For the Record....

I'm getting sick of even hearing the phrase "Intelligent Design". So, let's break this down.
The people who think the Theory of Intelligent Design is just as valid as the Theory of Evolution are basing their arguements on the single word: Theory.

Let's take a look at that.
- Selection is the process by which external forces give advantage to one or more creatures in a genetic pool (species) via the slight differences in their genetic makup. This is a definition.
- Natural Selection occurs from a variety of passive sources like food availablity, geography, etc. We can observe it take place each year when the next Flu virus gets produced in Asia. This is a fact.
- Intentional selection is when an intelligence (like man's) directs the process of selection. Every pet that is legal in the US and most farm animals in the world are a direct result of recorded Intentional Selection. This, too, is a fact.
- Evolution is the process of increasing the variety of life, increased number of species, and wider genetic variety, usually through a process of Natural Selection, mutation then selection, or intentional selection. This is a definition.
- The Theory of Evolution stated that these facts are what lead to the wild variety of plants and animals on the planet today through a very long process of evolution. It will remain a theory until we have the process available to collect the evidence to proove, without a doubt, that this was the case (probably time travel).
- All evidence available currently validates Evolution: fossil records, carbon dating, etc.

Intentional design says that God did it.
- There's not a shred of evidence to back up this theory.
- There is only one way to prove this theory: meet the Intelligence behind creation.

I.D. claims to be the only working theory other than Evolution and therefore should be taught side by side.
In his Hitchhiker's trilogy, Douglas adams provides several other theories, including one specific to earth. All of these are EXACTLY as valid as I.D. They should be taught too.

I know I'm preaching to the choir by now, but for a scientific theory to get that title, it must EARN it. Science does not bandy about word use the way the rest of the english speakers do. Intelligent Design, in scientific terms, is a hypothesis at best. Since it is not only unprovable, but is untestable, it shall be relegated to the embarassing annals of pseudo-science containing the Crystal spheres, Flat Earth theory, and the Subluminiferous Ether.

Take this friends... go, squash this little trend.