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Originally Posted by photon
You can avoid the reality as much as you want, it doesn't change the reality. The current Intelligent Design movement was started by and is currently used by Christians for the intent purpose of deceiving others.
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It's not intelligent design three-card monty. The idea is that it's a possibility, just like the Big Bang is. Nor is it necessarily an "alternative viewpoint". The two ideas could well be presented together without creating conflict.
I believe that God created this all, and that the Big Bang could have been what occured when He decide to. Like I've been saying all along, science makes sense, but to me so does God.
As to the Christian nature of ID, there's nothing wrong with just briefly presenting the idea of intelligent design in general (even in a Science class), without reference to specific religions because it's a possibility that is much more broadly pondered than the Spaghetti Monster. Mainstream science classes tend not to acknowledge fringe stuff, but the notion of intelligent design in general isn't fringe, and may deserve acknowledgement.