[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

I do not doubt that Christians and Jews would promote the "Intelligent Design" model. But that has no more to do with science than the fact that atheists and agnostics promote the "Evolution" model.

The bottom line IMHO is that "Intelligent Design" is neutral to religion and thus would not run afoul of the establishment clause.

[Iota]

>>>The bottom line IMHO is that "Intelligent Design" is neutral to religion and thus would not run afoul of the establishment clause<<<

I agree that ID is facially neutral as to religion. However, if the Cobb County School Board requires that it be taught in science class because ID happens to coincide with the religious beliefs of the Board (and certain vocal constituents) rather than because of its scientific merit alone, I believe that doing so would violate the Establishment Clause. And I believe that this is the real reason the Board is thinking about requiring the teaching of ID.

Assuming, for the sake of discussion, that the Board members want to mandate teaching ID because they believe it lends scientific support to the creation account in Genesis or to the notion that the JudeoChristian God created all life, do you believe that doing so would violate the Establishment Clause?