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To: greenspirit who wrote (92635)12/28/2004 6:06:56 PM
From: Lane3   of 793754
 
I see no problem with a teacher saying something like "some people believe in the theory of evolution, some people believe in an Intelligent Designer, and some people believe in a combination of both or neither." The truth is no one really knows.

That's the notion I was trying out. I think the only real objection to it is teaching ID as science rather than philosophy or religion. Evolution is a scientific theory. To be science, ID would need to be framed as a testable hypothesis. I don't know enough about it to know whether that's feasible or not. In any event, even as a hypothesis it can't compete with a theory on equal terms. But it could be a promising hypothesis.

One doesn't "believe in" science. One considers something proven or sufficiently proven or unproven. One "believes in" religious teachings, which are neither provable nor disprovable.

I recently saw a poll in which 92% of Americans said they believed in God. In other words, 92% of the people believe in some kind of "Intelligent Design Theory".

I think it's ninety six percent in the US. And forty some percent think that evolution is largely proven. Which leaves around fifty percent in the creationist group. ID would have to be very broad to accommodate the whole ninety six all the way from believing in some cosmic force or that God set evolution in motion and then opted out on one end to the creationists.
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