03.31.07
Jay Richards misquoted???
Interview: Jay Richards Elaborates on the Controversy Over Intelligent Design
By Doug Huntington
Jay Richards is quoted advising people to question the validity of evolution, surely he means natural selection??
True, the ID people exploit this ambiguity as long as they can get away with it, but I hardly think an SMU professor would indulge in such tactics?
Intelligent design (ID), a theory that argues that complex living organisms must have been created by a “designer,” continues to cause disagreements all around the nation. Schools find themselves having to take a position on what they believe, and to either Intelligent design advocate Jay Richards, a main panel member at the ‘Darwin vs. Design’ conferences is questioning today’s evolution theory and asking for its strenghts and weaknesses to be clearly looked at.
In a recent incident, science professors at Southern Methodist University (SMU) are adamantly objecting to a “Darwin vs. Design” conference that will be held on its campus, explaining that ID is complete nonsense. The debate between the two sides continues to grow.
One ID proponent, Jay Richards, research fellow of the Acton Institute and senior fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, recently spoke at a recent “Darwin vs. Design” conference in Knoxville, Tenn. He strongly urges people to question the validity of evolution, and hopes that ID can gain more support in the future.