Do you believe, as I do, that students should be taught unintelligent design?

Question

Agnostic here, not trying to change anyones religion.

Do you believe, as I do, that since Evolution is a Theory that has never been proven as a fact, and that Intelligent Design is a Theory that has never been proven as a fact, that students should be taught the alternative Theory of Unintelligent Design?

Why just look at the evidence, the human being during a day loses what physicists call "dark matter" and emit strange smelling "cosmic gasses". These are stupid things that the human body does, clearly evidence of having been designed - unintelligently.

Again, since Evolution has been been proven as a fact, alternatives should be taught in classes in America. Intelligent Design has never been proven as a fact.

What do you think yahoo answers, shouldn't Unintelligent Design be given equal amount of time, with Evolution and Intelligent Design?

Answer 1

Well I would say evolution is a theory not a law just as you said
Intelligent Design is a hypothesis not a theory as has no data to back it up.

I would say though that I really like your hypothesis of Unintelligent Design and it should be taught hand in hand with Intelligent Design by law!


Casey M:: no you are flat out wrong

Answer 2

Random natural creation (the theory of evolution) is unintelligent design and it is already being taught in schools.

You might be interested in the following:

Newsweek, August 1, 2005, Page 30: [Who needs a designer?] "Nonsense say biologists. It’s easy to imagine how a random mutation might have produced a patch of light-sensitive cells that helped a primitive creature tell day from night. You can also imagine how another mutation might have bent this patch of cells into a concave shape that could detect the direction…."

[My added response]
However this patch of light sensitive cells could not exist on the skin, so you can imagine how this would then drive other mutations to occur to protect these light sensitive cells. Once they were protected, you can imagine that the brain, somehow sensed it needed this information of light and day. So more mutations occurred to provide the right nerves and assessment capabilities in the brain. Thus, the crude beginnings of sight began.

Later, I can imagine that another mutation created another eye and placed it in a pleasing position on the head, near the other eye. The eye needed attractive eyebrows and eyelids so this mutation occurred also for how else could one sex allure another. But eyes were dry and there was no Visine, so we can all imagine another mutation created tear ducts that also aligned with emotions in some inexplicable manner, that the fairest sex became very adapt at using. And again, these were useful in many other ways. The first few times a retina burned out due to the brightness of the sun, it was easy to image a mutation must have finally occurred that provided eyelids, and allowed the retina to grow or decrease in size, and one found that this helped one to see in the dark also, for this mutation was very good. Shall I continue?

Imagination is a wonderful thing to have.

Answer 3

did i miss something on CNN or something that evolution has been proven as a fact? It most definitely has not been proven. You just said it was a theory, and not a proven fact. The fact that your breathing is a miracle. Since you know something about science, you know that even the amount of oxygen in the air had to be perfect for our lungs to breathe. And millions of other facts about our human body is made perfectly to live on earth. When scientists want to prove something, they look at the BIBLE. It's always perfect. Even secular scientists look to the BIBLE when they want to go digging, or find out something like from the past. If you want to talk about "unintelligent", start with your question!

Answer 4

No, The theory of unintelligent design assumes a designer but an incompetent moron at that. Although our universe doesn't always function as we think it ought, it is still highly ordered and amazingly complex beyond our full understanding as a species. It will remain that way for quite some time. The evidence for your theory is insufficient and could probably be explained by either of the two major theories, though I am not sure.

Answer 5

Perhaps you should be aware of my biases before I go on answering this question. First of all, yes, I believe in Intelligent Design. I have been a Christian for 3 years now, and before that time would probably agree with you, as I had no logical reason to believe in intelligent design. I would appreciate, however, any destructive stereotypes of "stupid" and "close minded" merely because of my belief in Jesus Christ to be warded off while reading my explanation. I believe everyone deserves this type of respect when discussing their personal believe, and hope you feel the same way. If you perceive yourself as being attacked in my answer, know it will be merely your perception. I am expressing what I believe and am in no way telling you what to believe.

