CoEternity

Intelligent design implies a permanent solution; all truly scientific reasoning presupposes a continually changing set of discoveries leading to new, different science based on more complete data. No matter the structure of theory––or how orthodox some scientists may sound about evolution––science by definition does not purport to offer immutable truth. Forcing the teaching of “intelligent design” in public schools is, therefore, a blatant attempt to establish government religion.

To social agenda activists of current religious conservatism, the poetic nature of Judeo-Christian tradition is lost. The practical work done by early Jews who wrote the foundational scriptures of their faith gave an agreeable explanation of creation in metaphorical terms. The veneration of scripture beyond reason is a tension suffered in every religious tradition, yet there is no place for our government in this realm.