Backer of 'Intelligent Design' Testifies
The march towards faith-based science continues....
Anyone who thinks it's a good idea to base science on religion, should revisit the story of Galileo, and what he went through when he butted heads with those who refused to even consider any views of the universe that clashed with their faith.
Time after time, scientific methods have proven the beliefs of the pious to be in error. This debate need not be about whether or not God exists, that's the domain of faith, but what and how his universe works. How and why things are, what they do, and what they can become, must be left up to scientific methods, otherwise progress will slow down and eventually grind to a halt. This is about two entirely different institutions. One is static, and the other dynamic. One has it's basis in words written thousands of years ago, and those words cannot be amended. While the other is ever changing and advancing, with new words written every day.
If we return to faith-based science, it will be enough to simply say that some natural disaster was Gods' will, with no real need to study the phenomenon any further. Medical science will also suffer. Think of all the medical advancements that the religious have claimed were tamperings with Gods' design. Remember all those quaint sayings about how if God had meant man to fly, he would have given him wings, and if God had meant man to swim to the depths, he would have given him gills? Well that's the sort of mentality we're headed towards if we merge science with religion. To be sure, there are plenty of scientists who believe in a God, but the true scientist, believer of God or not, simply cannot taint his work with a religious belief system. He must keep them separate, or else fall into the catagory of an Alchemist.
The inclusion of Intelligent Design within true science, is one gigantic leap backwards. Do we really want to go there again?
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"Introducing "intelligent design'' to high school students could help the idea gain wider acceptance among mainstream scientists, a sociology professor testified Monday in a landmark federal trial over whether the concept can be mentioned in public school biology classes."
"Lawyers for the Dover Area School Board called Steve Fuller, a sociology professor at the University of Warwick, England, as an expert witness Monday morning. He tried to bolster the school board's contention that intelligent design, which holds that life on Earth was the product of an unidentified intelligent force, is a scientific concept."
"Fuller said minority views can sometimes have a difficult time getting a toehold in the scientific community, but students might be inspired to develop intelligent design as future scientists if they hear about the concept in school."
Anyone who thinks it's a good idea to base science on religion, should revisit the story of Galileo, and what he went through when he butted heads with those who refused to even consider any views of the universe that clashed with their faith.
Time after time, scientific methods have proven the beliefs of the pious to be in error. This debate need not be about whether or not God exists, that's the domain of faith, but what and how his universe works. How and why things are, what they do, and what they can become, must be left up to scientific methods, otherwise progress will slow down and eventually grind to a halt. This is about two entirely different institutions. One is static, and the other dynamic. One has it's basis in words written thousands of years ago, and those words cannot be amended. While the other is ever changing and advancing, with new words written every day.
If we return to faith-based science, it will be enough to simply say that some natural disaster was Gods' will, with no real need to study the phenomenon any further. Medical science will also suffer. Think of all the medical advancements that the religious have claimed were tamperings with Gods' design. Remember all those quaint sayings about how if God had meant man to fly, he would have given him wings, and if God had meant man to swim to the depths, he would have given him gills? Well that's the sort of mentality we're headed towards if we merge science with religion. To be sure, there are plenty of scientists who believe in a God, but the true scientist, believer of God or not, simply cannot taint his work with a religious belief system. He must keep them separate, or else fall into the catagory of an Alchemist.
The inclusion of Intelligent Design within true science, is one gigantic leap backwards. Do we really want to go there again?
posted by Fred | 10/25/2005 05:01:00 PM
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