[Rudder]

He wrote a book entitled The Privileged Planet which "showed" that there is evidence for design in the universe.

Again, there are no scientific data supporting such a notion.

[elfman2]

"Again, there are no scientific data supporting such a notion."

Bingo! ID better belongs in social studies, religious studies or political sciences, not the hard sciences.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“He wrote a book entitled The Privileged Planet which “showed” that there is evidence for design in the universe.

Again, there are no scientific data supporting such a notion.”

And Professor Gonzalez was not teaching this in his class.

Should a professor in economics, who believes that Jesus Christ was beaten and killed for the sins of mankind, and then arose in bodily form 3 days later, be denied tenure?

And that economics professor teaches economics in the classroom and not Christianity?

Since we don’t have absolute scientific proof (at the present time) that Christ was resurrected, then does the economic professors belief in the resurrection, make him unqualified for a economics tenured position?

[cookcounty]

"He wrote a book entitled The Privileged Planet which "showed" that there is evidence for design in the universe.

Again, there are no scientific data supporting such a notion.

That's because "design" is a concept ruled out, a priori by the "scientific" community. It's beyond the very narrow scope of what has become known as "science."

There is no scientific evidence that Michael Jordan was a very good basketball player, but that doesn't mean it isn't a serious and accurate statement.

What is the scientific data supporting the notion that your mother loved you? Nothing that would pass peer review in a scientific journal.