Intelligent Design
Intelligent design is one of those things I kind of ignore because it seems so ridiculous. The recent discovery of a creature that provides the evolutionary, water-land link has prompted the usual debate between the devout believers in the "all God's creatures walked the earth together" crowd and the science/evolution bunch (ever been to the Museum of Natural History - might provide a clue). Intelligent design is obviously anything but and it's interjection into school board and curriculum discussions violates the spirit of the Separation of Church & State provisions in the Constitution. I guess the idea that we evolved from fish, never mind chimps, is a tough one to swallow for the Christian right and just like global warming it's better to deny, deny, deny, (Iraq) than face the truth. g
posted by Galli Galli Sim Sim at 9:31 AM
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Actually, I thought I.D. allowed for evolution, as it was all designed by God to come up with creation's ultimate goal; humans.
So ID folks wouldn't necessarily disregard this finding as contrary to their beliefs, but would figure it was all part of God's plan.
(which is kind of circular reasoning, isn't it)
The issue is much more complex than I have presented. I.D. theory goes back to the ancient Greek philosohpers but but now is primarily used as a theory to debunk or refute natural selection as the sole explanation of evolution. Ironically, I guess I.D. has undergone it's own evolutionary process. Bottom line I was being a little reactionary in this post without doing all my hopework, being an East-Coast elite and all...
See Link Below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design#Origins_of_the_concept
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