Random Thought on ID
by: Rev. DanCreationists have re-defined themselves as being part of the “Intelligent Design” movement and are using “ID” as their moniker. I agree with the “ID” label only if we acknowledge it for what it is: “Intellectual Destruction.”
PZ Myers wrote some stellar commentary on a recent post made by the “Expelled”-movie folks:
The gang of prevaricators behind Ben Stein’s Expelled movie had their own way of celebrating Darwin Day: they wrote a blog post that was a solid wall of lies and nonsense. In a way, I’m impressed; I’d have to really struggle to write something that was such a dense array of concentrated stupid, but for them, it seems to be a natural talent, allowing them to blithely and effortlessly rattle off a succession of falsehoods without blushing.
The only thing “Intelligent” about “Intelligent Design” is the rampant abuse of language and brilliant, though remarkably wrong and dangerous, framing of the (non)issues. The fact that anyone would allow Creationists to use the word “Intelligent” as part of the label for their bundle of lies and anti-intellectualism is an astounding victory for ignorance.
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