These days, it's popular for scholars and scientists to sign off on decrees condemning ID. I thought I would join in on these efforts. Since my views have always been restricted to cyberspace, I thought I would give the critics in cyberspace a unique chance to publicly condemn ID. So let me offer the following petition statement:

Intelligent Design (ID) is nothing more than repackaged creationism (i.e., "Creationism in a Cheap Tuxedo"). Being that it is nothing more than a religiously-motivated movement to insert God into the classroom, the concept of ID is empirically vacuous and pure nonsense. It constitutes a "˜science killer' since it is a purely negative approach that cannot come up with testable hypotheses about the natural world and merely seeks to mask our current ignorance with a statement of religious faith (i.e., "God did it").

I invite critics to sign-off on this statement - you don't have to use your real name. Once I get enough signatures, I will host this petition on my web page.

So, if you agree with the statement, and would like to be part of the petition, just say so below.

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