Kenneth Miller, acclaimed author and outspoken opponent of efforts to introduce intelligent design into America’s science classrooms, delivered the message his enthusiastic Lehigh audience expected on Wednesday, and concluded with a caveat that distinguishes him from some staunch defenders of evolution—that one can embrace Darwin’s theory while believing in a God who plays an active role in the universe and in the lives of people. In a two-hour address and slideshow before more than 600 people, Miller critiqued intelligent design as a pseudo-science that builds up a questionable religious idea while undermining the scientific process. Miller, professor of cell biology...
