[shhrubbery!]

I agree the merits or demerits of Intelligent Design (or for that matter Probabilistic Design) can not be rationally or even adequately discussed at the middle school or high school level. In general teachers at these levels are too poorly trained in science to do any more then rote teach facts out of a textbook. That's a hard enough problem considering how bad textbooks are at that level.

You're right about how bad textbooks are. As I understand it, some biology textbooks STILL present fake "evidence" for Darwinism, e.g. Ernst Haeckel's fake embryos, and the fraudulent peppered moth photos!

But I have to disagree with you about the need to wait until the college level before students can have an intelligent discussion about intelligent design.

Smart high school students deserve more than a Darwinian indoctrination; and regardless of how ill-trained their teachers may be, I believe there are resources out there that could be used as a basis for discussion of the subject.

One is a short, easy-to-read book by James Perloff called The Case Against Darwin: Why the Evidence Should Be Examined.

The book is a good overview of the subject; it also exposes some Darwinian claims, e.g. Haeckel's embryos, as a fraud.

[gondramB]

"short, easy-to-read book"

"exposes some Darwinian claims"


His work is like the guy who exposes a faith healer as a fraud and says religion should no longer be taught.

[js1138]

You're right about how bad textbooks are. As I understand it, some biology textbooks STILL present fake "evidence" for Darwinism, e.g. Ernst Haeckel's fake embryos, and the fraudulent peppered moth photos!

If you are going to make this kind of charge I'm going to ask you to back it up. Name the textbooks.

[Reily]

I have read that book its tripe!

dlw

[Dimensio]

You're right about how bad textbooks are. As I understand it, some biology textbooks STILL present fake "evidence" for Darwinism, e.g. Ernst Haeckel's fake embryos, and the fraudulent peppered moth photos,

What textbooks are still promoting Haeckel's fraud and what is fraudulent about the peppered moth photographs?