Intelligent Design Creates Crises of Science and Faith, by Steven B. Case

September 15th, 2006 Desty Nova Posted in Commentary |

STEVEN B. CASE’S opinion piece is a must-read. (If registration is required, go to BugMeNot for an username and password.)

How can you argue the following point he makes?

Irreducible complexity implies that God resides in the “gaps” of our knowledge. Science students who are introduced to the idea that God is only present in what we don’t understand, i.e. the mysteries of the universe, are left with difficult issues to resolve. If God is found in the mysteries, as their understanding of the natural world grows, then God (the mysteries) gets smaller. Faced with this appalling conflict, many students will reject knowledge. Others have a crisis that causes them to lose their faith and beliefs. This completely contrived conflict should not be going on anywhere in public education.