Design for Confusion

Paul Krugman ponders the new religious theory "Intelligent Design" now the BushCo seems to be placating the reactionary Religious Right after statements like these.

Krugman further states:
"The important thing to remember is that like supply-side economics or global-warming skepticism, intelligent design doesn't have to attract significant support from actual researchers to be effective"

That is the scary part. Folks need to understand the distinction between valid researched facts and religious theories. If BushCo wants neo-Christianity beliefs taught in American schools along side evolution, or according to the Houston Chronicle: Bush says all theories of life have place in classroom, then, well than means all theories of life including paganism and the concepts of Mother Earth and Rastafarianism, and Islam and the teachings of the Profit Muhammad, and Judaism, and, of course the beliefs of the Indians and Tibetans, those of the Witito in Peru, the Kalahari in Africa... the list goes on. There is a reason there is a separation of church/religious belief and state. Beliefs and faith of the many religions are their own. They are allowed to exist, thanks to the First Amendment, with persecution. Science belongs in the schools, as it has no place in religious institutions. Science provides us with life saving remedies, maintains our water supply, keeps us sheltered and provides species with safe haven. Evolution is part of that understanding; it helps understand our environmental changes and relationships to other mammals and ecosystems. Not all science is perfect. It is not meant to be and must adapt to new discoveries. It evolves...