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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Bush wants to condemn a generation of kids to idocy
Posted by Jill | 6:43 AM

George W. Bush apparently wants to educate the workforce of the 21st century by teaching them that true science involves throwing up your hands into the air and saying, "We can't explain it, so it must be magic!"

President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss "intelligent design" alongside evolution when teaching students about the creation of life.

During a round-table interview with reporters from five Texas newspapers, Bush declined to go into detail on his personal views of the origin of life. But he said students should learn about both theories, Knight Ridder Newspapers reported.

"I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought," Bush said. "You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, the answer is yes."

The theory of intelligent design says life on earth is too complex to have developed through evolution, implying that a higher power must have had a hand in creation.


I have no problem with people believing that God created the universe in six days, or that some Unseen Hand kind of helped things along. I also have no problem with people believing that the universe is the back of a giant turtle either -- but that doesn't make it science and it doesn't mean it should be taught as such.

And frankly, a president who advocates this ought to be laughed out of the room when he talks about emphasizing education. Because intelligent design isn't education, it's indoctrination into a particular religious structure. Religion may be all well and good, but it's not science and shouldn't be taught as such.
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