Intelligent Design
...the introduction of this concept in public schools. According to the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, "intelligent design, or ID, is the controversial assertion that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, not an unguided process such as natural selection. Though publicly most ID advocates state that their focus is on detecting evidence of design in nature, without regard to who or what the designer might be, in statements to their constituents and supporters nearly all state explicitly that they believe the designer to be the Christian God (Intelligent Design, Wikipedia)" Because of this relation to Christianity, intelligent design is a form of creationism and, as a concept that is not based on scientific method, it does not belong in our science classrooms.
Professor Kenneth Miller argued at the Dover Area School District trial on whether the ID theory should be taught in these Pennsylvania schools. In an article in The Brown Daily Herald, Miller states that "intelligent design is an idea that has no standing whatsoever in the scientific community. I strongly believe that ideas that have not been able to gather any significant amount of scientific support should not be part of scientific education" (Parks). This trial originated over a four-paragraph statement written by the Dover High School Board, discussing problems with the theory of evolution and introducing ID as an alternative. As a result, eleven parents from the Pennsylvania district are suing.
To get a better background on why this is becoming such a strong issue in current society, I have researched the topic of ID a little further. The interesting thing about the intelligent design theory is that supporters talk about the evidence they have found to prove this specific way of origin....
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