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To: Katelew who wrote (101727)	1/24/2009 7:38:46 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543200

<a school curriculum originated from within the scientific community> Scientists can believe in God. They just shouldn't bring him to the science classroom. I would like to know which scientists brought this forward as a scientific argument. It isn't anymore than some of my speculative ideas about things are scientific. I can speculate a lot of things that might be true but aren't falsifiable. ID is not falsifiable. How do I prove a fit-for-purpose gene sequence is NOT the product of intelligent design? It presupposes an intelligence as a given - you have to have an Intelligence to have Intelligent Design. Bring forth your intelligence for testing. Have the intelligence walk into the class and teach ID if it can. If it can't it isn't very intelligent, or it is too magical/mystical to teach in a classroom.

To: Katelew who wrote (101727)	1/24/2009 7:57:03 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543200

I just learned that the push to include teaching the theory of intelligent design in a school curriculum originated from within the scientific community, not the religious community. That seems odd. ID doesn't qualify as a theory in the scientific sense of the word. It has no basis in science. It may be a theory in common parlance (meaning "speculation") but it is not "theory" in the same way evolution is "theory." Any reputable scientist would know that.