Santorum lauds anti-evolutionist (Phila Inquirer)

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) wrote the foreword for a new book praising a retired law professor sometimes called the father of the intelligent-design movement.

The book, Darwin's Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement, consists of 18 essays honoring Johnson's work, according to the publisher, InterVarsity Press. It was edited by William A. Dembski, and will be available in April.

Intelligent design is the concept that living organisms are so complex they must have been created by a higher force rather than evolving from more primitive forms. Johnson's 1991 book, Darwin on Trial, has been credited with helping to facilitate the intelligent design movement into classrooms.
Santorum praises Johnson in the foreword as someone who has helped promote a group of leaders in the cause of "scientific renewal," according to an advance copy of the foreword obtained from the publisher yesterday by the Associated Press.

Santorum also credits Johnson with assisting him in his efforts to "inject a renewed and unbiased understanding of science and its practice into the curricula of our public schools.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/14042885.htm

[bryant69]

1. When a Republican uses the word unbiased . . .

they mean biased in the right direction.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[TlalocW]

2. So we're so complex, there had to be a higher force that made us

Okay, so what uber-higher force made that higher force? And what uber-uber-higher force made the uber-higher force, etc? That's Intelligent Design in a nutshell, but for some reason they always stop it at just one higher force.

TlalocW

[mtowngman]

3. Santorum and the intelligent design crowd seem to have science

confused with art. You can't just make shit up a say it's legitimate because it's expressive. Those idiots need to stay away from public schools' curricula.

[KyuzoGator]

4. A senator writes your foreword when you can't find any scientists...

...pretty obvious conclusion here.

[sutz12]

5. Funny how....

completely dismantling 200 years of scientific progress is a "scientific renewal."

[drm604]

6. I am constantly embarrassed

by the fact that this guy is my Senator. :eyes:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

7. As am I, my dear, as am I.

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