Whats Wrong With Intelligent Design as Science?
By Diana Lee December 1, 2005 UNIORB: REALITY CHECK: SCIENCE An intensifying battle over intelligent design (ID) to be taught in science classes has been emerging across the United States, alarming scientists and educators who consider ID as a political ploy to repackage religion under the guise of ‘alternative science’ to undermine the scientific theory of evolution. Policymakers in 24 states are weighing proposals to introduce ID in their public school curricula. Whether ID is a religious belief or a scientific theory is at the heart of the controversy waged in courtrooms and public forums. Intelligent design holds that some complex developments observed in nature that cannot be explained by natural selection suggest design by an unspecified intelligent agent. Despite the absence of identifying the designer or creator, the theory of ID mimics the biblical account of creation – God created all matter, various forms of life, and the world out of nothing. Intelligent Design (ID) fails a
