The Creation of Intelligent Design

In this short video, The National Center for Science Education shows why "Intelligent Design" is merely religion in disguise.

An excerpt from the draft of Of Pandas and People, written before 1987 said:

Creation means that various forms of life begin abruptly through the agency of an intelligent creator, with their distinctive features already intact- fish with fins and scales, birds with feathers, beaks and wings, etc.

Then, a decision by the The United States Supreme Court on June 19, 1987, declared the teaching of Creationism in Science classes Unconstitutional. Immediately following this decision, the book was edited to read:

Intelligent Design means that various forms of life begin abruptly through an intelligent agency, with their distinctive features already intact- fish with fins and scales, birds with feathers, beaks and wings, etc.

Clearly, this was to rename and disguise creationism in order to circumvent the law.

Furthermore, as all biologists know, it has been demonstrated by evidence that life did not begin abruptly with traits intact, and transitional forms of life showing evolutionary development of fins, scales, beaks, wings, etc, are commonly known.

Unfortunately, it seems this evidence is being intentionally ignored by Ben Stein and his supporters. If he really cared about what was true, rather than about supporting what he already believed, all he would have to do is look at the evidence. The evidence is overwhelming, and unless one is lying, undeniable.