Intelligent Design at high school gets dissected on WCPI
Intelligent design, which some activists are promoting as an alternative to the theories of biological evolution and natural selection as first described by Charles Darwin in the 19th Century, has been at the center of a new round of contention since President Bush told Texas reporters last week intelligent design should at least be acknowledged in public school biology teaching.
Most adherents to Darwinian, or purely naturalistic explanations for the present diversity of plant and animal species, are opposed to the teaching of ID, which they see as a stealthy attempt to introduce Creationism in America’s schools. Several states have adopted, or are considering mandates requiring, as a minimum, some mention of the ID doctrine alongside traditional evolutionary instruction in taxpayer-funded schools.
George, a biology teacher in the Warren County school system for eight years, has served as chairman of the WCHS science department the last two years. He will join “Viewpoints” regulars Jeanette Henderson, Steve Roller and Bill Zechman for the half-hour discussion. WCPI 91.3 FM is the non-commercial public radio service of the Warren County Education Foundation.
Tennessee was at the epicenter of the Creation-vs-Evolution struggle during the Scopes Monkey Trial. National attention was riveted on that trial in a steamy, second-floor courtroom in Dayton when young biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching Darwin’s theories in violation of a newly adopted state law.