There was a very fine New scientist all about ID recently....
1) US poll - if I can remember the figures right 55% Americans believe God intervened in their evolution 30% believed humans were created directly 15% believed Man evolved without intervention(whether a creator started the world/universe or not).
I find these figures scary.
2) ID proponents use the term "theory" in its layman sense to give equal weight to the scientifically-termed theory of evolution - as in a testable, evidence based system of reasoning to explain how things are.
3) ID proponents are willing to concede evolution on the small short-term scale (eg drug resistance, colour of moths,...) but the big scale which isn't observable is somehow intrinsically different.... and fossils conveniently don't show enough detail to prove every single point of change
4) ID requires a director, who, when they let their guard down is invariably the Christian God.
I am a confirmed agnostic. Should it ever be proved to me that there is a creator, I will be much more impressed by one that just set the universe going, and we emerged from it, than either total determinism or "god the meddler".....
If ID is to be taught, it should be taught only as part of religious education as a belief framework. Pretending it has equal weight to science and logic damages education.
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1) US poll - if I can remember the figures right
55% Americans believe God intervened in their evolution
30% believed humans were created directly
15% believed Man evolved without intervention(whether a creator started the world/universe or not).
I find these figures scary.
2) ID proponents use the term "theory" in its layman sense to give equal weight to the scientifically-termed theory of evolution - as in a testable, evidence based system of reasoning to explain how things are.
3) ID proponents are willing to concede evolution on the small short-term scale (eg drug resistance, colour of moths,...) but the big scale which isn't observable is somehow intrinsically different.... and fossils conveniently don't show enough detail to prove every single point of change
4) ID requires a director, who, when they let their guard down is invariably the Christian God.
I am a confirmed agnostic. Should it ever be proved to me that there is a creator, I will be much more impressed by one that just set the universe going, and we emerged from it, than either total determinism or "god the meddler".....
If ID is to be taught, it should be taught only as part of religious education as a belief framework. Pretending it has equal weight to science and logic damages education.