[Ichneumon]

I don't disagree with anything you've written, but the fact remains that the modern "ID movement" is trying to wrap itself in the mantle of science, without having actually met the standards of science. This is dishonest, and if/until it actually does meet those standards, it has no place being taught in a science class as if it had.

It would be equally dishonest in the reverse case -- if evolutionary biology tried to elbow its way into the pulpit while falsely pretending to be revealed religion.

[Cvengr]

It would be equally dishonest in the reverse case -- if evolutionary biology tried to elbow its way into the pulpit while falsely pretending to be revealed religion.

This statement actually touches on the heart of the argument.

Evolutionary biology without faith in God has created a pulpit in the classroom forming its religion worshipping rationalism and the Creation. Scripture is God's Word revealed to man, but religion is not a revelation, rather it is a system of worship. By excluding God or faith in Him from evolutionary theory or the classroom, the state is establishing a religion.