OK, that's what I suspected. I've read some of the things they put out and I can have a hard time trying to following their leaps of logic. I am reminded of the X-Files, when in pretty much every episode Mulder and/or Scully would make these great leaps of logic (and I use the phrase loosely) and come up with conclusions that really no one could scientifically get to just by examining the "evidence." As others have mentioned, there seems to be a lot of circular reasoning going on on the strictly ID side. Circular reasoning tends to give me a headache. I think I need a break from all of this, at least until I've got the books so kindly recommended by Gary. I guess in a worst case scenario I could always send my 2 younger kids to private school. I was planning on sending them to at least a charter school anyhow. But I still feel a sort of obligation to all the youth in the state, after all they are our future. Michael Carnes <michaelcarnes@earthlink.net> wrote: No, they're just making it up. Darwin was all about a strict scientific explanation that matched the evidence and gave a basis for prediction and experiment. The Discovery Institute is all about power and money. They've been practicing this lie for years. They are very bad people.
OK, from all I remember from The Origin of Species, and it's been quite a few years, I don't remember it being >about a metaphysical view of the world. Anyone have any idea where they are getting this from? Is there any >truth in their statement or are they twisting things or just plain making this up?
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