Unintelligent Decision

CNN.com - Court rejects 'intelligent design' in class - Dec 20, 2005

Wow - this is scarey! A US District Court banning discussion of an idea in our classrooms.

The courts have made clear that they reject Intelligent Design because it is associated with religion, and that is somehow unconstitutional. But, the court itself is the one injecting the specific religious abuse into the ID argument. The ID community consists of many disparate people - christians, to be sure, but also muslims, jews and even a few who perceive something greater behind the universe while remaining outside of any religion. Admittedly, Christians are the biggest proponents of ID in America, but no one today calls the civil rights movement 'racist' simply because it was most strongly supported by African Americans. Christians just happen to be the largest part of the group unfairly affect by the status quo.

Science rejects ID as non-scientific, but I beg to differ. Science is about proof, but it begins with a hypothesis - venturing to explain the world around us and by testing our thoughts to learn. Science has certainly never avoided a hypothesis because it could not be proven (That would eliminate Evolution itself!). Instead, science carries on testing what it can. But, somehow an "intelligent designer" in the universe is outside the realm of circumstances science can evaluate. Honestly, many scientists are committing intellectual suicide just as much as the unquestioning religious zealots they resent. Who's close minded now?

Interestingly, this does illustrate the true nature of our constitutional protections: they are little stronger than the prevailing national sentiment. Almost 100 years of slavery sanctioned under our current constitution bears witness to the fact that we the people aren't as altruisticly democratic as we like to think.

Christians have been 'on top' for a long time in this country - long enough for hem to forget that this is just not normal. True Christianity has been consistently under attack and reviled since Christ himself was crucified. In fact, he even said as much. In John 15, He says not to be surprised if the world hates [Christians, ergo Christianity] - it hated Him first (my paraphrase).

Bill's Thoughts: Some thoughts on Xmas

Bill's Thoughts: Some thoughts on Xmas

Bill makes a great point in this post! It sheds some more light on the myth that many Christians live under, that this is a "Christian Nation" and we should have some special place in the society.

It would be great if the world would recognize God for who He is and give him the glory he is due but that is not what we're told to expect. Instead we should expect the opposite (John 15:18).