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[Paul Rumelhart]

My only problem with Intelligent Design is that it's not science because 
it's not falsifiable.  It is unprovable, and goes completely against the 
grain of the scientific method by assuming an answer and then looking 
for evidence as opposed to following the evidence to wherever it leads.

I'm totally fine with it being studied and am perfectly willing to 
believe that the universe was created - just keep it out of the science 
classrooms.

Paul

Pat Kraut wrote:

>I recently attended a lecture with this Institute where someone from a
>Jewish school who talked about Lebanon and Israel and a professor from ISU
>with 'Just war Theory' shared the platform and it was a most interesting
>discussion. The combining of science, philosophy and religion makes for a
>very thought provoking evening.
>Dear Friends
>
>Over the last couple of years lectures have been sponsored at the University
>of Idaho on the Theory of Evolution as the source of life's diversity.  The
>Theory purports that all life forms have evolved from a common ancestor by
>natural selection of chance mutations.  However, not all scientists accept
>chance as the mechanism responsible for all the diversity and complexity of
>life we witness today.  As an alternative, they believe that life and its
>diversity testifies of design by a supernatural force, referred to as
>Intelligent Design.  That position is alleged by secularists as Creationism
>disguised as pseudo-science.  Although Christians believe the supernatural
>force is God, in the realm of science the force is not identified, only that
>a master design is more feasible than chance.  In an effort to provide
>balanced information on controversial topics consistent with its objective,
>the Sciphre Institute is sponsoring a lecture on Intelligent Design: What it
>is and what it is not, by Dr. Scott Minnich, a microbiologist at the
>University of Idaho.   The lecture is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Friday,
>December 1st, in the Law School auditorium, University of Idaho. The public
>is welcome and questions on the idea of design will be discussed.
>
>
>
>Dr. Ernie Brannon
>
>Sciphre Institute
>
>208-882-7907
>
>ebrannon at moscow.com
>If we do discover a complete theory..of everything...we shall all,
>philosophers, scientists and just ordinary people,
>be able to take part in the discussion of why it is that we and the universe
>exist if we find the answer to that,
>it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason...for then we would know
>the mind of God.
>Stephen Hawking
>
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