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July 31, 2006
The Truth About Kansas
Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture War has found an Intelligent Design creationist who tells the truth. Except when fundraising, they don't naturally tell the truth. You can read it in the comments at William Dembski's website. In response to DaveW asking, "Are you thinking that this is about ID? My impression is that this (the Kansas science 'standards') is about teaching the theory of evolution in a more balanced, less dogmatic way" Joel Borofsky, Dembski's research assistant, says,
It really is ID in disguise. The entire purpose behind all of this is to shift it into schools…at least that is the hope/fear among some science teachers in the area. The problem is, if you are not going to be dogmatic in Darwinism that means you inevitably have to point out a fault or at least an alternative to Darwinism. So far, the only plausible theory is ID.If one is to challenge Darwin, then one must use ID. To challenge Darwin is to challenge natural selection/spontaneous first cause…which is what the Kansas board is attempting to do. When you do that, you have to invoke the idea of ID. [ellipsis in original]
Yes, Virginia, this is all about creationism and nothing to do with teaching better science.
Posted by DuaneSmith at July 31, 2006 01:08 PM | Read more on Evolution |
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