Now, I'm no proponent of Intelligent Design being taught in schools. Although the concept itself doesn't offend me - I have a very open mind to the idea of some form of intelligent power guiding evolution - it lacks any of the scientific justification that bolsters the argument for evolution. And the holes that do exist in the evolution theory are not a sufficient enough basis for putting forth an argument that is so insubstantial as to not even be capable of having holes.
That being said, I'd like to put forth an idea upon which your brains might chew. As most people know, the famous 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial" case overturned a law that made the teaching of evolution by John Scopes or any other Tennessee teacher a criminal offense. Though the Dover case once again featured a school district staunchly in the spiritual corner of the debate, the crux of the controversy was the antithesis of that in Scopes. It's interesting to note that just as the Tennessee legislature so confidently stated that creationism was a belief not to be questioned, the PA federal court that decided the Dover case has gone along way towards enshrining the theory of evolution in the same trappings of unquestionability. Just something to think about.
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