Intelligent design in school?

[Jaimecbr900]

You make very valid points.

Like I said, it's made me re-think my position. I think selfishly I was thinking that what's good for the goose should be good for the gander, but I think you have a valid point.

Although there are lots of scientific variables and equations yet to be able to be solved by conventional means. In other words, couldn't it be asserted that sometimes certain things can also be explained by "divine intervention"?

[AWD OWNZ U]

Although there are lots of scientific variables and equations yet to be able to be solved by conventional means. In other words, couldn't it be asserted that sometimes certain things can also be explained by "divine intervention"?

How would you go about it? When is something dumped from scientifically provable to divine intervention? Let's take the motion of the planets for example. For a while it was believed that the stars were controlled by God (or Gods) and that was that. If we had accepted that and not probed further, we'd have never understand orbital mechanics. Proposing divine intervention does not open up new paths ways, it just discourages you from looking further.

The ID people basically just say life is so complicated, there must be some being that created it. So what if we don't understand something, God did it? You know how horribly that mindset would retard scientific progress. The worse that happens if it was divine intervention is we hit a dead end. If it's not and we write it off we have just closed ourselves off to an entire realm of understanding.

[Jaimecbr900]

The ID people basically just say life is so complicated, there must be some being that created it. So what if we don't understand something, God did it? You know how horribly that mindset would retard scientific progress. The worse that happens if it was divine intervention is we hit a dead end. If it's not and we write it off we have just closed ourselves off to an entire realm of understanding.

Try as I might normally otherwise, I have to agree with 99.9% of your thought process on this subject.

Although, you have to admit that there are things that neither Science nor Nature has been able to logically explain just yet and may never.

I do agree that there should be deep phylosophy classes that stimulate debates like this forum in schools. Heated and passionate, but thought provoking. It would certainly make for a better world.

[AWD OWNZ U]

Try as I might normally otherwise, I have to agree with 99.9% of your thought process on this subject.

Although, you have to admit that there are things that neither Science nor Nature has been able to logically explain just yet and may never.

Oh absolutely, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying.

I do agree that there should be deep phylosophy classes that stimulate debates like this forum in schools. Heated and passionate, but thought provoking. It would certainly make for a better world.

Ya but if our schools turn out intelligent thinking individuals, who will be around to mess up my order at McDonalds?

[Jaimecbr900]

Ya but if our schools turn out intelligent thinking individuals, who will be around to mess up my order at McDonalds?