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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
I know all about ID and the plans of some to get it into schools, but that's really irrelevant to this young Earth jive.
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Intelligent Design is not 'irrelevant' to Young Earth Creationism because despite differences in mechanics, they both have the same central thesis (intelligent designer created to the universe and is the principle supernatural force behind overservable and testable phenomenon regarding the origins of the earth and the origins of species) by itself means little, but when you research the proponents of the ID movement, you find that when speaking of the movement in the United States, you find they generally share the same judeo-Christian background and motivation as those that favor YEC. They different sides to the same coin, both attempting to reconcile science with a faith...even a specific faith.
If you want to teach ID in schools, go ahead, but teaching it alongside evolution is critically flawed since there is nothing to teach; no experiments, theories, or concepts except for psuedo-science cloaked apologetics. Those belong in faith studies or religious studies classes (which definetely should be taught in schools).