Somebody Thankfully Woke Up

Hooray!

On Tuesday U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III in Dover PA. declared ID ("intelligent Design) ruled that "it is unconstitutional to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom" on the grounds that "intelligent design is a religious view."

Read about it here. And here.

There! Finally somebody said it out loud and in court.

"Intelligent Design" is NOT science but it IS religion!

I have been reading about this 'debate' with my jaw on the floor. How can any person with an open mind think that this "Intelligent Design" is nothing but a ploy to get religious views into the science classroom? Let's not even bring up that fact that the U. S. Constitution bars this very thing?

This decision has nothing to say for or against the merits of "Intelligent Design." It's just that, like any religion, it has nothing to do with actual science, and therefore should not be taught in any science class in any public school.

And please don't even get me started on their argument that the universe is so complicated it MUST have been created by an 'intelligent being.' Hey, just because I don't understand how a cell phone works, does that mean it MUST be 'magic'?

I love this quote from a science teacher:

"This judge missed absolutely not a single opportunity to put intelligent design in its place. The 139-page opinion is erudite; it's sophisticated; it's very definitive. I'll be mining it for quotes for years."

Read the Judges complete decision for yourself here. I think he makes such a clear case that I would hope it would shut these "ID" people up for a while (but I know it won't)