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  • THE PROS AND CONS OF COMBINING TWO THEORIES.
  • Reaction from the scientific community
  • (Science has defended Darwin’s theory for 164 years.)
  • Unequivocal consensus in the scientific community is that intelligent design is not science and has no place in a science curriculum.  The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has stated that “creationism, intelligent design, and other claims of supernatural intervention in the origin of life or of species are not science because they are not testable by the methods of science.”  The U.S. National Science Teachers Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have termed it pseudoscience.[75] Others in the scientific community have denounced its tactics, accusing the ID movement of manufacturing false attacks against evolution, of engaging in misinformation and misrepresentation about science, and of marginalizing those who teach it.
  • The scientific folks have held strong for 164 years.
  • Darwin’s theory of evolution was published 154 years ago (1871).  I
  • Much of science still worships his theory.
  • Here’s a breakdown of the changes.
  • Intelligent design (ID) is presented by its proponents as an evidence-based scientific theory for the origin of life that challenges materialistic views of evolution. It proposes that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, rather than an undirected process such as natural selection. 
  • Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection remains a cornerstone of modern biology. It has been significantly refined and expanded since its initial proposal.  Modern evolutionary synthesis incorporates genetics, molecular biology, and other fields to provide a more complete understanding of evolutionary mechanisms. 
  • Genetics and the Modern Synthesis:
  • Darwin lacked knowledge of genetics.
    Darwin observed variation within populations but didn’t understand the mechanisms of inheritance.  The discovery of DNA and the principles of genetics (Mendelian inheritance, mutations, etc.) provided the molecular basis for understanding how traits are passed on and how variation arises. 
    Intelligent design (ID) theory proposes that
  • Here’s a breakdown of the changes.
  • HOW TO GET TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO.
  •  Genetics and the Modern Synthesis: