Their ideas may have some influence in schools here in the US, but they have to be presented quitely. They are vehemently opposed by the inquistors of the National Science Association headed by the High priestess, Eugenia Scott, who routinely hunts down any "heretical" biology teachers presenting anything to students that questions materialistic darwinianism.

There is some value with what ID is attempting to do, but you are correct to point out that our created world cannot be separated from the creator. That is the main problem I have with ID proponents: their attempts to distant themselves from anything biblical, and most certainly creationism. I wrote an blog entry on the subject back in June: Check it out here

Fred
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