Intelligent Design

Ms. Cross: OK class, today, in an effort expand your education, we are going to be studying a new topic, intelligent design. Now, intelligent design is a different theory on where humans came from and is considered an alternative to Darwinism. It basically states that human beings are far to complex to have evolved from apes. It believes that there was a higher power involved in our creation.

Billy: So where does intelligent design say we came from?

Ms. Cross: Well Billy, Intelligent Design, or ID for short, says that a higher power created two people, a man and a woman, and we evolved from them.

Sally: Isn’t that creationism?

Ms. Cross: Oh no, Sally Creationism and ID are to very different theories. Creationism is based in religion, while ID is clearly based in science. Although it would be hard to prove either theories wrong.

Sally: How are they different?

Ms. Cross: Well for one, the names are different, one is Creationism, and the other is Intelligent Design. Second, Creationism says that God created Adam and Eve, while ID states that a “Supreme Being” created Adam and Eve.

Tommy: In both they’re named Adam and Eve?

Ms. Cross: I will admit there are some similarities.

Sally: Why do we have to learn ID? I thought Darwinism was a world wide excepted theory?

Ms. Cross: My Sally you do have a lot of questions today. To answer your question, no, Darwinism isn’t a widely excepted theory.

Billy: Yes it is.

Ms. Cross: No Billy, it’s not.

Billy: But it says right here in my text book, “Darwinism is the cornerstone theory on the evolution of man and…”

Ms Cross: Billy, enough. Bring that book to my desk and then head straight to the principles office. Now, Darwinism is riddled with holes and that is why we need to look at alternative theories of the creation of man.

Sally: What kind of holes?

Ms. Cross: Well, the biggest hole is the fact that we EVOLVED from apes. I mean really, to think that we have anything in common with those lowly beasts seems to be the work of science fiction.

Sally: Does ID have any holes?

Ms. Cross: Oh of course dear, but those holes are filling in very quickly as we study the source material more carefully.

Sally: Source material?

Ms. Cross: Yes Sally, ancient scriptures that practically tells us the whole thing.

Sally: Scripture? You mean the bible?

Ms. Cross: To some, it is a bible, yes if you want to call it that.

Sally: What other sources?

Ms. Cross: Do you really need any more sources then that? Now, enough introductions, lets begin. In the beginning, the “Supreme Being” created Adam and Eve. They had two sons, Cain and Abel. Then Cain killed Abel. He was then banished and got married. Yes Sally?

Sally: Who did he marry? Where did this woman come from?

Ms. Cross: We don’t know, but we suspect the “Supreme Being” had something to do with it. Or some say she came from Adam and Eve.

Tommy: Dude, if we all came from the same couple of dudes, does that mean we are like inbred and stuff?

Sally: He’s got a point, that would be gross.

Ms Cross: Tommy, Sally, go to the principles office. You have no right to bad mouth ID.

BELL RINGS

Ms Cross: That’s all for today class. Tomorrow we will talk about why Muslims hate our freedoms.