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Only 40 percent of Americans believe in evolution, according to a new study (Hat tip: Smart Christian).
University of Michigan prof Jon Miller, who led the study, attributed America’s skepticism regarding evolution to poor training in biology and a literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians.
I would suggest some [...]

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My friend Ron Mashore sends an email, with the subject line “Intelligent Design,” in which he writes:
Have you seen the new Lexus commercial on TV? It shows a new car model being developed as a result of two vehicles colliding, exploding, and falling back together just right to create a new luxury auto.
Yes, [...]

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Photo (yes, that’s a photo, not a painting!) of the Orion Nebula, taken via NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas. Orion is an emission nebula, a nebula that emanates the light of the stars within it in a splash of colors. Although Orion is 1600 light years away, [...]

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On the subject of Intelligent Design, Jim Phillips writes by email:
I don’t understand the issue about Intelligent Design. I am no fundamentalist, but from what I read, 12 billion years (since the big bang) is simply insufficient time to explain evolution on the basis of random selection. All that means is that the selection is [...]

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Received this email from John Carlson on the topic of Intelligent Design. Thanks, John, for your thoughts:
Isn’t it ironic that one of the best arguments against Intelligent Design — at least as far as the concept might be applied to the structure and workings of the individual human brain — is the fact that some [...]

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Ron Mashore has emailed with an interesting comment on the ID debate. Here’s Ron’s comment:
I have developed an idea that I wanted to fly by you. It’s related to the recent court decision prohibiting the teaching of Creationism or Intelligent Design in school science classes. I wonder why we couldn’t teach [...]

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While I would certainly hope that the dicta from the opinion you have quoted keep the judicial doors open, dicta typically do not do that in the face of stern findings of fact, to wit, the court’s findings included:
In summary, Dr. Miller testified that Pandas misrepresents molecular biology and genetic principles, as well as the [...]

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Rod: I have not read Judge Jones’ decision, and I am no expert on evolution or intelligent design (although I certainly know that there is an infinitely intelligent Designer). So I refer you to the comments of John G. West, associate director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture. West agrees [...]

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Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (USDC, MD Pa. 2005), may very well sound the death knell of the still adolescent concept known as “intelligent design.” The federal court in Harrisburg issued Judge Jones’ 139 page opinion on December 20 and the opinion is available not only from the court’s website but all [...]

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