21 December 2005

The Dover case: Intelligent design banned from science class

In a landmark victory for science and reason, a federal judge ruled yesterday to ban intelligent design from the science classroom in Dover, PA. [Read story.]

While I have no problem with "Intelligent Design" being presented in a philosophy class or a comparative religions class, it has no place in a science class. This is because, unlike true scientific theories, Intelligent Design is a matter of faith and cannot be investigated or verified using the scientific method of rigorous testing under controlled conditions.

Faith is not science. Faith has its own place, but that place is not in science class.

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