Senate nominee O'Donnell asks whether Constitution prohibits establishment of religion

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I love a nice T-strap Mary Jane with a chunky heel. And you've inspired me to wear pigtails again.

But carry on, carry on. I don't want to sidetrack this into a smutfest.

[Ban Hammer 13,394]

Bill doesn't care...as long as he likes it.

last time i posted a pic like that, threads got started in site complaints.discussions.

[Danno 1,228]

Intelligent Design is not a theory of science Danno. Sorry to burst your Creationist bubble.

There you go again mixing up Creationism and Intelligent design.

While I am a creationist..... in that I do believe THe world had a creator, I have never enforced Intelligent design, I simply have fun correcting you, as you confuse the two.

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Ew. Hint: we don't like that too much.

Has that happened to you?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Has that happened to you?

No. It's rather delicate down there. I would never permit that.

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last time i posted a pic like that, threads got started in site complaints.discussions.

You're management. We like to hold our leaders to a higher standard. It's the American way.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

The absence of the "creator" that we dare not name to bring religion into the science classroom. Familiarize yourself with the origins of ID and with the proponents of that particular movement. Personally, I'd lower the bar and accept a reasonable response to the earlier posted issues with the idea that there was any intelligence behind designing life and it would appear that rather incompetent or maybe even malicious design was at work.

[Ban Hammer 13,394]

You're management. We like to hold our leaders to a higher standard. It's the American way.

i'm your leader?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

i'm your leader?

There is a difference between leading and managing.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

There you go again mixing up Creationism and Intelligent design.

While I am a creationist..... in that I do believe THe world had a creator, I have never enforced Intelligent design, I simply have fun correcting you, as you confuse the two.

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

So, should we teach ID in our biology classrooms even though ID is not a viable alternative to natural selection? The answer is "yes, if we teach ID properly." The answer is "no" if we are asked to teach ID as a viable scientific idea worth spending precious classroom time on. To teach ID properly would be to demonstrate to the students that nothing of scientific interest follows after one posits an external agent to explain something. To say the eye was designed by God or an alien race is to say: Stop, go no further in trying to understand this; give up; don't do science. Students might be taught that ID is just the kind of belief that some philosophers and theologians find interesting but since it doesn't lead to any deeper understanding of biological mechanisms, doesn't lead to new discoveries or research ventures, and doesn't have any practical scientific applications, it is left to those in other fields to pursue. A good biology teacher ought to be able to explain why ID, even if true, is of little scientific interest in about 15 or 20 minutes. That should leave plenty of time to instruct their students in science.

[Danno 1,228]

One more time.

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

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One more time.

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

Science. ID has none.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

One more time.

Q: What would it take for Intelligent Design to be a theory of Science?

It would take removal of an intelligent designer from I'D which is, if you read my excerpt in my last response, EXACTLY why I'D is NOT science.

And it would also require lobotomies or death for every living scientist and lay person who are precisely aware of the Creationist, Christian Creationists mind you, who are attempting to paint ID as science. It is not and never can be Danno.

[Ban Hammer 13,394]

There is a difference between leading and managing.

would that make you a management challenge?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

would that make you a management challenge?

Depends on the boss, and his staff. The 90-10 rule applies to mediocre managers, not to successful leaders. Think of that high-speed-low-drag major, looking for a command of his own. Those guys loved me. The ones that constantly worried about their posterior exposures didn't.