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CULTURE: Intelligent Design Experts to Debate Evolution With Muppets

Once again, in the long shadow of the Tennessee Scopes monkey trial, a Kansas school board will begin arguing the merits and validity of intelligent design. Those opposed to evolution have banded together in a “I’m-No-Kin-To-The-Monkey-But-Gee-Ain’t-They-Well-Put-Together” group will take part in a courtroom-style “debate” to argue the validity of intelligent design. Evolutionary scientists are staying away from the event.

I will also be holding a “courtroom-style” debate in my living room with my two cats, Oliver and Lucy, over whether or not we should teach abstinence-only or abstinence-plus in our high schools. Lucy believes that she will sit under the bed, while Oliver counters with an appeal to ethos and logos by meowing all night. This debate will be as legitimate as the intelligent design debates in Topeka.

I don't know, sounds like it has all the legitimacy of a town hall meeting, and if it's good enough for dubya...

I think if anything is to be banned in this country... It should be religion. That would make a lot of things much easier and stupid debates over some made up story book would end.

It is possible to believe in intelligent design AND evolution.

Creationism and Intelligent design-ism belong in two separate categories.

Where do the muppets come into all this?

Is Kermit the Frog the highly evolved version of the amphibious being?

Fuck... I don't want to even get started on this whole "Intelligent Design" bullshit.

Intelligent Design is not a science. It's faith.

"Intelligent Design" predicts nothing. It does not belong in the category "science."

I think it's the poster's jab at the fact that you can't have a debate without two parties, and the evolutionists are mostly refraining from taking part (on grounds that since evolution is a "proven fact" it's akin to debating the geometric shape of the earth), muppets will take their place in defending the theory since the whole concept is "absurd" to begin with.

We should so spread this to other disciplines as well. I just got through teaching Romeo and Juliet, but never shall I again! Forget Shakespeare's literary merit, suicide is a sin! Come on guys! Think of how great it will be when when we no longer have to tax our minds considering subjects and ideas that are contrary to our own, despite their social relevance or scientific weight. It will be Utopia!!!

Neither does evolution.

Actually, yes it does since you can compare diffient species in a family. Open a biology book sometime.

Evolution isn't comparing species. Evolution is stating that higher lifeforms evolved from lesser ones.

It is a theory with holes to state how humans came about and is just as out there as believing in a God or gods or that we poofed out of nowhere or that life is just a big videogame for some other universe. You just like it because it's easy and according to the rest of your world views: it makes sense.

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[Edited on May 03, 2005 7:20PM]

Wow, is that what your pastor told you?

No, what is easy is saying that some being clapped his hands together or whatever and *poof* there was the universe. And how do you know he likes it because it's easy? Do you know him? Do you know what he's studied and how he arrives at conclusions about things?


[Edited on May 03, 2005 by mamet]

Well, the first part is from public high school. If you don't know what evolution is: like this moron clearly does not, jump off a bridge and save us the trouble. The second part is pure reason. People will believe anything you tell them.

Evolution is a THEORY. You have faith in the theory of evolution. That's no different than someone that has faith in a God. If you can't accept that there might be some things out there that aren't proven: there's a bridge down the street.

I have a feeling this one's not going to last very long. If only I had the flag function. Hi, guy. Bye, guy.

People believe whatever is comfortable for them. If God is comfortable for you, you'll believe in him. If believing in evolution, or Ra, or Krishna, or Buddha, or nothing is easier: then whatever creation idea follows will be your own. Everyone believes whatever is easiest for themselves.

When will kids realize that it just isn't safe to learn at all? Seriously, the TiVo was invented for a reason. Take a load off.

I wish parents would get worked up about inadequate education in geography, history, reading comprehension, and mathematics. Imagine a school board that pushed improved education, more homework, more depth of material...instead of either goofy pro-religion agendas or else teaching towards improved SAT and standardized test scores!

"I demand you tell me if evolution is real or not!"
*the chimp merely scratches his ass*

i say take the most out spoken of both sides in an arena and arm them with planks and let tham have at it.

I live in Kansas and sometimes the depths this state goes to astounds me. (For the record I believe in both.)

Actually, I'll pass. you see, I have 'blind faith' as you would put it, in the theory of gravity. Scientific definition of a theory is far different from a laypersons.
And that first part may be from public high school where you went, but in high school biology here, we spent a little more than a 6 second sentence going over something as complex as evolution.

Its a shame that people like that give religion such a bad name, really. It shocks me just how shallow and weak the faith of some supposedly born-agains can be. *shakes head* Oh well, it will all blow over eventually; *crosses fingers*

"There's a monkey in the jungle
Watching a vapour trail
Caught up in the conflict
Between his brain and his tail"

Curi.