On November 19, 2004, the Dover Area School District (in Pennsylvania) issued the directive to teach Intelligent Design in the 9th grade biology class. The press release reads:
Because Darwin's Theory is a theory, it is still being tested as new evidence is discovered. The Theory is not a fact. Gaps in the Theory exist for which there is no evidence. A theory is defined as a well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations.
Intelligent design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin's view. The reference book, Of Pandas and People is available for students to see if they would like to explore this view in an effort to gain an understanding of what intelligent design actually involves.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on December 14, 2004 on behalf of eleven parents from the Dover school district.
On December 20, 2005, Judge Jones found FOR the plaintiffs: "....The evidence at trial demonstrates that ID is nothing less than the progeny of creationism....The overwhelming evidence at trial established that ID is a religious view, a mere re-labeling of creationism, and
not a scientific theory."
You would think that the expert witness for the Plaintiff would be an Atheist. No. Ken Miller, a biology professor from Brown University was the first witness in this trial...and HE IS ROMAN CATHOLIC. He gave a very convincing case AGAINST Intelligent Design as a scientific theory. He said: "Intelligent design is not a testable theory and as such is not generally accepted by the scientific community...It falsely undermines the scientific status of evolutionary theory and gives students a false understanding of what theory actually means...As a person of faith who was blessed with two daughters, who raised both of my daughters in the church, and had they been given an education in which they were explicitly or implicitly forced to choose between God and science, I would have been furious, because I want my children to keep their religious faith."
And here's a Youtube link of Ken Miller showing proof of Human Evolution:
Roman Catholic Ken Miller - Human Evolution Proof!.
The Dover Trial Revisited
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