TOE and the Reasons for Doubt

Yes, it has. Evolution will always proceed on primarily the basis of random mutation and natural selection, just as it always has. I guess you don't have to "choose sides", but one side is supported by an incredible weight of scientific evidence - more than for any other theory - and the other is supported only because it's consistent with one narrow view of Christianity.The decision doesn't seem all that hard, I guess. There are no scientific alternatives to evolution because there don't need to be - the theory is robust, well-substantiated, and capable of explaining all biological observations that have ever been made. Why do you need an alternative?

We disprove that argument by knowing.But, of course, you've just called Taq's argument a "fallacy" - and then made the exact same argument! Astounding. You act like we ennoble theory by teaching it in schools - that it's somehow the highest status a scientific theory can aspire to, to be taught to disinterested 11-year-olds who'd rather be playing Xbox. I think that's completely and stupidly backwards - it should be our schoolchildren that we ennoble, by making sure they learn the best possible science, not science watered down and polluted by an anti-intellectual religious agenda. We already teach the strengths and weaknesses. The "weaknesses" of the theory your side wants to teach aren't weaknesses, they're lies. ID proponents want the legal privilege to lie to children. Can you explain why the should have it? Sure we do - we can observe the function of those units in today's living organisms. Every claim of "irreducible complexity" put forth by the ID "research program" has been rebutted with living examples.

"It's good to have an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out." - Richard DawkinsOpenmindedness is one thing, but if you're so credulous that you don't require any evidence at all before you're willing to believe in people who claim to have psychic powers, or who can miraculously heal your illnesses, or can see the future, or do other things that are too good to be true, you're just opening yourself to being conned by hucksters and scammers.You need to exercise some skepticism, Bolder, if only for your own protection. What are you going to do the next time you see a Miss Cleo ad on TV? Don't you see how your credulity could make you a target? Which books? Please be specific - author and title, please. We're against lies being told in science class. That's the only thing we're against. It's not the role of legislators to dictate how or what science should be taught to children. Schoolchildren deserve the best science education, not made-up silliness like ID and creationism.

You may recall I presented a significant amount of evidence for evolution, which you ignored.