ok how is "intellegent design" NOT religious? Does it not require a 'being'...ie an intellegence that we can not prove exists??
a belief in an intelligence which sparked the origins of life does not require a religion. there are agnostics which have indicated they are open to intelligent design.
the "intelligence" in question can be an actual intelligent being, or a force in the universe that orders matter and energy in a perceptably intelligent manner.
none of this necessarily implies the Judeo Christian God in Heaven.
I personally am not sure about intelligent design, I have long believed in natural selection that has its origins in the random forces in the universe - chiefly entropy.
I personally am not particularly driven to find an "intelligent" designer, but I wish to be open to the idea. I definitely reject creationism.
My objection to the manner in which those who wish to merely discuss intelligent design are treated in academia, is that I see this treatment as intolerant and censoring. The academic left has long established themselves as the one of the most intolerant elements in today's society. While masking themselves as "tolerant", they are routinely intolerant towards those with whom they disagree. I really can't see much of a practical the difference between the leftist academics dominating today's colleges and universities, and the Bible thumpers on the right. The only difference is of whom they are intolerant.
This whole fracas about this film is a case in point. What is the harm in watching a film that is both humorous and makes an attempts to make a serious point?
This reminds me of the stupidity of the Bible thumpers back in 2005 when they sounded alarms over "Brokeback Mountain". Remember the stupid vitriol that came out of the pulpit over a film that they characterized as a "gay cowboy" movie "attempting to advance the homosexual agenda". And which they never took the time to watch, at least in public.
Censorship and intolerance are censorship and intolerance, no matter how you slice it.