Intelligent Design - the Creationists' Latest Wheeze

[John Carvill]

Jporter wrote:

>> 6. The theory of Evolution put a stick through religion's spokes.

>This appears to be the only assertion you've made about the
>so called "theory of evolution", your other nine points are all
>about how "unscientific" Intelligent Design is.

Well just step right in and attack me, why don't you?  I never used the
word 'unscientific', I said ID was pseudo-science. We could argue on and
on about that. I wasn't really making 'points', I could sum up my
reaction to ID as, "Aw, c'mon!"

>What do you understand the current Theory of Evolution to
>be, exactly?

Well I haven't read the article you've linked to, but in any case I only
mentioned what the theory of evolution had done for religion, ie.
provided a scientific alternative which is a good deal more persuasive
than religion's supernatural mumbo jumbo, and has only increased in
plausibility over time, which is the opposite of how religion has begun
to lose its grip as humans have become more enlightened.

>Intelligent Design- which may well be a lousy theory-

I don't really regard it as a theory at all, it's more of a ruse, a
hustle, an attempt by the creationists to have their cake and eat it.
They know that outright denials of evolution aren't washing so well
these days so they've come up with a way of seemingly embracing
evolution whilst in actuality subverting it.

> they have found the truth- "a stick", as you say,
>with which to beat their favorite devil.

Im an athiest, and us yahoos don't believe in devils........

Cheers

JC





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