[quote=jstoesz][quote]Keep repeating it. It won’t make it any more true. Research its origin. It is a laughable argument.[/quote]

It is certainly not trying to fit evolution into the confines of a literary device known as a story (the two Genesis stories). The origins of the basic concepts of ID go back to Plato and his thoughts of the Unmoved Mover. [/quote]

It is trying to fit creationism into the confines of SCOTUS decisions (See Edwards v. Aguillard 1987), which prohibited the teaching of creationism in public schools. Its modern existence as a concept, coincides exactly with that decision. It is a modern re-invention of Evangelical Christian, Charles Thaxton. It is not science. It is an excuse.