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Intelligent Design or Creationism?
A review of the article by Branch, Glenn; "Understanding Creationism after Kitzmiller."
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| 750 words
| 8 sources
| MLA
| 2007
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This paper examines the case in Dover, Pennsylvania, in which the school board adopted intelligent design as a purported alternative to the theory of evolution. The paper describes how this led to a case in which the trial judge heard a 40-day trial, and in a voluminous opinion ruled that "ID" is creationism under another name, that it is not science, and that it is religion, and therefore cannot be taught in public schools.
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"When the subject of evolution comes up, our public schools often become a battleground. One of the most loudly voiced claims made by the opponents of evolution is that they never get a chance to present their views. These people claim that if they were given a fair chance, they could teach science at least as sound as the theory of evolution. I am here today to say that, given a fair chance to present their views, the anti-evolution people got slapped down hard. The case came out of Dover, Pennsylvania. The new "anti-evolution theory" was labeled "intelligent design," and its supporters insisted that it was..."Cite this Article Review:
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Intelligent Design or Creationism? (2007, December 01)
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"Intelligent Design or Creationism?" 01 December 2007.
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