First of all, yes I agree with your statement that alternative ways of thinking should be taught in school. It's a shame, though, whenever I sit in class and evolution is stressed as being correct over all other theories. This is psychologically playing with the students mind in telling them what to believe.
Fortunently, there are new scientists who are intelligent enough to challenge the old system and argue different viewpoints. One of my professors, Jeffrey Schwartz, argues that "Darwinism's presence in science is so overwhelming, for the longest time, there was no room for alternative thinking among the scientific community." He believes that Darwin's theory has been almost pounded into our minds as being true, but it is, as you say, merely a theory that is still being challenged and refuted to this day.

I suggest you read this article in the PITT news about Jeffrey Schwartz and his beliefs in sudden cellular mutations. He is just one modern intellectual who is challenging the old way of thinking.

Also, if alternative ways are thinking are being introduced in class, each topic should have an equal amount of time that they are covered and each topic discussed with respect and honor. No biases here, this is critically thinking as school systems have stopped doing a while ago. It surprises me just how much children and even adults regard as "fact" simply because a respected person will make one idea seem more important than the other.

So in short, yes I agree with you. We need to challenge our way of thinking, and understand one another a little better rather than get down eachothers throats about issues that we know and are taught so little about.

Answer 6

I have no problems with ID being taught in school as long as the identity of any entity is *not* specifically named.

As in, every religion on the planet adheres to an idea of ID. They believe that their gods were this intelligent designer. If ID is taught in school and the intelligent designer is said to be god of the Christian bible, then the idea of ID has become scientific creationism, and so religion. Religion should be taught in the home, not the classroom.

Answer 7

"Unintelligent layout" is an exciting theory, and there could be greater information for that than its "clever" counterpart, i think of. My hero Carl Sagan had plenty to assert approximately this. "you notice, the non secular human beings -- maximum of them -- relatively think of this planet is an test. that's what their ideals come all the way down to. some god or different is often fixing and poking, messing around with tradesmen's better halves, giving pills on mountains, commanding you to mutilate your infants, telling human beings what words they are able to assert and what words they are able to't say, making human beings sense to blame approximately taking section in themselves, and prefer that. Why won't be ready to the gods circulate away nicely sufficient on my own? All this intervention speaks of incompetence. If God did no longer go with Lot's spouse to look lower back, why did no longer he make her obedient, so she'd do what her husband advised her? Or if he hadn't made Lot this variety of sh*thead, perhaps she might've listened to him greater. If God is all-powerful and omniscient, why did no longer he start up the universe out interior the 1st place so it would come out the way he needs? Why's he consistently repairing and complaining? No, there is one component the Bible makes sparkling: The biblical God is a sloppy producer. he's not good at layout, he's not good at execution. He'd be out of company if there grow to be any opposition." "The Earth is an merchandise lesson for the apprentice gods. 'in case you incredibly screw up,' they get advised, 'you will make some thing like Earth." "the main substantial religions on earth contradict one yet another left and real. you won't be ready to all be superb. And what if all of you're incorrect? it relatively is a danger, you comprehend. you need to care with regards to the fact, real? nicely, a thank you to winnow by using all the differing contentions is to be skeptical. i'm no longer any greater skeptical approximately your non secular ideals than i'm approximately each new clinical theory I hear approximately. yet in my line of artwork, they are called hypotheses, no longer thought and not revelation." "What i'm asserting is, if God needed to deliver us a message, and historical writings have been the only way he ought to think of of doing it, he might have finished a greater effectual activity."

Answer 8

Durrrr, where does this go? LOL
I love it "unintelligent design". LOL
I personally think it is very unintelligent to rip a rib out of a man that you just made out of clay/dirt/dust to make a woman, when there's plenty more of the dust/clay/dirt sitting right there for you to use. Just a thought.

Answer 9

Your ignoring the other billion things that the body does intelligently.....I'd say your either joking or you seriously need a reality check. Besides, maybe we haven't figured out the importance of "dark matter" and "cosmic gases".

Answer 10

I believe that children should be taught, Everything. The more they know, the more they can make intelligent, informed decisions for themselves. They are individuals and independent thinking is an asset in the world we live in. Wouldn't you agree, my friend?

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