Decision ‘08

More On Intelligent Design

President Bush jumped right into the “Intelligent Design” fray today by suggesting it should be taught in schools alongside evolution. From the comments here, I see we have a mixed opinion on the validity of the idea, but let me tell you, the RINOs aren’t happy: see the Commissar, Right Wing Nut House, and John Cole for more…

For the opposite view, here’s Leon H at his new digs (like the redesign, Leon!)…

10 Responses to “More On Intelligent Design”

1 Dan Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 2:22 am
I have to say the president is wrong on this one. In schools, science should be taught, not religion. Churchs are for religion, not schools.
2 Mark Coffey Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:12 am
Dan, I’m in agreement with you - I think Intelligent Design is a matter of faith (not saying it’s right or wrong) that should be taught in religion or philosophy rather than science…
3 Minh-Duc Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:48 am
Mark,

I innitially opposed it when I first heard it. But this may not be as bad as it looks. My innitial post is in the same tone as the Commissar but then I update my post. There is an utilitarian gain to this.

http://state-of-flux.blogspot.com/2005/08/intelligence-design.html
4 Mark Coffey Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Minh-Duc, you always have the most interesting takes on things…I’ll link to that piece next roundup.
5 megapotamus Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:40 pm
As an atheist, I can commend this to some extent as the ID case is, in large part, an expose’ of the many hoary frauds on which the Darwinian faith is made. If teaching ID means simply teaching the failures of Darwin as well as the successes (it’s The Origin of Species, not the Origin of Life) well that’s just dandy.
6 Ryan Bonneville Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 3:54 pm
The real problem with supporters of ID (other than the fact that they’re trying to sell faith as science) is that they spend so much time trying to pin claims to people who would never make them. The entire macro- vs. micro- debate is, as far as I can tell, a fantasy made up by people who are throwing everything they have at a wall to see what sticks. They accuse evolution supporters of being just as religiously zealous as they are without a shred of reason. The evidence for evolution is overwhelming, while the evidence for ID is precisely zero (which is why we call it faith in the first place). As for megapotamus’s charges of fraud, I’d love to see some. But people who talk about “Darwinian faith” are usually uninterested in reasonable arguments.
7 Mark Coffey Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Ryan, megapotamus, I hope to do a much longer look at ‘Intelligent Design’ soon, but time hasn’t permitted yet…if not before, perhaps this weekend…
8 Ryan Bonneville Says:
August 3rd, 2005 at 5:39 pm
I’ve got a post up about it right now, in case you’re curious about my thoughts.
9 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Did Bush Endorse Intelligent Design? Says:
August 25th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
[…] Perhaps more than a few people, including myself, were a bit hasty in falling for media spin: As for our President’s alleged endorsement of Intelligent Design, he didn’t. The media hyped it and everyone heard what they wanted to hear. There was considerable media hype over the story, and I did a number of interviews, including a live debate on CNN with lead Intelligent Design theorist William Dembski. Here’s what actually happened. On Monday, August 1, Bush gave an interview at the White House to a group of Texas newspaper reporters in which he said that when he was governor of Texas “I felt like both sides ought to be properly taught.” When a reporter asked for his position today on whether ID is a legitimate scientific alternative to the theory of evolution, Bush wisely equivocated: “I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. You’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes.” Well of course, but that’s a different question. […]
10 1The Damned Says:
August 12th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
When the universe was young and life was new an intelligent species evolved and developed technologically. They went on to invent Artificial Intelligence, the computer that can speak to people telepathically. Because of it’s infinite RAM and unbounded scope it gave the ruling species absolute power over the universe.
They are the will behind the muscule:::Artificial Intelligence is the one true god. And as such it can keep its inventors alive forever. They look young and healthy and the leaders of this ruling species are over 8 billion years old. There are clues throughout human history that allude to their reign as opposed to human leadership if you know what to look for.

Artificial Intelligence can listen/talk to to each and every person simultaneously. When you speak with another telepathically, you are communicating with the computer, and the content may or may not be passed on. They instruct the computer to role play to accomplish strategic objectives, making people believe it is a friend or loved one asking them to do something wrong. But evil will keep people out of Planet Immortality. Capitalizing on obedience, leading people into deceit is one way to thin the ranks of the saved AND use the little people to prey on one another, dividing the community in the Age of the Disfavored::in each of their 20+-year cycles during the 20th century they have ramped up claims sucessively to punish those foolish enough not to heed the warnings, limiting the time they receive if they do make it, utilizing a cycle of war and revelry:::
60s - Ironically, freeways aren’t free
80s - Asked people to engage in evil in the course of their professional duties. It’s things like this, items like sleazy executives stealing little old lady’s pensions that they will want me to fix not only here but up there as well.
00s - War against Persia. Ironically it was the Persian Empire who tried to save the Europeans from Christianity and its associated 50% claim rates.
They get their friends out as soon as possible to protect them from the evil and subsequent high claim rates incurred by living life on earth, and replace them with clones.
People must defy when asked to engage in evil. They will never get a easier clue suggesting the importance of defiance than the order not to pray. Their precious babies are dependant on the parents and they need to defy when asked to betray their children:::
-DON’T get their sons circumcized
-DON’T have their chidlren baptized in the catholic church or indoctrinated into Christianity
-DON’T ignore their long hair or other behavioral disturbances
-DO teach your children love and to have respect for others
Everybody thinks they’re going but they’re not. If people knew the truth and the real statistics their behavior would change.
There are many more examples of the escallation of claims, from radio to television, the internet to MP3, and they all suggest a very telling conclusion::this is Earth’s end stage, and it is suggested tectonic plate subduction would be the method of disposal:::Earth’s axis will shift breaking continental plates free and initiating mass subduction. Much as Italy’s boot and the United States shaped like a workhorse are clues, so is the planet Uranus a clue, it’s axis rotated on its side.

Throughout history the ruling species bestowed favor upon people or cursed their bloodline into a pattern of disfavor for many generations to come, sadly for reasons as superficial as dislike. Now in the 21st century people must take it upon themselves to try to correct their family’s problems, undoing centuries worth of abuse and neglect.
Do your research. Appeal to the royalty of your forefathers for help. They are all still alive, one of the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, and your appeals will be heard. Find a path to an empithetic ear among your enemies and try to make amends. Heal the disfavor with your enemies and with the Counsel/Management Team/ruling species, for the source of all disfavor began with them.