" intelligent design "

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1: alternative metaphysical life origin theory to metaphysical life from non life theory presented in college- and high school classes by misguided persons with little understanding of observational science

  * e.g.,  ... inappropriate forum: neither belong in a such science classes, but if the latter uncaused effect, life evolving from non-life, is offered then also the former, intelligent design, must be offered 

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1: Advocated by the Christian right, a "scientific" theory proposing that the gaps in the darwinian theory of evolution can only be explained by the existance of a supreme being, and thus should be taught in public schools.

  * e.g.,  ... "The school board voted on intelligent design." 

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2: complete bullshit.

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1: Creationism under a psuedo-scientific name. Ultimately, it is a myth developed by those who have no understanding or respect of science. People who discredit evolution are misguided at best.

  * e.g.,  ... Bay-oosh wants to teach intelligent design because he wants America to become a third-world theocracy/ 

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1: An apparently unprovable hypothesis that living creatures were created by an all-powerful, intelligent entity that itself did not have a creator. Contrast with evolution. ID proponents typically fail to understand 4 things:

  * e.g.,  ... If Intelligent Design is such a great alternative explanation to evolutionary theory, why aren't proponents actually USING it to advance scientific understanding? In short, they should practice what they preach... literally. 

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2: 1) Scientists use the word "theory" differently than the layperson

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3: 2) Science operates just fine in the absence of absolute truths. Thus, if evolutionary theory doesn't explain everything, that's not a problem - it's a "work in progress"

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4: 3) People are no better off substituting a slightly imperfect scientific theory for a completely unsupported religious hypothesis

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5: 4) The fact that ID cannot be disproven is a weakness, not a strength (e.g. There are 482,331 raisins orbiting Saturn right now... I defy you to prove me wrong).

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1:  The theory that an omniscient being plays a vital role in the workings of the universe and is the explanation of all things (including but not limited to the origins of life itself) that have not yet been fully proven.

  * e.g.,  ... "String Theory" is speculation because its hypothesis has not yet been proven through demonstration. 

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2:  A subtle way for creationists, particularly Christian extremists, to inject their religious ideas in to the public school systems and scientific community.

  * e.g.,  ... "Set Theory" has been proven through endless mathematical examples and is practiced by pretty much everything and everyone on a daily basis. 

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3: Although the theory of intelligent design is defended with rhetoric about how evolution is also only a theory (thusly giving right for other theories to be taught as well), one key thing is different- the implied meaning of the word theory. Evolution is not a theory. It is a scientific theory. Scientific theories are not plain "I think this is why this works" theories, they are "I think this is why this works, and here's the lowdown on how it works" theories.

  * e.g.,  ... "Theory of Evolution" has been proven through observation that if an animal does not produce offspring, its species' overall gene pool has been slightly altered. Logical deduction concludes, that over a long period of time, this 'weeding-out' of the gene pool can ultimately alter the species itself. (Also known as "Natural Selection"). 

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4: Scientific theories are attempts to explain through experimentation and observation the workings of the universe, whereas intelligent design is a theory with no supplied (let alone proven) hypothesis. This is also known as speculation. Furthermore, if at any time in the future there is a supposed hypothesis for intelligent design, it would be immediately discredited due to it's superstitious roots. If all speculation were to be credited as scientifically valid, well, just take a look at the flying spaghetti monster theory.

  * e.g.,  ... "Theory of Intelligent Design" is speculation because it never did and never will offer a hypothesis. It is a clever word to mask the statement "God made you and that's that. To argue or explain God is to be against God and therefore against one's own nature. This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the government of the United States of America." 

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5: Intelligent design has been rejected by the scientific community since the 1800's, and regardless of what our political leaders or the mass media or religious leaders (assuming they're all separate people) say, intelligent design was and always will be speculation. It is because of the loose interpretation of the word theory that intelligent design has been seen by creationists as a loophole in vocabulary, thusly (in their mind) justifying suggesting it as scientifically valid. Which it's not.

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6: Get over it.

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1: A theory that evolution is wrong, and the world was created and maintained by Mr.Chuck Norris. This is almost certainly true, the only flaw may be the fact that Chuck Norris has not roundhouse kicked the idiot christians who say intelligent design is about god's heads up there asses.....yet.

  * e.g.,  ... Idiot Christian: Intelligent design is about god. Wait why is the door open? 

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1: something that i dont believe in. i mean, if intelligent design is real, then why do we guys have nuts on thoe outside of our body in a place that is easily accessable?!?!?!WHY?!?

  * e.g.,  ... Today I was sack tapped and fell on the floor clutching at my nuts thinking: WHAT THE HELL?! THERE IS NO WAY THAT INTELLIGENT DESIGN IS INTELLIGENT! 

