Sentences with phrase «as in intelligent design»

As in intelligent design, intelligent designer?

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So it rightly criticises creationism and «intelligent design», yet it rarely challenges the mystifications of deep environmentalist thinking, such as Gaia theory, or the numerous varieties of Eastern mysticism that are so fashionable in Hollywood.

I did not say, as I think the intelligent design school seems to affirm, that through scientific methodology, through natural sciences, it is possible to prove design in nature.

Should intelligent design be presented as a plausible theory in secular classrooms?

But in fact, intelligent design is mainly advocated in America by conservative Christians, who regard the account of creation in the opening chapters of Genesis as a scientific description of the origin of the world.

I want to learn as much as possible if I'm in school and that means I want to know the origin and basis for creationism as well as evolution and intelligent design for that matter.

Sauer also raises the specter of «bad design» as a defeater for intelligent design in nature.

As Johnson has clearly stated, biology informed by the recognition of intelligent design is «theism «friendly» in a way that doctrinaire naturalism is not.

Anyway no reference to a creator or intelligent design was made as scientists are not allowed to be associated with anyone who believes in an agent of causation that exhibits properties that can not be fully explained by known natural laws.

The discussion of the organized political and social action plan to have intelligent design as a required subject in public schools is appropriate to this thread as christians want ID taught to all children in the USA in spite of the separation of church and state.

This position can not place the Cardinal in league with the proponents of «intelligent design» such as Michael Behe, much as the latter and his supporters might wish it.

The central problem with «intelligent design» — and one which Fr Stephen Dingley pointed out when he reviewed Behe et al.'s book in the March / April 2001 edition of the Faith magazine — is that it posits, justas happily as would neo-Darwinians, that the evolutionary process is a «random» and unguided one, alongside which they then place «intelligent causes,» as if they were competitors.

It's the belief that God, or a spirit or even as a lot of scientists would say an intelligent design work in our lives that gives us comfort.

It is just as easy to disprove any sort of «intelligent design» as to prove 2 +2 = 4 Do you believe in gravity, the atomic bomb.

«Creationism in any of its forms, such as «intelligent design,» is not based on facts, does not use any scientific reasoning and its contents are definitely inappropriate for science classes.

It's kind of telling that the same people who are against gay marriage are also for teaching intelligent design in schools as an accepted scientific theory.

Again, the «designs» are neither intelligent nor do they stand out as truly unique in the context of those which came before and those that have come since, rather they all fall along a continuum predicted by evolution.

You are in fact arguing for intelligent design which has been outlawed as if it were some crime.

Provine insists that evolution finds no intelligent design operating in nature and «no such thing as immortality or life after death.»

As for advocates of «intelligent design» — the media - savvy group that has brought its ideas to school boards and courtrooms — they aren't even worth a mention by AiG, which makes abundant references to Darwin himself at the museum in the course of doling out ammunition with which to attack him.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has responded today to the findings of a survey finding 54 % Briton's agreed with the view that «Evolutionary theories should be taught in science lessons in schools together with other possible perspectives, such as intelligent design and creationism.»

A decade ago, it designed lesson plans for teachers that focused on weaknesses in evolutionary theory and presented «intelligent design» as a scientific alternative.

Instead, the institute advocates «teaching the controversy» — a legally safer approach, in which schools present Darwinism as controversial without endorsing intelligent design.

Steve: One of the things that I wrote in my notes as we were watching it was we don't even get sort of a hand - waving definition of either intelligent design or evolution until something like a half - an - hour into the film.

As with living organisms and ecosystems, the economy looks designed — so just as humans naturally deduce the existence of a top - down intelligent designer, humans also (understandably) infer that a top - down government designer is needed in nearly every aspect of the economAs with living organisms and ecosystems, the economy looks designed — so just as humans naturally deduce the existence of a top - down intelligent designer, humans also (understandably) infer that a top - down government designer is needed in nearly every aspect of the economas humans naturally deduce the existence of a top - down intelligent designer, humans also (understandably) infer that a top - down government designer is needed in nearly every aspect of the economy.

Critics say the measure will enable K - 12 teachers to present intelligent design and creationism as acceptable alternatives to evolution in the classroom.

As the project's principal investigator, I designed the experiment that randomly assigned normal, healthy, intelligent college students to enact the roles of either guards or prisoners in a realistically simulated prison setting where they were to live and work for several weeks.

We may conclude that even though the visual system can make sophisticated use of such abstract properties as the physics of luminance ratios and the statistics of segmentation required for transparency, it is «dumb» with regard to other characteristics such as color because of the happenstance manner in which its hardware (or «squishy - ware») evolved through natural selection — strong evidence against «intelligent design.»

