ID disappointment
William Morgan
Issue date: 2/2/07 Section: Ed-Op
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I am disappointed that "intelligent design" has come to my wonderful University, masquerading as science. Intelligent design is not a scientific theory. Over 70 scientific agencies and professional organizations have publicly rejected it. The Vatican's head astronomer has said that ID is not science.
ID is a political and religious movement created and later defended in court by an organization called the Discovery Institute. The famous "Wedge Document" used in the 2005 Dover case showed that the Discovery Institute has a religious agenda. The Discovery Institute has a campaign called "Teach the Controversy," which alleges that there is a great scientific controversy about evolution. ID is basically a new buzzword for creationism and creation science that was created because it was ruled unconstitutional to teach creationism in public schools.
I am reluctant to write because many evolutionary biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, discourage public discussion and debates of ID, since these may be taken to mean that there is not a scientific consensus that evolution is fact. ID came to my University to "teach the controversy," so I will "teach the controversy" about teaching the supposed controversy.
Pamphlets passed out at the recent Campus Crusade for Christ-sponsored "An Engineer Looks at Intelligent Design" event bore the Discovery Institute's Web site. They passed out other flyers with questions such as, "Why did Jesus die?" The event was clearly about religion, though the speaker clearly said it was not. This deception is the fundamental problem with ID.
Those of you reading this far have probably assumed I am not Christian by now. Go back, read again, and realize that I said nothing of the sort. This is not about Christianity, but about deception. True Christians should not associate themselves with ID, but be offended by its deception. Thou shalt not lie.
ID is a political and religious movement created and later defended in court by an organization called the Discovery Institute. The famous "Wedge Document" used in the 2005 Dover case showed that the Discovery Institute has a religious agenda. The Discovery Institute has a campaign called "Teach the Controversy," which alleges that there is a great scientific controversy about evolution. ID is basically a new buzzword for creationism and creation science that was created because it was ruled unconstitutional to teach creationism in public schools.
I am reluctant to write because many evolutionary biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, discourage public discussion and debates of ID, since these may be taken to mean that there is not a scientific consensus that evolution is fact. ID came to my University to "teach the controversy," so I will "teach the controversy" about teaching the supposed controversy.
Pamphlets passed out at the recent Campus Crusade for Christ-sponsored "An Engineer Looks at Intelligent Design" event bore the Discovery Institute's Web site. They passed out other flyers with questions such as, "Why did Jesus die?" The event was clearly about religion, though the speaker clearly said it was not. This deception is the fundamental problem with ID.
Those of you reading this far have probably assumed I am not Christian by now. Go back, read again, and realize that I said nothing of the sort. This is not about Christianity, but about deception. True Christians should not associate themselves with ID, but be offended by its deception. Thou shalt not lie.
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