Intelligent Ruling

[humanistj]

As some of you already know, Judge Jones has ruled on the constitutionality of stating Intelligent Design as an alternative to the theory of evolution. What is quite remarkable about his ruling is the language used. Not only does he heap scorn on the defense, but he also has plenty to about the validity of ID, its proponents, and the legal team

Comments

[newsgal81]

I find it telling that as soon as the judge made the ruling, ID proponentes were calling him an "activist" judge

[humanistj]

The judge actually predicted that as well.

[smatterings]

I'm glad to hear this. It will be soooo nice once the ID-as-science movement has been thoroughly defeated, so that we can get back to the more sensible position that science and religion really have very little to teach us about one another.

If they want to teach this stuff, do it in a comparative religion class.

Remind me to let you borrow Finding Darwin's God sometime. Good discussion of the most damning arguments against the various schools of ID/Creationism, along with why believing in evolution doesn't have to skewer one's other beliefs.

[humanistj]

I've always found Stephen Jay Gould's idea of seperate magistrate kind of interesting. Basically the idea is that religion and science answer different questions, but that position requires one not believe in a literal Bible. I'm sure we'll discuss this more.....