Intelligent Design: Scientific Method, Not Blind Faith

The principle idea behind creationism is that the origin of natural objects is supernatural. As an example, the Christian tradition is that the land, sky, plants and animals were created by a supernatural or also known as God. As Young and Strode state, “Within this basic idea are themes are variations; some cultures believe that plants and animal species are unchanging,

The argument has been going on for years and years. Should schools be allowed to teach evolution without teaching creationism? The courts have ruled, the answer is no, the theory of creationism cannot be included in a public school’s academic curriculum. With the court’s decision, it has been made clear there is no place for faith based theories to be taught in our public schools. What if there was a different approach that took God out of the equation? Public high schools should allow a course in intelligent design to be included in the curriculum as a way of teaching both evolution and creationism without violating the separation of church and state. This is certainly easier said than done.

Creationism, it is theory that claims every element in the earth, including living species, are all created by the god as the Bible said, which denies the evolutional theory came up by Charles Darwin. Then, since Darwin’s evolutionary theory is testable and make solid predictions whereas creationism cannot be tested nor predict precisely, it has been considered as a pseudoscience. However, recently there is a Ph.D. Biochemist bring creationism theory back to the audience again, his name is Duane Tolbert Gish from University of California. Dr. Duane T. Gish has written several books and articles to support creationism, and the most famous one is Evolution: The Fossil Say No!, which published in 1978. In his article, he denied the evolutionism since he claims there is insufficient fossil evidence to support Darwin’s theory, and which would prove creationism is real.

Intelligent design is not an alternative theory to evolution. Intelligent design is the belief that organisms or other things did not evolve, but were created just as they are now. In the video, the science teachers of Dover High School refuse to read a one minute statement to their classes explaining that intelligent design is an alternative theory to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Their refuting argument were as follows,

Creationism is the acceptance that the universe and living organisms originate from definite acts of divine creation, as in the Biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. A creationist is someone who dismisses scientific explanations for the origin of life and the universe, preferring a hypothesis of supernatural creation by God. The considerable amount of creationists in the United States are fundamentalist Christian Protestants, but there are creationists of other denominations as well. Creationism was the default hypothesis before Charles Darwin’s, but when the theory of evolution was proposed, its superior support and explanation led it to quickly win scientists over. Contrary to creationist, today there is no deliberate scientific debate

What is the difference between belief and ethics? Where is the line drawn between faith and law? This is the debate fought by creationists and those who recognize evolution as true. The argument has been thrown back and forth for years. But, the real question is, should intelligent design be taught in public schools? In America, creationists believe that the world was created by a god, the majority of which is made up of Christians, are usually the the people that believe in intelligent design. This Christian theory states that all life on earth, and the earth itself, was created by an intelligent designer or god in their present form. There are variations in belief including “Young Earth Theory,”

The first person to have a sense of trouble comin near was a science teacher, Bertha Spahr. She received some disturbing news from the school’s district assistant superintendent. He had told her that there was a school board member talking about equal time for creationism. By then a few other teachers had heard the rumors. Alan Boswell, a local businessman and recently new to the school board was the one to talk about creationism. Boswell had wanted to talk to Spahr and the rest of the biology teachers about evolution. He seemed satisfied with the way evolution was taught. The teachers never would have imagined what would happen.

Creationism is the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation. An example of belief in creationism is in the Bible, where God spoke the world into existence. Now a general rule in public schools is that teachers may not teach a religion, but they are allowed to teach about a religion in a secular context (adl.org). Right now, every school in America

