At this point it ceases to be a debate and more of a farce, a burlesque or at best a parody that lampoons debate. However when the maddening (and mind numbing) idiocy actually is believed by one of the two parties it looses its comical appeal.

(un) Intelligent design has absolutely no basis beyond a highly biased speculation that is also based on ignorance. However evolution has in fact proven itself at every single turn over and over and over and over again. It yet to fail a single challenge that has been laid before it. Every experiment, every discovery and even conventional logic that is so simple that children in elementary school can understand it. All of these are tale tell signs of the right answer.

If any scientist had a legitimate discreditation of evolution they would receive the Nobel Prize. Seeing as that hasn’t happened yet Its safe to assume there isn’t a single shred of evidence to the contrary despite a mass social rejection of a scientific truth.

A giant Cobra floated on the waters. Asleep within its endless coils lay the Lord Vishnu. He was watched over by the mighty serpent. Everything was so silent and peaceful that Vishnu slept undisturbed by dreams motion. From the depths a humming sound began to tremble, Ohm. It grew and spread, filling the emptiness and throbbing with energy.

The night had ended, Vishnu awoke. As the dawn began to break, from Vishnu’s navel grew a magnificent lotus flower. In the middle of the blossom sat Vishnu’s servant, Brahma. he awaited the Lord’s command.

Vishnu spoke to his servant: “It’s time to begin”, Brahma vowed. Vishnu commanded: “Create the world”. A wind swept the waters. Vishnu and the serpent vanished.

Brahma remained in the lotus flower, floating and tossing on the sea. He lifted up his arms and calmed the wind and the ocean. Then Brahma split the lotus flower into three. He stretched one part into the heavens. He made another part into the earth. with the third part of the flower he created the skies.

The earth was bare. Brahma set to work. He created grass, flowers, trees and plants of all kinds. To these he gave feeling. Next he created animals and the insects to live in the land. He made birds and many fish. To all these creatures he gave the sense of touch and smell. He gave them the power to see, hear and move. The world was soon bristling with life and the air was filled with the sound of Brahma’s creation.

no, and no.

Science is the unbiased pursuit of knowledge in nature – in our bodies, in our surroundings, and in our universe. It is a no-spin zone for unlocking the secrets of everything from supernovas to subatomic particles in the events of the past, present, and future. One of the primary aims of science is to help the human race. Our best chance at helping the human race is to distill and work off of the most scientifically grounded material, but that’s besides my purpose. I wish to remind you that one of the key battles between evolutionary and ID theorists is whether ID should accompany, or even supplant evolution theory in the SCIENCE classroom, not the philosophy classroom. So yes, whether God or some other designer sits in the sky and has designed all that we know is a hot topic for debate in a metaphysics seminar or fundamentalist Sunday School, but it will never be a valid discussion in a Science curriculum, being taught as a core academic to children like myself.