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Having watched part of last night's Horizon show' date=' we should probably be worried that people are willing to believe the concept of intelligent design.[/quote']

I unfortunately missed this program, but I followed the progress of the Dover State School trial - Surprised me to see such a big %age of people willing to believe in ID in the UK.

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Saw this on BBC News:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4648598.stm

Keep in mind that Intelligent Design = Creationism and the suggestion it be taught in science classes' date=' what do people think about this?

Is it something to be worried about, or do you think it's a great step forward?[/quote']

This is a backwards step of the highest order - it's brining us back to the dark ages in terms of belief. ID is NOT science - it should be kept in the RE classes and discussed as theology and not as a scientific theory.

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Intelligent Design is not science' date=' so it should be kept in the R.E. class, not in Biology.[/quote']

I remember having a great discussion about the idea of an intelligent designer and irreducible complexity in our RE class at school, one of the few lessons I can clearly recall. It did provoke a lot of discussion and animation in a class that was otherwise looked upon with dread, so it was definitely a worthwhile thing to discuss there. (Even though we did rip it to shreds, even then).

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