Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Intelligent Design

I've become aware of this effort by its advocates to sneak Creationism into schools by dressing it up to seem more "scientific" and thus fool politicians and education bureaucrats into making it part of the curriculum. The goal is to use it as a wedge to dislodge the teaching of evolution.

A Google search produces a wealth of links, mostly advocating this junk. One reference working to refute it is http://www.creationismstrojanhorse.com/.

Creationism should not be taught as though it had scientific merit, it is purely a fiction of religion and does not belong in academia (other than as part of studying the beliefs of various religions apart from studying science).