Intelligent Design can not be taught in Pa. schools

Discussion in 'Free Speech Alley' started by Rex, Dec 20, 2005.

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  1. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    the solution is easy. teach supportable science. thats what science is. there is nothing supporting ID, unless you count the testimony of loonies. and i do sometimes, but not this time.
     
    martin, Jan 11, 2006
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  2. CParso

    CParso Founding Member

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    Gravity is a theory too. Some people don't want the evolutionary theory taught in schools because they don't believe in it - not because of it's lack of evidence, but because of their religion. Most things in science are theories, we simply just don't refer to them as such because most people accept them as true.

    I disagree. I don't think scientist will ever go for teaching ID in a Science classroom. It's simply not science & doesn't deserve to be in a science classroom. There's not really any room to give... I said earlier that I have no problem with a teacher mentioning it class, but as martin pointed out - a teacher mentioning something & something being in the curriculum are two different things.

    I think that this will be a dead issue in the (probably rather distant) future, where pretty much every one realizes that ID had no place in a science classroom.
     
    CParso, Jan 12, 2006
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  3. LSUsupaFan

    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    A scientific theory is now a wild guess. It is based on observable evidence. There is no evidence for ID. Until there is it does not belong in science class.
     
    LSUsupaFan, Jan 12, 2006
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  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    I'll say it again.

    Intelligent design and other religious topics can be mentioned and even taught in Social Studies classes along with Greek, Roman, Norse, and Hebrew mythology. History, geography, sociology, theology, music, art and the other social studies disciplines are all appropriate venues.

    But never in biology, geology, zoology, chemistry, physics and the other sciences. Unless, of course, its proponents want to promote it properly using the scientific method . . . which does not include influencing politicians to declare it a truth.
     
    red55, Jan 15, 2006
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