means.

It harms actual science more than anything for them to distort and make an idol of it.

12 posted on 12/06/2005 12:03:46 PM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
They absolutely DO NOT want to allow ANYTHING other than evolution to be taught in schools.

No, they just want to limit science classes to actual science. They're funny that way.

13 posted on 12/06/2005 12:03:58 PM PST by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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If our noses were turned up, we'd all drown when it rains. That's intelligent design.

You haven't spent enough time in Darien, Connecticut it seems. Nobody's drowning.

14 posted on 12/06/2005 12:04:27 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
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To: Regicide
Our noses are placedupsidedown in the middle of our faces so that when we have colds, snot can run down right toward our mouths.

What's intellegent about that?

But when you duck your head underwater your nose functions like a snorkel. Maybe God just intended us to swim. :)

15 posted on 12/06/2005 12:04:42 PM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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But why does everyone assume that we must settle it through an ideological death-match in the town square?

Because proponents of ID are making 100's of millions of dollars per year selling their programs to the public.

16 posted on 12/06/2005 12:04:51 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Blood of Tyrants
They absolutely DO NOT want to allow ANYTHING other than evolution to be taught in schools.

Incorrect. We scientists want only science taught in science classrooms, of which evolution is one branch of science. ID can be taught, but it it's proper context - philosophy or comparative religion.

17 posted on 12/06/2005 12:05:30 PM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: MRMEAN

I was taught, in a Jesuit school, that evolution and Creationism (Genesis) actually reinforce each other, at least on the metaphorical level. It is probably the most profound lesson I learned in high school.

The whole ID debate bores me.


18 posted on 12/06/2005 12:05:42 PM PST by Pondman88
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The sceince is really of no consequence, it is about the Bible and God etc...

Totally wrong. Do you actually know any scientists who have studied evolution or are you just blowing smoke?

19 posted on 12/06/2005 12:06:21 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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