Week8, Intelligent Design

This article of intelligent design was interesting to read because it
gives the point of view of the scientists who oppose it and are for
it. In one of the sections of the article it asks "should
intelligent design be taught in public school?" Some people oppose
the idea of intelligent design being taught because it is disguised
as a religious idea. The author states "there is much hypocrisy and
deceit in a movement that does not refer to God in published
documents as the intelligent designer, but opens its public
presentations with a Christian prayer and doesn't hesitate to refer
to God when alternatives such as aliens as the designers are brought
up." ID is considered to be a step to a non scientific approach by
evolution believers.

Evolutionary scientist argue that natural selection is the first
step for a better understanding of how evolution happened and
therefore assumes that evolution is a fact. Many parents teachers,
law officials, and scientist don't agree in the idea of allowing
intelligent design to be taught in school because it leads to
different biases and contradictions of how the universe and the
existence of human life happened. I agree with the author that "no
one was present when life first appeared on earth, therefore, any
statements about life's origin should be considered as a theory, not
fact." In order for something so controversial such as intelligent
design versus evolution, should be left for the individual to decide
on. If such, I agree that both intelligent design and evolution
should be given a "fair and balanced presentation when teaching about
the origins of the universe and life" because that allows the student
to understand the different ideas that people have on a controversial
topic such as the origins of the universe and life.