Saturday, December 04, 2004

Evolution

Just 13% of Americans believe humans evolved without divine help. 55% believe God created human beings exactly as they are today, and 27% think that humans evolved but that God guided the process. - CBS poll

In school districts in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin and elsewhere, creationists are campaigning against teaching evolution and they've acquired a new, sneakier tecnique. Now without mentioned God or the Bible, they're arguing that schools should teach 'intelligent design'. This theory argues that the universe is so complex that only a 'supernatural, omnipresent designer' could have designed it but this is still faith masquerading as science. There are no scientific models to test the the belief of a divine architect. Faith should be taught at home or in the church, not in schools. "