Evolutionist believe that their carbon dating method is accurate and can specifically date fossils and bones back to a certain period in time. They believe this works for when something dies the carbon 14 it has in its body will start to decay. So when half of the carbon 14 that used to be in this living thing has decayed they say that it has been dead for 5730 years which is considered a half life. Creationists believe that Carbon Dating is inaccurate for many reasons. Charles Darwin was making the assumption that the earth has been around for billions of years when he published his book ‘On the Origin of Species’ in 1859. It was not until 1940 when radioactive Carbon 14 was discovered by Martin Carbon. Carbon dating was not invented until 1947 by Willard Libby (Radiocarbon dating). So how would we know that the fossils or bones are really that old back then? Also, Carbon dating is only reliable back to 50,00 years ago, so how do they determine the Earth is actually 4.5 billion years old with only 50,000 years of so called proof? The Big Bang, common ancestry and carbon dating are all proven false if you just use common sense. Although an evolutionist would probably bring up how was God created and how would we know God is real but that ties in with your faith. It is difficult to believe evolution with all this evidence that shows it is

Darwinism considers itself a science, that uses scientific methodology for explanations. Darwinist believe in biological evolution that changed in all living things throughout the history of life on earth. Their theory explains all living creatures share a common ancestor(s) and over periods of time new species began to emerge or as they say, ‘evolve’. Now to the creation side. Creationist and their science derives from the principle of most Abrahamic religions or monotheist religions. The majority of monotheistic religions have the same story God created the universe, humans, animals and all living things in a certain time frame. Creationists claim that all living organisms began as distinct and completely separate organisms when they were created by God hence, they do not believe organisms change or evolve into a new species or a better species through evolution. Creationists also do not believe that single-celled organisms evolved into or turned into a more complex plant or a more complex animal, which will eventually evolve into humans or Homo Sapiens. Creationists continuously use scientific evidence in supporting their arguments against Darwinism even though their theory is based on belief not science. Other than just criticizing evolution, Creationists are also constantly seeking their own scientific evidence, to support the creation side of the argument and prove that Genesis is the correct account on how the world came along. The problem in this is that Creationists are sometimes crossing that boundary between religion which isn't an effective comparison because religion is not required to provide any proof because it is a belief but science does. Some scientists and Darwinists counter by going against the Bible. Scientists doing this are also crossing

After looking at the spectrum of science and religion, I feel as if I would locate myself near the Open Science area. Within Open Science, I feel as if I fall into the “Intelligent Designers” category. I think scientific evidence points toward an old Earth, but I don’t feel that natural causes alone are enough to explain the biological diversity of our world. I whole-heartedly believe than an intelligent designer has been a part of this process.

Pennsylvania likes much of the United States, but Dover has become a divided town. One of main reasons is the Dover school board members’ decision of giving the Intelligent Design into the science classes as a scientific alternative to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Many Dover residents and scientists suppose that the Intelligent Design is outraged in which religion is disguised. 11 parents of Dover school students accuse Dover school board violated their constitutional rights by introducing religion into the science class.

Creationism is a religious metaphysical theory about the origin of the universe. It is not a scientific theory. Technically, creationism is not necessarily connected to any particular religion. It simply requires a belief in a Creator. Millions of Christians and non-Christians believe there is a Creator of the universe and that scientific theories such as the the theory of evolution do not conflict with belief in a Creator. However, fundamentalist Christians such as Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell, have co-opted the term 'creationism' and it is now difficult to refer to creationism without being understood as referring to fundamentalist Christians who (a) take the stories in Genesis as accurate accounts of the origin of the universe and

Will believers in Intelligent Design be able to embrace the incredibly promising and innovative solutions outlined in Luke Bawazer’s Tedtalk while rejecting Darwin’s theory? No, I do not believe the supporters of Intelligent Design will embrace his solutions. Even though the research is leading to new materials, with electronic functions, that can possibly power our infrastructure while at the same time reduce pollutants in our environment. By accepting the solutions, supporters of Intelligent Design will have to accept Darwin’s theory of evolution if they want to embrace Bawazer’s solutions for creating new biomaterials using DNA.

Most people are so one sided, especially evolutionist, that everything they say and find is true. However, many creationist believe that God created the heavens and the earth, but there may have been some science along the way. Evolutionists have many gaps unaccounted for and they say it’s because they just haven’t found fossils or DNA for