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Slashdot | Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law: “The US state of Louisiana has passed the ‘Science Education Act,’ a piece of legislation that could allow Intelligent design to be taught in schools. From the article: ‘The act is designed to slip ID in “through the back door.” More at

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<a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/10/1232246&from=rss">Slashdot | Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law</a>: “The US state of Louisiana has passed the ‘Science Education Act,’ a piece of legislation that could allow Intelligent design to be taught in schools. From the article: ‘The act is designed to slip ID in “through the back door.” More at <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926643.300" New legal threat to teaching evolution in the US - opinion - 09 July 2008 - New Scientist</a> I teach a course “Concept Development in Science”. I also wrote my MA thesis on Christ’s uncle (Joseph of Arimathea). I know the Bible and religion better than people I know who haven’t specialized in the field (especially Rochelle). I don’t ‘believe’ in God. And I don’t ‘believe’ in science. Belief is a real problem. Same goes for faith. I do inquire into things. Faith and belief is great if you want it and it is meaningful and useful. But this is not a form of inquiry. This is not an empirical form of investigation that is verifiable and generalizable. To me. Your mileage may differ. I don’t want faith or belief in science (and that goes for non-religious faith/belief) any more than I want science in my religion. But then again, I don’t want to live in a theocracy (</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy">Theocracy is a form of government in which a ‘god’ or ‘deity’ is recognized as the supreme civil ruler.</a>). When educators choose to teach religion, they should not be following what the scientists say about it. I think that when educators choose to teach science, that we should be looking for the word from scientist. I guess that’s just me.