understanding politics, considerations

Intelligent Design


October 2nd, 2007 · Christianity, Law and Legal Affairs, Religion, World Affairs

A quote from this web­site, which favors so-called “intel­li­gent design,” sums up my feel­ings nicely:

You don’t have to teach both sides of a debate if one side is a load of crap.

I don’t think that web­site is hav­ing its intended effect. Would you respect a geol­ogy teacher who insisted that the opin­ion that the earth is flat should be taught out of fair­ness to all sides? No. Would you respect an astron­omy teacher who said the opin­ion that the sun revolves around the earth should be taught out of fair­ness to all sides? No.

The same is true for evo­lu­tion. I’ll write a more thought­ful post at some point.