Intelligent Design

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Trial Puts Dover Debate in National Spotlight

This article, published by The York Dispatch, mentions Discovery Institute: Seattle-based Discovery Institute, the leading proponent of intelligent design, has issued a statement disassociating itself with Dover school board’s “misguided” policy. The rest of the article can be found here.

Discovery Institute’s Position on Dover, PA “Intelligent Design” Case

In Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the ACLU is suing the school board of Dover, Pennsylvania for adopting a policy that requires students to be informed about the theory of intelligent design. The ACLU claims that the Dover policy violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by promoting a religious doctrine. While Discovery Institute does not support efforts Read More ›

Intelligent Design Trial Showcases ACLU’s “Orwellian Efforts” to Stifle Scientific Inquiry, says Discovery Institute

For more background information on the Dover trial click here. “While Discovery Institute opposes efforts to mandate the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, it even more strongly objects to the ACLU’s Orwellian efforts to shut down classroom discussions of intelligent design through government-imposed censorship,” said Dr. John West, Associate Director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, the Read More ›

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There’’s Not Enough Bias in the Media!

It has only been whispered before, but finally an article in The Columbia Journalism Review publicly and overtly recommends a policy of bias in covering the evolution issue. Let us thank “Undoing Darwin,” by Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet, in CJR’s September/October issue. Here is a candid, unapologetic case for even greater media spin in reporting science issues and Read More ›

A Design for Life: An Interview with Michael Behe

This article, published by The Guardian, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Center for Science & Culture Senior Fellow Michael Behe: John Sutherland: For Intelligent Design proponents such as yourself, isn’t Darwinism just another theory? Michael Behe: Well, yeah, sure. But the question is: exactly how did life get here? Was it by natural selection and random mutation or was Read More ›

Biology Journal Says It Mistakenly Published Paper That Attacks Darwinian Evolution

This article, published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, mentions Discovery Institute: The Discovery Institute supports many leaders in the intelligent-design movement and has been working to promote the teaching of the theory in secondary schools and colleges. The rest of the article can be found here.

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Top Questions and Answers About Intelligent Design Theory

The Center for Science and Culture answers some of the most common questions about intelligent design: What is the theory of intelligent design? Is intelligent design theory the same as creationism? Is intelligent design theory incompatible with evolution? Read More ›

Huge Response to Samizdat Article the Darwinists Tried to Suppress

The main tactics of the Darwinist response to Darwin Doubters and intelligent design proponents are, first, to misrepresent the opposition’s positions and, second, to try to keep the opposition from speaking for itself. They have managed to get some university professors fired or sidelined, but overall one has to think they have a losing approach that is unfit for survival—at Read More ›

Intelligent Design is Based on Science, Not Religion

“I’m not sure I fully understand what exactly intelligent design means,” explained Ohio’s hapless governor, Bob Taft, recently. At least he was honest. A lack of knowledge about intelligent design hasn’t stopped many politicians and pundits from condemning it. Howard Dean, for example, has asserted that “there’s no factual evidence for intelligent design,” although it’s doubtful he knows anything about Read More ›

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Questions and Answers about Discovery Institute

The Center for Science and Culture answers some of the most common questions about Discovery Institute: What is Discovery Institute? What is the Center for Science and Culture? Is Discovery Institute a religious organization? Does Discovery Institute favor including the Bible or creationism in science classes or textbooks? Is Discovery Institute trying to eliminate, reduce or censor the coverage of evolution in textbooks? Read More ›