Is Science Pitted Against Religion?
In a strange reversal of logic, the final report on intelligent design from Kansas’ State School Board argues that teaching only evolution is biased, because it “gives rise to implications that logically favor non-theistic religions and belief systems, and that are logically inconsistent with traditional theistic religions.” The report argues that materialist science is inherently biased against religion, and thus an objective curriculum requires teaching both ID and evolution. While science may undermine religious texts and reveal facts that contradict religious doctrine, science does not aim to usurp religion. Many great scientists, including Darwin himself, have been and continue to be believers. Science attempts to explain the world through natural causes, not to challenge individual faith. What undermines religion, rather, is the effort to make it into a competing scientific theory. Religion need not be concerned with empirical evidence, but should focus on faith, which requires n
