Intelligent Design

[sirarthur]

So this Intelligent Design crap is in the news again.  I even saw a columnist editorializing about it in the paper today.  The fact that anyone is latching on to this as something that can be taught in science classes is infuriating to me and illustrates the basic misunderstanding so many Americans have about the scientific position on creationism.

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"I Swear To God I'll Drive This Bus To Cortland!"

[backawayslowly]

Charlie?

Re: "I Swear To God I'll Drive This Bus To Cortland!"

[sirarthur]

Holy crap! Dave?

This should get me fired or expelled...

[yuusaku]

Hey, yeah, my first post on this friend's journal.

My heresy for the day: you're right, Intelligent design is not science; it is a belief (sub)system, which can and usually is incorporated into another, large belief system. It does nothing to prove or disprove evolution, just explains for some people why they accept the theory.

We've been translating Genesis 1 in Hebrew this month, and something interesting fell out as we shook it. There are spots where, rather than creating something, God says "let the earth cause to come forth". So, when someone tries to tell you that the world happened because "God spoke, and it happened", ask them to check the original Hebrew for the times when God tells the Earth to take care of stuff instead.

If your interested, I can bring my translation work next time I drop by. I'm loving Hebrew class more and more every week.

Re: This should get me fired or expelled...

[yuusaku]

Sorry to post to my own post. I just noticed that that last bit is more applicable against 'big-bang' creationists than 'intelligent design' creationists, but it's still fun to share with the uptights.

('Why do we need to read it in Hebrew? If the King James was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!' - One of our fav jokes at the sem.)