Intelligent Design On An Another Planet?
Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed so that they can make other robots just like themselves from raw materials.
Now, imagine an alien visitor coming to the planet and, after many years of studying these robots, coming to the conclusion that since science can explain how these robots work and function there's no reason to believe that there was an ultimate intelligent designer behind them.
What little philosophical muster this article begins with rapidly loses steam. By the closing paragraphs, we're left with a puddle of noxious rhetoric:
Science cannot prove we are here by either design (creation) or by chance (evolution), but students should have full information available to decide which position science best supports.
An organization of highly qualified scientists, The Institute for Creation Research has published some excellent books supporting faith in intelligent design for life and the universe.
Meanwhile, the Vatican chews the metaphysics of converting extraterrestrials to Christianity. And we wonder why there has been no open contact.
5 comments:
I suppose it is an improvement upon 7 day creation and humans appearing fully formed on Earth 10,000 years ago via the hand of God...
But it becomes serious when it's an attempt to currupt peoples education, especially in a science classroom which is supposed to base it's education on observation. If I lived in America and they tried to teach me this "God did it" in a science classroom, I'd get up and walk out of class... But then again, if I was born in america, there is a good chance I would have been brainwashed.
The irony could turn out of be that if a 'God' created our universe, then surely the "word of God" is through science, as science merely observes his handy work. What does religion do? It fabricates it's own ideas whilst ignoring the very facts that science tells us about what God created for us. Evolution being one example. I find it completely hilarious hearing these people say evolution is evil, yet, if there is a God, then he did it.
I guess what I'm saying is, I.D. is ok in my book as it is a step closer towards sanity for the religious nuts, but at the same time it should NEVER be considered science. It is a philosophy.
The above story was contributed by Mr. Babu G. Ranganathan. Mr. Ranganathan has B.A. degree in Bible and Biology from Bob Jones University.
Bob Jones University. Enough said. If you didn't think the fundamentalists were trying to sneak creationism in by the back door of ID, think again! B.A. in "Bible and Biology" indeed! More like a "B.S." degree I'd say.
Mayhap if we handed them copies of The Watch Tower they'd give us some real real nice gizmos ....
But honestly, I consider the entire concept laughable.
Here's a solution: Why don't they just stop teaching evolution in public schools? Instead they can simply introduce kids to the scientific method in general. I'm sure few folks would have a problem with that. People can learn about Darwinian evolution when they get to the universities -- where, incidentally, they would encounter many other ideas (such as creationisms of all sorts) as well.
No chance, Ken: too rational.