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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Nice tangent, thanks.  As soon as somebody can prove to me that the THEORY of evolution is fact, then I will be happy to have it presented as the only lesson on creation in public schools. But, as long as the science around it is as flexible as global warming, ALL theories of creation should be presented. |
Evolution is taught as exactly that, a scientific theory. A theory in the scientific process is a lot different than the word theory your uncle walter uses to describe his belief in aliens from the planet trafalmadore running the white house. That 'theory' is a conjecture or opinion - not a scientific theory. Intelligent design is just a speculation and doesn't meet the minimum criteria to be seen as a scientific theory (which you can google yourself), whereas Evolution does.
If you want to teach non-scientific opinions such as intelligent design in a classroom, that's fine - but then it's not science. Or you could learn some science yourself and post a formal theory of intelligent design to make it official, but as it stands right now, the theory of evolution is the ONLY explanation of creation that meets the criteria of a scientific theory.