Intelligent Design is a War Against Sceince

There is a war against science in America today and Intelligent Design is leading the way.

Both religion and science give you things to believe in. You can choose which facts you want to believe. However, you should understand a major difference between religion and science:

• Religion's facts cannot be reproduced. For example, how could you recreate the events in the Bible? You can't. You have to believe what you are told simply because the people telling you to believe are believers themselves.
  
• Science's facts can be reproduced. While new science frequently builds upon earlier science, you could recreate every single scientific fact all by yourself. (Well, you'd also need a long life with a lot of free time.)
  

While I don't have a problem with science and religion coexisting (as you can see in a previous blog post), what I cannot stand is religion masquerading as science. Intelligent Design has been making headlines over the last several years because it is religion masquerading as science.

Examining religions is OK; teaching children in public schools to believe a religion as fact is against America's separation of church and state. Since that separation makes it hard for radical creationists to enforce their religion upon your children, they've relabeled creationism as "Intelligent Design" and are calling it a scientific theory. It is not.

If someone has religious beliefs that you do not agree with, would you rather have that person knock on your front door trying to spread their word or would you rather have their beliefs be taught to your children as facts in your kids' school?