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Can't even get this strawman correct? Pity.

But an opportunity to belittle someone else doesn't escape you at least. It isn't a strawman, it was what my daughter was taught before Christmas vacation in school, hence why it was fresh in my mind and part of my comment on the article.

The entire exercise has been about teaching religion in science class, no one has complained about teaching Christianity in comparative religion classes.

History is a major component of virtually every biology coursebook I have ever examined. How one teaches 'intelligent design' as anything other than 'this is another explanation' I don't understand. It has a place in at least the historical context and should have equal footing with the descriptions of medieval beliefs that snails turned into swans or whatever it was (been a few years since I took biology.)

In the context of the Dover trial - the school board operated like morons. In the context of the history of biology, creationism has a place. Do I think it should go so far as to say that every mutation has the hand of God? No, I don't. Can it go so far as to say that some believe that the diversity of the biosphere leads some to see the hand of God? Absolutely.

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"But an opportunity to belittle someone else doesn't escape you at least. It isn't a strawman, it was what my daughter was taught before Christmas vacation in school, hence why it was fresh in my mind and part of my comment on the article.

I forgo many such opportunities.

"The entire exercise has been about teaching religion in science class, no one has complained about teaching Christianity in comparative religion classes."

"History is a major component of virtually every biology coursebook I have ever examined. How one teaches 'intelligent design' as anything other than 'this is another explanation' I don't understand. It has a place in at least the historical context and should have equal footing with the descriptions of medieval beliefs that snails turned into swans or whatever it was (been a few years since I took biology.)

I agree, however that is not how it was being presented. It was being presented as an alternative science to evolution with the hidden intent of supplanting evolution. It is not a science yet, and I doubt it will every become a science in the biological context, so has no place being taught as science. Taught as you suggested? Sure.

"In the context of the Dover trial - the school board operated like morons. In the context of the history of biology, creationism has a place. Do I think it should go so far as to say that every mutation has the hand of God? No, I don't. Can it go so far as to say that some believe that the diversity of the biosphere leads some to see the hand of God? Absolutely.

It appears I have misunderstood your original post; my apologies.