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One More Nail in the Coffin

I have to look at this and chuckle. There's a social networking site which I participate in wherein this topic has been essentially talked to death, but I rather enjoy the trump card I've laid down more than once there, to wit:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/

For those of you who aren't aware of it, there was a considerable legal battle in Dover, PA about the issue of I.D. in schools a few years back. Said battle was very well documented by PBS and their excellent program, NOVA. The entire program is available on the above site and I recommend it heartily.

For those who want me to skip to the end, well, here it is: not only did the judge in this case rule that I.D. is not science, but, among other things:

* ID is the progeny of creationism
* Evolutionary theory is not antithetical to religion
* The goal of the ID movement is to foment a revolution

and most notably:

* It is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution

This was as thorough a smack-down of both I.D. and creationism that I am aware of to date, way overdue ... and very damned welcome to yours truly!

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