As a devout Christian, Karen is faced with an internal battle that has resonated in the public school system nationwide for the past two years: the belief in intelligent design versus evolution, and the consequent undermining of the latter.

As the 2005 school year got underway, a new requirement in a Pennsylvania public school district mandated that all 9th - grade biology students listen to a statement questioning the validity of evolutionary theory and promoting intelligent design.

In part 1 of this special Darwin Day podcast, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin on February 12th, Richard Milner performs part of his one - man show about Darwin; Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read from The Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book 40 Days and 40 Nights, about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science — a project called ScienceDebaIn part 1 of this special Darwin Day podcast, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin on February 12th, Richard Milner performs part of his one - man show about Darwin; Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read from The Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book 40 Days and 40 Nights, about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science — a project called ScienceDebain Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read from The Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book 40 Days and 40 Nights, about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science — a project called ScienceDebate

Also noteworthy, in the category of cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.

More impressive, though, is the trio of supporting performances from the women in Raymond's life: Anna Friel as the citric - sharp Jean, who puts up with too much for too long; Tamsin Egerton as leggily stunning and intelligent model - cum - columnist Fiona Richmond, who puts up with even more for not so long; and Imogen Poots, hiding in the shadow of her own fringe as Debbie, who, the film asserts, was spoiled by her father in the truest way possible — thus finding, amid all the daft interior design and humorous erotica, the story's tragic heart.

When a federal court in 2005 rejected an attempt by the Dover, Pa., school board to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution to explain the development of life on Earth, it sparked a renaissance in involvement among scientists in K - 12 science instruction.

As we move forward in designing technological, pedagogical, and aesthetic innovations in online connectivity and social learning analytics, digital environments will become more intelligent in how they organize and facilitate meaningful interactions among students.

If you're looking to design intelligent training solutions for your own workforce and you are overwhelmed by all the options out there, feel free to use these trends as a starting point in your exploration.

When asked by a Christian radio station, Bennett said that their science curriculum presents evolution, creationism, and intelligent design as equally tenable explanations for the existence of life,» adding «We're centered in the Judeo - Christian tradition, we do not ignore faith and religion, we do not ignore the arguments against evolution, because there are some...»

Mentally tossing aside what is, in order to consider what might be, is an exercise that can help us see the present in all its strangeness — revealing features of the current system as products of history and happenstance, rather than of intelligent design.

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* Design of the SUV is classy and premium, looks beautiful * Comes with very intelligent bits of technology * Very good performance from the 2.0 - litre engine * Feels great to drive as well as be a passenger in

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The price covered not only a list of goods once found exclusively in high - priced Detroit machinery, but intelligent design and a smooth running machine as well.

Christian faith notwithstanding, Gray was too much of an empiricist to accept Agassiz's metaphysical biology, and so even as he realized somewhat bitterly in recent years how far he and Darwin were from agreeing on the subject of intelligent design in nature, he stood staunchly by him as Darwin's man in the New World, his first friend, collaborator, proxy, and shield.

The phrase «intelligent design» arose as a reaction to a defeat in federal court of an attempt to teach creationism as part of the biology curriculum in the south.

Rather, it is about the design of policies in pursuit of complex objectives in a system comprised of people who are at least as intelligent as the government that is attempting to influence their behavior...»

Even without detailed knowledge of wind turbine design, the intelligent reader should be slightly suspicious about the current pro-windmill exuberance in newspaper articles such as that by Michael Booth, 1/07/01 («Energy Solution: Blowin» in the Wind?

That effort merits a story in itself but what makes it even more noteworthy is that the people of Greensburg, Kansas have chosen to move from ordinary to extraordinary... Imagine a community for 1500 people designed as a state of the art working model for green building and energy, hybrid design efficiency and genuine intelligent design.

In addition to the intelligent configuration of interior spaces, the home also integrates a number of sustainable features, such as rainwater harvesting, geothermal heating and cooling, and heat recovery ventilation, in addition to employing passive solar design principleIn addition to the intelligent configuration of interior spaces, the home also integrates a number of sustainable features, such as rainwater harvesting, geothermal heating and cooling, and heat recovery ventilation, in addition to employing passive solar design principlein addition to employing passive solar design principles.

The design of Frito - Lay's primary distribution center in western New York showcases an array of innovative strategies and systems that reduce energy consumption dramatically, circulate and clean air and water, and serve as a prototype for efficient, intelligent, green commercial buildings.