[Texasforever]

It was just a list of definitions. The dictionary is full of them. If the Theory of Evolution is unassailable then, in the hands of a competent educator, there should be no problem putting it up against ID in the classroom. You and yours are fond of calling those that take the ID side of the debate ignorant. That may be so BUT, like it or not, a majority of your fellow countrymen believe in some form of intelligent design and they bring those beliefs with them into the classroom. If you and yours are secure in your science then you should be able to cure their ignorance in short order.

[Dimensio]

If the Theory of Evolution is unassailable then, in the hands of a competent educator, there should be no problem putting it up against ID in the classroom

The concern is not that Intelligent Design would appear to be more valid than the theory of evolution. The concern is that teaching Intelligent Design in the context of a science classroom would give the incorrect impression that Intelligent Design is science, and that it would create a false impression of what science is.

That may be so BUT, like it or not, a majority of your fellow countrymen believe in some form of intelligent design and they bring those beliefs with them into the classroom.

The number of individuals who "believe" Intelligent Design has no bearing on its lack of scientific merit. It is also interesting to note that many people who claim to believe in "Intelligent Design" have differing ideas of what "Intelligent Design" actually is.

[wyattearp]

If the Theory of Evolution is unassailable then, in the hands of a competent educator, there should be no problem putting it up against ID in the classroom.

How? What evidence is there for ID? What does the theory of ID state? What does it predict? How do you test it? What would falsify it?

Can you answer any of these questions? If not, then what business does it have in science class?

Seriously, answer these questions. I have been asking them for quite some time, and all I get is insults in return.