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To: spinestein
He may claim that I.D. is science and not religion all day, but that doesn't change the fact that I.D. IS religion and it is NOT science, and as such it has no place in a science classroom.

The main point of his closing argumenets is that the definition od science is not sufficuiently inclusive of supernatural explanations, and, therefore, needs intellectual affermative action to get sciecne to accept fairy tales as scientifically credible theories. He is advocating that sciecne is wrong not to include religion. His statement below proves my point.

As Fuller has explained, it is merely a philosophical commitment to so-called methodological naturalism, adopted as a convention by the bulk of the scientific community, which bars reference to the possibility of supernatural causation, again, at least so far as such causation is currently regarded as supernatural. Even Pennock agrees that philosophers of science, those who have examined these matters in detail, do not agree as to the viability or benefits of this so-called methodological commitment.

103 posted on 11/17/2005 5:55:04 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30
[The main point of his closing argumenets is that the definition od science is not sufficuiently inclusive of supernatural explanations...]


I didn't want to believe that was true, but I think you're right. It does appear he's trying to get the courts to accept a new definition of science to be taught in a public school science classroom: one that includes a belief that supernatural causes are sufficient support for a scientific theory.
146 posted on 11/17/2005 3:02:06 PM PST by spinestein (Forget the Golden Rule. Follow the Brazen Rule.)
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