Great intelligent design quote

From Pharyngula I learned about this really terrible Intelligent Design (ID) piece in the journal Nature, of all places. The best part was this quote from Salvador Cordova, a major ID proponent. Explaining why he arrived at a belief in ID, he says (and I’m not making this up):

The critical thinking and precision of science began to really affect my ability to just believe something without any tangible evidence

To which the only reply is “Duh!”

I really think that quote should be the motto of the ID movement. Remember it next time you hear of their insistence that ID should be taught as science.

Comments

[PZ Myers]

Whoa...he is not a major ID proponent. He's a flaky little twit of no consequence, remarkable for the fact that Nature saw fit to make him the center of the piece.

I expect them to do a feature on In Christ Dougie Bender next. (and if you've never heard of him, no surprise--he's just another in the legion of slow-witted religionists who have jumped on the ID bandwagon.)

[lambic]

My favourite quote was from a recent article about the creationist nonsense happening in Dover, PA:

"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture," - pastor Ray Mummert, creationist.

[Robert Wiblin]

You should probably remove the claim that he is a major ID proponent if he isn't. There's no need to try to villify the whole group just because one of them is an idiot. That would be a common falicy and something that people often do to the skeptic movement.

[Josh]

In reality, doesn't the fact that they are proponets of ID go a long, long way towards making them idiots themselves? They do as much to villify themselves as any one skeptic ever did.