[Vision2020] Mandating Religion In Science Class

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I do not think Behe's publishing of his theory of Intelligent Design meets 
the scientific standards I outlined for a scientific theory, published with 
sufficient empirical evidence.  He would have to present empirical evidence that 
an intelligent being of some kind created life and/or the universe, with 
sufficient empirical testing methodology that is replicatable by other scientists 
seeking validation or refutation of the theory.  I recall that I offered 
"Science" magazine as a model for the sort of scientific publishing of theories of 
science I was seeking.  Behe's theory is theoretical, and as far as I know, 
there is no replicatable empirical testing methodology based on modern scientific 
standards that can test the theory.

Please supply a web ink to, or the actual published scientific 
theory/empirical validation paper, by Behe, that has been reviewed by the scientific 
community with replicatable empirical validation underway, and I will consider the 
validity of what you asserted.  

Behe's theory has been answered by the scientific community.  It has been 
called "Philosophy," and as much as I respect this discipline, there are cases 
where a Theory of Philosophy does not meet the standards of science for a 
scientific theory, regardless of how clever or brilliant the theory.  

Maybe life and/or the universe were created by Intelligent Design.  I agree 
we should remain open to all possibilities.  But science requires a rigorous 
logical/empirical foundation for a theory to become a scientific theory, and I 
do not think Intelligent Design/Creationism currently meets these requirements.

The web link below offers a readable overview of Behe's theory, with a reply 
from an opponent in the scientific community, along with other debates 
regarding the Intelligent Design/Creationism vs. Evolution debate, Eugenie Scott 
among the debaters:

http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html

Ted Moffett
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