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MissileMan said:I'm not sure if you understood what I said. Let me see if I understand what you just said. In your opinion, either teach all possible explanations, including totally baseless supposition, for things not 100% proven, or don't teach anything at all that isn't 100% proven. Is that what you're suggesting?
Considering that some 90% plus Americans believe in God, I wouldn't charcterize ID as being on the same level as just any other way-out theory. As I have said, ID does not need to be taught in science class- unless you are going to be teaching other unprovable theories on the origin of life. It's really simple: either stick to the scientifically provable, or stop complaining (not you personally) when something that is not provable is mentioned. I can't think of another way to restate this.
I think Luv and I have said a few times now that we don't understand what people are afraid of here. Do you seriously think that by mentioning ID in a couple of minutes in one class, that we are going "back to the stone age"? Surely you can see the hyperbole in that statement. Do you think that science cannot stand up to a mention like that? Is our scientific foundation that fragile that it will crumble?
I am left with my original theory- that people who fear the simple mention of ID are probably Christophobic, or perhaps in this case Religionophobic, since there is no particular religion or God being taught here.