Friction Against Evolution

There is no other widely accepted scientific theory that accounts for the diversity of life on our planet and its constant adaption. Other lines of argument against the validity of evolution are based in religion. Evolution does not deal with religious subjects and ramifications in itself, but many religious people feel it runs counter to their view of the development and diversity of life and have developed counter theories.

"Intelligent Design" proposed an unnamed consciousness devised all of the intricate workings of all biological organisms. The main supposition is that all of the world's thriving organisms work too well to have developed by chance. It is based on simple incredulity rather than trying to discover or reason how organisms develop. It was proven in court in 2005 that Intelligent Design was a repackaged scheme to have fundamentalist Christian creationism wrapped in a guise of scientific doubt to have it taught in public schools.

Intelligent design is the religious belief that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not a naturalistic process such as natural selection. Implicit in the intelligent design doctrine is a redefining of science and how it is conducted. Wedge strategy proponents are dogmatically opposed to materialism, naturalism, and evolution,and have made the removal of each from how science is conducted and taught an explicit goal.

Creationism, or any religion's creation story is fully protected by the Constitution when it is taught and discussed in a religious institution. But religious education must be kept out of public schools unless specifically labeled as religious teaching and not masquerading as science.

Teachers Should Teach Both Sides

There are hundreds of different religious views concerning creation. It is simply impossible for all of these views to be presented. Furthermore, none of the theories are based in science and therefore have no place in a science classroom. In a science class, students can debate where a creature branched off in the tree of life, but it is not right to argue a religious belief in a science class. The “fairness” argument is often used by groups attempting to inject their religious views in to the scientific curricula.

Intelligent Design is a an equally valid opposing theory.

Intelligent design (ID) is the assertion that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as natural selection. It is a modern form of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God, but one which avoids specifying the nature or identity of the designer.The idea was developed by a group of American creationists who reformulated their argument in the creation-evolution controversy to circumvent court rulings that prohibit the teaching of creationism as science. Intelligent design's leading proponents – all of whom are associated with the Discovery Institute, a politically conservative think tank – believe the designer to be the God of Christianity.

"An inordinate fondness for beetles."
J.B.S. Haldane,
when asked what he could infer about the mind of the Creator in reference to there being over 350,000 known species of beetles in the world, and that this represents 40% of all known insect species (at the time of the quote, it was over half of all known insect species).

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