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1: Irreducible complexity, defined by imbeciles that spend meaningless lives selling half-truths and whole lies to anyone that still wants God in classrooms. The closest thing to a legitimate argument for intelligent design is pointing out flaws in the current theory of evolution. I.D. by definition is not and can never be science, because it is based upon an element beyond human understanding creating life. The scientific method can't be applied, because it's not a "scientific theory" that can be tested or something for which evidence can be collected, only a "theory" that people believe based upon their own understanding of the issue.

  * e.g.,  ... Intelligent design is almost like science, without the science part. But it sure got popular fast 

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1: A (not so) clever attempt by American (yes, intelligent design is a product of, and is limited almost exclusively to the United States) Christian fundamentalists at re-packaging creation "science", and trying to sneak it into public schools by making it appear (at least to their desperate selves) as strict science. They call it the "Theory" of Intelligent Design, and call themselves Intelligent Design "Theorists" (or IDers).

  * e.g.,  ... "We have concluded that (intelligent design) is not science, and moreover that (intelligent design) cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents."  

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2: This so-called "theory" is hard to define, since intelligent design "theorists" are very careful to keep their definitions as vague as possible, as to avoid getting thrown out of classrooms over and over again (like they have been). Here is a little run-down of some of intelligent designs' incoherent claims:

  * e.g.,  ... - Judge John Jones, Harrisburg, PA, December 20, 200 The judge also stated:  

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3: - They offer nothing more than the mere hypothesis that the universe was created by "a creator" (who him/her/itself had no creator). Who is this creator? "Duhhhh..... we don't know."

  * e.g.,  ... "It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy." 

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4: - When did this "creator" create the universe? "Duhhh...We don't know." or "We don't do there". Could be 10,000 years old or billions. They don't say. This is where the young-earth creationists get into fights with the old-earth ones.

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5: - HOW did this creator create the universe? "Duhhhh.... we don't know." Brilliant.

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6: - Love to claim that Evolution is "JUST A THEORY" (more on that later)

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7: - Launch a variety of attacks on evolution, and believe that by pointing out "errors" in the evolutionary theory, it must mean GOD DID IT by DEFAULT.

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8: - Misinterpret and misunderstand science and try to use that as proof of God's existence. Make sense? (Yeah. Doesn't to me either).

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9: - Claim that the Grand Canyon was carved out in a few days by "The Great Flood", and that all of the Earth's geographic features were carved out by said flood. (For more on this nonsense, look-up "Flood Geology")

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10: - Claim the fossil record is either: animals who died in the "great flood", a hoax by scientists to trick the public at large, or a hoax by the devil to trick people into believing in evolution.

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11: - Man and dinosaurs walked the earth together (the Flintstones was accurate after-all!).

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12: And much, much, MUCH more incoherent BABBLE.

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13: Here are a few things intelligent design "theorists" are forgetting:

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14: - The universe began expanding about 14 billion years ago, and has been expanding ever since. Everything can be traced back to a common point. The Big Bang Theory was first proposed in 1927 by a Belgian Priest after observing the red shift in distant nebulas by astronomers to a model of the universe based on relativity. Years later, Edwin Hubble found experimental evidence to help justify this theory.

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15: - The Earth is about 5 billion years old (AMPLE time for evolution, contrary to what IDers are claiming).

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16: - The grand canyon is made up largely of shale and granite, which could not under any circumstances have been cut in a "few days" by a "great flood".

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17: - There is an innumerable amount of transitional species in the fossil record to support evolution, along with genetic evidence.

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18: - The word "theory", like many other words in the English language (and any other language) has MORE THAN ONE MEANING (SURPRISE). In a scientific context, it means a group of propositions for explanation for a class of phenomena. "Gravitational Theory", "Einstein's Theory of Relativity", "Germ Theory". The word theory doesn't mean "guess". The "Theory of Evolution" explains HOW evolution happens, not WHETHER it does.

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19: Of course, to anybody willing to see the scientific evidence that completely discredits ID and Creation "science" as pure pseudo-scientific religious garbage, it is obvious. So if the scientific evidence is so clear, why don't IDers see it? Because they DON'T WANT TO. Fortunately, almost everyone world-wide can see the facts, including most middle-eastern countries. However, there is a small minority of Christian fundamentalists in America who want to wipe out science and implement Biblical Law. They don't care about science. Science is just the "wedge issue". They want to destroy it. Their true agenda can be seen by reading "The Wedge Strategy" (google it). This short document, which was leaked onto the internet, clearly details their true agenda, and it ISN'T scientific knowledge. And to all you creationists and IDers out there, YOU WILL NEVER WIN.

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1:  A n00bish, pseudo-science religious theory that advocates that some phenomenon are just too complicated to be explained by science alone, and therefore God, or an intelligent designer must exist.

  * e.g.,  ... Dude, I made such an intelligent design in the pot this morning! 

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2:  Excrement.