MPTrooper wrote:I don't jest...much. However I am serious about the movie and my willingness to see it as I believe that both sides of an issue should be examined before one jumps to conclusions. I don't think I'll give up on evolution as I understand and believe it to have happened, however I still don't think it's fair to dismiss something out of hand without at least having a chance to understand it from those who practice it.
You can understand it from those who practice it quite readily by looking at the arguments. Those that dismiss ID from the scientific classroom are generally familiar with the ID claims, to the extent that one can very easily discern the biases inherent in this particular brand of pseudoscience.
If you need more understanding, investigate the Wedge document, the 'smoking bullet,' as it has been called, of ID's ties to blatant propaganda and religious fundamentalism.