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Showing posts with label Discovery Institute. Show all posts
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Discovery Institute's Science Education Policy
I recently discovered that the Discovery Institute (DI), the organization leading the Intelligent Design (ID) movement, published its "Science Education Policy" in June, 2008. (Clearly, I don't keep up with the DI very well.)
In this document, the DI explicitly states that it "opposes any effort require the teaching of intelligent design by school districts or state boards of education." (Emphasis in original.) This is commendable, and a change of thrust. Not too long ago, the DI was pushing exactly that effort. Probably as a result of court losses, that seems to have changed.
The document, however, also explicitly states its belief in a "scientific theory of design," and that there is a "scientific debate over design." The DI believes that discussion of this aspect, related to origins, is legitimate in public school science classrooms.
I differ. Although I don't see anything wrong with mentioning, in such a classroom, that there are people who believe that significant features of existing organisms are the result of design, I don't see that, at least currently, there is any "scientific debate" possible over design. There is no significant scientific evidence for it, and, even though I personally believe that God is a designer, I don't think such scientific evidence will ever turn up. I believe that, as Hebrews 11:3 indicates, acceptance of God's designing is a matter of faith.
Thanks for reading.
In this document, the DI explicitly states that it "opposes any effort require the teaching of intelligent design by school districts or state boards of education." (Emphasis in original.) This is commendable, and a change of thrust. Not too long ago, the DI was pushing exactly that effort. Probably as a result of court losses, that seems to have changed.
The document, however, also explicitly states its belief in a "scientific theory of design," and that there is a "scientific debate over design." The DI believes that discussion of this aspect, related to origins, is legitimate in public school science classrooms.
I differ. Although I don't see anything wrong with mentioning, in such a classroom, that there are people who believe that significant features of existing organisms are the result of design, I don't see that, at least currently, there is any "scientific debate" possible over design. There is no significant scientific evidence for it, and, even though I personally believe that God is a designer, I don't think such scientific evidence will ever turn up. I believe that, as Hebrews 11:3 indicates, acceptance of God's designing is a matter of faith.
Thanks for reading.
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