...concerns the vast pool of creation myths in existance. Do we only teach one? Two? Two hundred?
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/#28111
What about Vishnu?
Posted by Joshua Holland on November 10, 2005 at 2:36 PM.
Two points here. First, I don't see the need for a drawn out argument about whether or not "intelligent design" is legitimate science.
By definition, it's not. Central to the scientific method is the dispositive principle - every theory can be disproved. Evolution, like gravity, is a theory that has withstood the test of time and numerous challenges. But if empirical evidence (that could be tested repeatedly) emerged tomorrow which disproved evolution or gravity, scientists would accept those data. They'd have to.
ID begins with a given that can't be shaken. There's a designer, argue its advocates, and that's the end of the story. It's an article of faith.
But more to the point, I've long believed that the way to fight these ID hacks is on their own terms. Allow me to repost part of an old argument, edited slightly:
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