Intelligent Design - Oxymoron?

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I am not sure if creationism is taught in the public schools outside of the United States.

My guess is it’s not seeing how everything idiotic seems to stem from the U.S.

Before I am flamed, please keep in mind that I live in the United States.

I just recognize that our majority, to my dismay, consists of indivduals who are void of the intelligence necessary to recognize that “Intelligent Design” is anything but intelligent.

What is intelligent about teaching our youth a concept that has absolutely no basis on actual fact?

Here is a definition for those of you who live outside of the US and are no subjected to such an idiotic concept -

Intelligent Design (ID) is the controversial assertion that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from “an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection.”[1] Proponents claim that Intelligent Design stands on equal footing with, or is superior to, current scientific theories regarding the origin of life.[2]

The scientific community largely views Intelligent Design not as valid scientific theory but as neocreationist pseudoscience or junk science.[3] The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has stated that Intelligent Design “and other claims of supernatural intervention in the origin of life” are not science because their claims cannot be tested by experiment and propose no new hypotheses of their own.

My question remainds - What is intelligent about intelligent design?

Anyone here from the flat earth society willing to prove to me why this should be taught in America’s public school system?

Lets have a class on UFOs and Area 51! Tons of people have claimed to have seen aliens. Some even claim to have met with them on a regular basis and have spoken to them.

Why not then teach this as well? Hell, who cares that we can not prove anything and that these certain people always have some kind of excuse in terms of allowing others to meet these beings (manufactured by one’s mind - sic).

Absurd eh? Some people believe in all kinds of fairy tales. I don’t however believe we should expose our youths to them though.

Next thing you know the “chupacabra” will be recognized as a “REAL” animal! Better yet how about the abdominal snowman!!! (shudder)

Where do we draw the line?

It’s a shame. When billions of people believe something that has NO basis in fact we think it’s acceptable. When numbers are not as strong on another topic, those people are “crazy”.

Enough of my rant.

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I hear you…So are you in the states considering teaching the theory of intelligent design?

Poor bastards :)

From what I have heard you also don’t get to study any other religion than the christian unless you chose to do it yourself.

Anyway some things could acctually almost be looked upon like if though it was a purpose or meaning with them. The way the laws of the universe function together in a stable chaos.
How the conditions for life are so good in the universe that it is almost like if it was meant to evolve into life.

Still that is no proof of a intelligent designer.
And if there was what or who created this intelligent designer or designers?

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I remember hearing for the first time they were going to be teaching it. Seems a little outrageous to me. Did you see the list of top 10 books to be banned to ensure healthy growth of the united states (or something of that description)? Even had Charles Darwin on there as they didn’t seem to like the idea of evolution so much, and this was only last year iirc.

So are they actually teaching it now?

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After school I’m leaving the U.S.

Oh wait, that’s right, every other place is pretty much just as f****ed up.

Seriosly, trepain, those people will never change. Kids should NOT be taught BULLSHIT. I completely agree with everything you’ve said.

Nothing.

f**** it, might as well.

Haha…

Reminds me of Goerge Carlin’s “They Came from Out of the Sky” in his latest book. Very funny book.

Healthy growth?! :angry:

There are very few of us in the U.S. that don’t believe in this bullshit. I think it was 9%. Good luck!

If you’re looking for a good laugh, check this out.

www.venganza.org

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in Italy there are a lot of graduated wanbabe-teachers who can’t be hired by the public school because there are no money, they say; moreover, since we are low in cash, they also reduced funds for schools.

Ok, this can be reasonable.

Now listen to this: the italian education minister has hired 9229 new religion teachers for year 2006.

Nine thousand, two hundred twentynine religion teachers!

And in Italy religion teaching is even not mandatory for scholars!

Doesn’t this sound immensely stupid?

Well… then you don’t know about the incredible advantages which catholic institutions have over other religious institutions, or even over other institutions in general, in Italy, but I would really get mad if I would talk about it…

If there were an intelligence beyond the design of universe, then yes, it would be a great intelligence, but we demonstrate each day that we are way too stupid to be able to even perceive it.