Ben Stein FTL

So I saw this article the other day. Here is a link to the movie's site.


This movie has the gall to say that the theory of evolution contributed to the holocaust...

I really wish that intelligent design people would stop trying to get their ideas onto the science curriculum. Not that there should not be a healthy amount of skepticism when looking at scientific research, but there are checks and balances in place to make sure that any science that makes it to the classroom is sound. If I tried to publish and article proving that God does not exist and I provided weak proof for my theory it would be dismissed just as quickly. Science is not concerned with questions of faith so really why would any self respecting person of faith concern themselves with something that is irrelevant to their beliefs? I have yet to hear of a scientist knocking down the doors of a church calling creationism bunk throwing out papers saying to deny the existence of God and if such a case exists I am sure that something else was wrong with that guy to being with.


What proponents of intelligent design try to teach is faith thinly veiled as "science" which does not belong in a science classroom at a public school. If someone wants a faith based education for their child you can take them to church or put them in a private school that teaches these things, it is your responsibility as a parent to expose them to all viewpoints and no one is going to fault you for that. When I hear about professors complaining about losing their jobs as science instructors for teaching or writing articles about intelligent design I do not feel bad for them. Someone hired you to do one thing and you went and did something completely different. If I hired someone to make a table and when I come back and am presented with a chair you would not expect me to pay that carpenter would you? it seems pretty cut and dry when you translate the issue to a different situation doesn't it?

Here are some more links for your consideration:

www.creationism.org
New York Times article