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President Bush has taken the evolution debate national, suggesting that intelligent design be taught in the classroom. He has proposed that this will offer students a better understanding about the debate of the origins of the universe, but critics are claiming it shows increasing pressure being applied by the religious right.

Alan Leshner, the chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, says that the proponents of intelligent design are “trying to cloak a religious concept in the mantle of science”.

“There is no science to intelligent design, it’s not even a scientifically answerable question,” he says.

It is interesting to note, however, that Popes from Pius XII to John Paul II have reaffirmed that the process of evolution in no way violates the teachings of the church. So if that’s the case, where’s the controversy?

[via The BBC]

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