Intelligent Design is misunderstood

From: Sunday News Lancaster, PA | Date: February 13, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

How much do you know about the scientific theory of Intelligent Design (ID)? If you're receiving your primary information from major news outlets, your knowledge will be both minimal and misleading. According to popular analysis, the Intelligent Design theory is either camouflaged biblical creationism or comparable to theories about little green men from outer space.

False comparisons and misrepresentations of ID have been the common grind in the media. Repeatedly we have been told that ID is a thinly concealed form of Christian fundamentalism from right-wing extremists. But commentators who ...

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