News: ID On Trial in Harrisburg, PA

I know that I am a little late on writing about this (the federal case started Monday), but I thought it was important to mention it (either for emphasis for those who have heard or for information for those who haven't). Intelligent Design (ID) has, in recent months, received considerable news coverage, and most of it has been an attempt to either scoff or denounce it by ideologs who have little knowledge thereof. If you would like to stay abreast on the issue, let me encourage you to read often the blog by William Dembski called Uncommon Descent. Dembski is a professor at Southern and has written many books on ID which are the topic of much discussion. It may very well be that ID be the chief culture battle in worldviews in the immediate years to come (and in the latter future). Aside from medical ethics (such as cloning, stem-cell research, abortion, etc.), this may be a defining moment for science and religion. I think it is. The facts are out there, and ID is only asking that students and scientists alike consider the theory and evaluate it without presuppositional lenses or ideological slants. This will be hard for many, as we have seen in Pennsylvania, and you can be sure that the mainstream will be painting ID in the poorest light. Therefore, the real battle for worldviews will not take place on the airwaves but in the hallways at school, in the breakroom at work, in the marketplace downtown. And if Christians become informed and engaged in this important issue of human origin, I think that many who have been duped into believing evolution will be challenged to think otherwise. For more research, you might want to check out these sites: William Dembski Access Research Network (ARN) ID in the News ID the Future Telic Thoughts Wittingshire's Links and Info AP Article of PA case