I have never heard of this "intelligent design", but from what I have read in this thread it seems to be an idae that a "higher" being has created the universe or some such. I am quite baffeled that this is taught as "fact" in american schools. Here in sweden we learned these things in religion-history and ordinary history, and that they were things that people believed in in the past.
lol well its simple here, we're not allowed to be taught evolution in highschool, unless your doing biology i guess.
i guess they figure they cant teach how the world started stuff cos they dont wanna get in trouble from either side. but u'd be taught the religious version in religion class. But not allowed in history class, thats the main thing [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
So they can't even teach evolution as a theory in american schools except in biology? What about other religions than christianity and different cultures, is that prohibited as well? It seems like the american school system is set on giving the stidents a extremly biased view of the world.Originally posted by: basey44
lol well its simple here, we're not allowed to be taught evolution in highschool, unless your doing biology i guess.
i guess they figure they cant teach how the world started stuff cos they dont wanna get in trouble from either side. but u'd be taught the religious version in religion class. But not allowed in history class, thats the main thing [img][/img]
im in australia [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
I see... but they have a similiar system in america as well, right?Originally posted by: basey44
im in australia [img][/img]
First of all, el_boss, if you'd clicked basey's profile, you'd have seen that he lives in Australia. Not everyone here is from the US. Second, this discussion is about the teaching of intelligent design in schools along with evolution. It's an ongoing debate in the US right now. Some advocates want to have intelligent design briefly presented as another viable theory, whereas others feel that this violates the separation of church and state.
@ Lefty: I find it a bit hurtful that you view people of my faith in such a derogatory manner. And I think perhaps you misunderstand intelligent design. I actually never heard the term until this whole kafuffle with the US school board started. But from what I've read, it seems to be a broad theory since it advocates no particular religion but just proposes the idea that some higher being created the universe and aided its development.
What is science? Science is how we have defined it: It is what we can see, what we can measure, what we can touch, what we can recreate. In my view, science has become our society's god. We worship science because it is perfect and flawless. Everything can be proven or disproven. We must have facts and proof in order to be convinced of anything. The problem when we start to talk about the spiritual realm is that it doesn't fit nicely into our little science box. But here is my question: Just because a theory does not fit into what we have defined to be science, does that reduce its probability of being true?
Anyways, back to the question at hand. I don't see a problem with intelligent design being taught in schools. The legislature only specifies one paragraph, whereas I imagine that evolutionary theory will still be taught in great detail. Kids are smart, they can make their own decisions. Do you think that by exposing them to a point of view that is held by more than half the world will confuse them and make them less able to make rational choices? I really don't think it's a big deal, and all those US officials need to not get their panties in a knot and chill out.
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