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Is Scripture still inerrant according to theistic evolution?

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They had lots of money to hire lawyers to lobby school boards, go on speaking tours of American churches, write alternative textbooks, make movies, etc., but actually do science into ID? I guess not.
One of the biggest embarrassments to the "see, ID is doing real science" campaign:

Intelligent design think tank’s “institute” is a Shutterstock image

A green screen plus a stock image of a lab equals instant credibility.
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One of the biggest embarrassments to the "see, ID is doing real science" campaign:

Intelligent design think tank’s “institute” is a Shutterstock image

A green screen plus a stock image of a lab equals instant credibility.
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What is this!? So the discovery institute doesn't have a lab, they just use a green screen?

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What is this!? So the discovery institute doesn't have a lab, they just use a green screen?
Turns out, they do have a lab...
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One of the biggest embarrassments to the "see, ID is doing real science" campaign:
Intelligent Design didn’t lose in court because the idea was disproven. It lost because the people responsible for presenting the case fumbled it. They weren’t unified, they weren’t consistent, and they weren’t prepared for the legal framework they walked into. The result is simple: ID failed to present its case effectively, and the opportunity was wasted. They could have, the opportunity was there, but they did not present their case.

And their position was essentially:

“These books support Intelligent Design. Students should read them.”
But here’s the problem
  • They couldn’t explain the content of the books
  • They hadn’t read the books themselves
  • They contradicted each other on the stand
  • They couldn’t defend the scientific arguments inside the books
So yes — they literally dumped books on the table and expected that to count as presenting a scientific case.

It didn’t. It was a disaster. That’s why ID “failed to present its case.” Not because the science was disproven — but because the people presenting it were unprepared.
 
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It didn’t. It was a disaster. That’s why ID “failed to present its case.” Not because the science was disproven — but because the people presenting it were unprepared.
Dr. Behe is one of the best-educated (in a biological science, no less) scholars in ID. And he fumbled it, because he would not lie about the relationship between ID and science. He was entirely prepared, a fellow of the Discovery Institute, familiar with all the arguments for (and against) ID. No one could have done a better job, and still honestly state the facts.
 
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Dr. Behe is one of the best-educated (in a biological science, no less) scholars in ID. And he fumbled it, because he would not lie about the relationship between ID and science. He was entirely prepared, a fellow of the Discovery Institute, familiar with all the arguments for (and against) ID. No one could have done a better job, and still honestly state the facts.
I would like to see the Biology text book that they use in Christian schools. I should be able to find something on Amazon but they seem to be expensive and it is not clear just what sort of a book they are.
 
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I would like to see the Biology text book that they use in Christian schools. I should be able to find something on Amazon but they seem to be expensive and it is not clear just what sort of a book they are.
Most Christian schools, especially those from Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Lutheran denominations, use standard texts. There are religious schools that teach creationism, flat Earth or whatever. But they aren't in the mainstream.
 
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I would like to see the Biology text book that they use in Christian schools. I should be able to find something on Amazon but they seem to be expensive and it is not clear just what sort of a book they are.
I believe that at the time of the dover trials, 2005, Ken Miller was working on an edition of this particular text:
, it is 13 dollars pre owned on Amazon.
 
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I believe that at the time of the dover trials, 2005, Ken Miller was working on an edition of this particular text:
Ken's a Christian, BTW. And a very nice guy. I had the opportunity to meet him years ago.
 
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