If you're not from Kansas resident, you may not be paying atterntion to the anti-evolution Intelligent Design movement there. Here's part of the response from the AAAS in their Q & A on Evolution and Intelligent Design:
“We trust the good judgment of parents and community leaders when all of the facts are known.”
Oh, AAAS. You think that ALL the players in the Evolution/Intelligent Design debate share a concern for the facts.
HUGE mistake.
The well-organized and well-funded Religious Right is setting the terms of the debate, and they don't care about what constitutes science and the teaching of science. Let me clarify:
The scientists think: Poor little mistaken and misguided ID supporters! They’ve been lead astray by those not in possession of a full set of facts. They’ll see the error of their ways and come joyfully to the evolution table if we just repeat our mantra: “ID has not been demonstrated to be a scientific theory”.
But the ID generals know: The first important thing is to get the masses believing it's a scientific theory and that it ought to be given a “fair hearing” along with evolution in the science classrooms. The second important thing is to keep the scientists believing that it’s all about the facts. In this way, the true motives and ultimate goals remain hidden.
The real motives? Right in plain sight, for those who will look, in a document on the internet. The Wedge Strategy is no joke, my friends, and Kansas is the proving grounds for the rest of the nation. Here's one of their twenty-year goals (oh, they are far-thinking, I'll give them that):
"To see design theory permeate our religious, cultural, moral and political life"
It's not just about the science classrooms, folks. While the scientists prattle on about facts and the scientific method, the ID generals are laughing all the way to the church...where the people are waiting to hear what they have to say. What you don't see is scientists, as a group, trying in any organized way to engage people of faith about scientific issues.
Who do YOU think has an edge - the scientists trusting their facts, or the generals with their wedge?
