Intelligent Design In The Classroom

I was once of the opinion that if religion were to be allowed in schools, then ALL religions must be included. For example, if a group of young Christians wanted to meet after school for a prayer group, the school would also have to allow the Jewish kids, the Muslim kids, the Satanic kids, and any other religious group of kids to have their own club. I believed that in the spirit of fairness, the rule should be all or none. That of course would be the only way to avoid lawsuits, and even worse, the media. It would be a perfect solution for all, and no group could complain about another getting special treatment. How wonderful, right?

As I see more and more division, and violence in the world caused by religious zealotry, I have to take a stand and label myself a flip-flopper on this issue. I don’t want the influence of religion anywhere near an American public school. I don’t want on cent of my tax dollars to go toward the inclusion of all religions, or ANY religions at all. Religion has absolutely no place in the public school system. No prayer rooms, no foot baths, no chapels, no nativity scenes, nothing. If a religious parent wants their child to receive religious instruction in school, then they need to pull their child from the public system and find a nice private school, where their children can receive religious indoctrination on a daily basis.

This brings me to the subject of Intelligent Design(ID). There are many who believe that ID IS a science, and belongs in the classroom next to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. This is, of course, insane. Intelligent Design is little more than a clever way to get God in the classroom by the far-right. The Intelligent Design movement is often disguised as Agnostic in nature, but let me be very clear about this, it is not. ID is backed and supported by far-right Christian activists.

Before you can accept Intelligent Design as a scientific theory, you must first accept that there’s an intelligent being that designed everything. The intelligent being that ID activists are referring to is God. That creates a problem. The existence of "God" isn’t scientific, it’s based in blind faith. It’s unprovable, thereby rendering the entire "theory" unscientific.

So, if Intelligent Design isn’t science, what is it? Well, it’s obviously religion, and religion doesn’t belong in the American public school system. ID has become political, and elections are won and lost on the issue. As we approach the 2008 election cycle, this debate is sure to pop up eventually, either on the local or national levels. When you hear "Intelligent Design" on the talking head shows, please remember that whatever anyone says, it’s not based in science, it’s religion. The Constitution provides us with a separation of Church and State. ID is instead, a combination of the two, and must be considered UN-Constitutional.

Remember, if it relies on "God" to make it true, it just isn’t science, and it has no place in school.

Anti-Atheist Letter To The Editor

Hey Alice Shannon from Soldata, SCREW YOU!!!!!

Seriously, the bigotry thrown at Atheists is just silly. Believers and their imaginary friends should really just calm down. At the very least, they should learn gooder grammer, because if Alice Shannon is any indication, believers have the bad learning.

In closing, Alice Shannon, why don’t YOU get off of MY country!?!?! Take that.