tacitus
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| Quote (PuckSR @ Feb. 11 2006,13:56) | | I beg to differ. I believe ID is getting publicity because of a very simple confusion. ID(science) sounds a lot like ID(philosophy). Many very intelligent Theists believe in ID(philosophy). People who have not followed ID(science) in the news believe that they are the same thing. They get really offended because they believe ID(philosophy) is a perfectly rational and intelligent view. I have spoken to many, many, many people who originally supported ID(science), but once I explained the difference between ID(science) and ID(philosophy) they quickly changed their mind about the whole topic. |
I understand your point, but I'm reasonably certain that ID would never have caused the damage and confusion it has without fundamentalists like Philip Johnson appealing to like-minded people. The defeat of creationism in the courts left people like Johnson looking around for other strategies to defeat the "evils of Darwinism". He found ID. Without this unholy alliance (pun intended) ID would never gained the traction is has amongst the American public.
Ironically, since Dover, now that ID is having to backtrack from it's more strident positions, it seems to be losing support from the fundamentalists who are too impatient to wait while ID's new, less threatening stances, work slowly to undermine science education. They want God's word taught to children now, not sometime in the future.
| Quote (PuckSR @ Feb. 11 2006,13:56) | | For a great example of this...notice how many times ID/creationists get offended/freaked out when the Catholic church comes out in support of Theistic Evolution. It drives them insane. It is a complete shock to them that the biggest denomination of Christianity does not share their worldview. |
Well, we all know that Catholics aren't real Christians. 
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