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TechnoratiThere’s actually agreement between design theory and the details of natural history, such as that organisms do share common ancestry with one another. Some people might call themselves anti-evolutionists, but they are really just anti-Darwinists. They have this belief in God, but in their science, they are orthodox Darwinists. And the others would say that I believe in evolution in some sense, but I also believe that there’s real design at work in the process. That’s the sort of point of discrimination when it comes to design, whether design can be explanatory or whether it’s detectable.
CP: Should intelligent design be put into schools, would you want it taught as a separate class or simply alongside evolution?
Richards: In terms of a topic, the design argument is about biology or about chemistry or about astronomy or physics. Those are all scientific disciplines, so obviously, it is relevant to science class. It wouldn’t be in the discussion of, say, social studies or literature.
My own view is that Darwinism, the Darwinian theory of evolution, should be fully and honestly taught, including its strength and weakness. Teachers should be ready to explain the issue of intelligent design, but nobody should be forced to.
