[quote][b]There are many possible explanations that could be used in a nonreligious context (Superior alien intelligence, time travel, etc.).[/url]
There is no evidence for aliens, hence this theory does not belong in science class either. Time travel falls into the same category, if not a worse category still, as there is no reason aliens can't exist, but theory suggests that time travel is impossible. I can't help but think that both options are just ad hoc components designed to wiggle out of the connection between ID and religion.
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The apathy of students today is something that desparately needs to be overcome
Good point, but introducing unscientific garbage is not the way to overcome that apathy.
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I have trouble seeing that evidence discounts any possible explanation of how life came to be at this point.[/qutoe]
Science is what we can prove, not what we can't disprove. There are thousands of theories that we can't disprove. We go with the ones for which we have evidence.
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low likelihood that an organism with a mutation would even survive to reproduce
Low likelihood? Not by a lot. It happens all the time. Virtually every critter born has a mutation, and a significant number survive to reproduce.
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this doesn't discount the fact that a designer would be working from an original template and would not recreate life with every step.
Again, science works on what we can prove, not what we can disprove. An example, I created the entire universe in a past incarnation of uber-cleopatra. Disprove it. You can't. All you can do is ask me for evidence. If I can't provide it you figure I'm insane and move on. Yet, MY STATEMENT HAS NOT BEEN DISPROVEN. Should we teach it in school as well? By your logic, we should.
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