Just a question, Do you think the Theory of Intelligent Design should be taught in public high schools in America, and what is your religious preference.
For example, this is Jim Darwin's answer
Agnostic - NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
If you want to go ahead and tell me why you feel the way you do, please don't we have already heard the arguements for and against 1000 times. This question is only intended to see if there is a correlation between religion and the desire to have Intelligent Design taught in the schools.
I'm guessing the sense of humor religious people will say Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes (and that would be a better answer than just plain "yes")
2006-08-14 03:57:31 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO! We can't compromise on something that important! We need to hold strong until we overcome the mind controlling oppression of the government imposing public school on our little lambs. Little lambs.
2006-08-14 04:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Agnostic -Not sure
Here in our world, there are THREE different scenarios for the origin of the world that different groups of people wish to see taught in schools: (1) "a literal interpretation of the story of creation, as told in Genesis," (2) "Darwin's theory of evolution," and (3) "Intelligent Design."
People who support (3) may strongly disagree with those who support (1). They're merely arguing that the universe contains SOME evidence of having been intelligently designed, without that being tied to any particular view of what the designer or the designers were like or whether the Genesis narrative is to be taken literally.
2006-08-14 09:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok this is my thoughts....Our country was based on what when settlers came here from Europe, God right.....Well if you think about it, if we can not teach anything in school that has to do with god then we can't teach history....I think that Intelligent Design should be taught as a theory and it should be made clear that it is not a decided fact yet.....
2006-08-14 04:10:13 · answer #3 · answered by polarbear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I attended Southern Methodist University and that is a fundamentalist faith. In biology the professor taught Darwin's theory and the defects in the theory. There is no way any school can teach biology without teaching it regardless or religion.
2006-08-14 04:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
um, if it's taught in a christian school, go nuts, otherwise it's forcing your religious view on people not of your religion. Separation of church and state, The public school system is state and ID is church. and for the love of god look up the definition of a scientific theory. It's not just something you pull out of thin air and call science. It requires study and testing.
2006-08-14 04:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by Angelina DeGrizz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Mormon and say NO, intelligent design is just a guise to get christian creationism taught in public schools. that should be taught in church not school or by the parents. School is for non-religious learning. I think most Mormons agree with me.
2006-08-14 04:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No this is a fake theory, it souldn't be taught in public high school, as for the creationist theory, too mystic. But anyway, there are also problems in the Darwin's theory. The fatc is, our world is too difficult to understand, we aren't smart enough (yet).
2006-08-14 04:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am in favor of teaching BOTH Intelligent Design and the Theory of Evolution. Admittedly, there are gaps in each one. We religious folks understand that the gaps in our beliefs can only be filled by faith; those espousing Evolution must understand there are gaps that cannot be filled with anything.
How can our Nation's youth be taught to think critically if we only present one point of view and refuse to present the numerous scientific arguments against that view?
2006-08-14 04:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Leave the teaching Of ID to the religious people!
The following are the reasons:
"SCIENCE HAS PROOF WITHOUT ANY CERTAINTY; CREATIONIST HAVE CERTAINTY WITHOUT ANY PROOF"
Ashley Montague (Ph.D; D.Sc; D.Litt)
"Man masters Nature not by force but by understanding. This is why Science has succeeded where magic failed: because Science has looked for no spell to cast on Nature"
Jacob Bronousk (British mathematician & historian)
"Reason, observation and experience - the Holy Trinity of Science"
Robert Ingersoll (American philosopher & lawyer)
2006-08-14 04:31:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a choice between the theory or the stock market, I'd have to go with the stock market. No religious preference. Too many choices. I just try to go with right and wrong.
2006-08-14 04:09:18 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the very most, maybe give the creationists a blurb: "Many people believe that blah, blah, blah" and then go back to teaching science.
I'm not sure what I am, maybe a deist.
But why do the creationist flatly refuse to see the validity of evolution? Wouldn't an omniscient being ensure that his/her creations could adapt to their changing environment?
2006-08-14 04:10:28 · answer #11 · answered by Boomerang Child 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