ibenez wrote:

terratogen wrote:

ibenez wrote:
Science can't prove anything (at least formally); only suggest. Science has never in the history of humankind - proven a single thing. We may say something is proven, only to be "dis"proven later. On the other hand, science is great and I love it.

ID is a suggestion touted by religious people; it really has no more or less proof than does any other theory. ID should at least be mentioned in science class as an alternative theory, one that has less scientific evidence, but can not be proven or disproven.

Actually, proving ID would be bad - then you would have proof of GOD, which would make Faith obsolete. Faith is only relavent because we can't prove GOD exists.

ID isn't a theory though.... It's a hypothesis. There is no scientific evidence supporting ID other than faith.

Schools should probably teach evolution - but a true scientist would never exlude an idea because there is no evidence. That's the mark of a poor scientist.

True, but there far many more hypothesis than theories. The main gap being scientific evidence. If I say the universe was created by drunken elves, that's a hypothesis too. A scientist would require proof to respect this as a theory and would likely disregard it. ID isn't too different than the drunken elves hypothosis. Mainly, there are far many more people who believe in a God rather than drunken elves. This still doesn't make it a theory, it only shows the effect of faith. A theory has much more credibility, and that's why they should waste more time on them rather than a whimsical hypothesis like ID.

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