Jyera said:
It seems phylogenetic & cladograms provided a framework for building testable scientific hypothesis with regard to evolution.
So I'm puzzled as to why he say there is no testable scientific hypothesis.
Because he hopes some people will believe that blatant lie. And some will too. He'll get quoted. Folks don't care to check the facts, they just want to believe evolution is a "philosophy" and pass on the misinformation. Believe believe believe. If any would bother to observe...but even then they'll put blinders on. It's a lost cause. They simply don't want evolution to be plausible because that would wreck their own personal philosophy.
It's like this, You get used to basing your reality on fantasy, so to keep that fantasy you reject a factual observable phenomenon. You aren't used to the idea of "reality". Reality to the believer is not as wonderous as some alleged "heaven".
Thing is, once you dig into the observable you realize how wonderous this world really is. Reality is mindblowing. You can SEE with your own eyes what life is composed of.
Ignorance causes people to miss out. Then they push for everyone to miss out on the education that can bring miracles. Fact based science is what saves lives and improves standards of living. Evolution is a piece of that puzzle. One must know the background to explore results of evolution. We understand the human body by knowing its history and its link to the rest of the life on the planet. Only then can we really appreciate and understand what an amazing result humanity really is. It's not simply some magical impossible god waving a wand that brought to where we are at now.
Children will be denied, are denied this journey and experience because a belief system is threatened? Why can't it be incorporated and appreciated in spiritual way? I get that feeling of awe when I delve into genetics and evolution. There is a much bigger "force" in action, but it's not something paranormal. It's real, it's describable, it's amazing, and uplifting. It's our only hope.
I want my children to have this gift of knowledge. It must be defended over some simple explanation for a complex yet observable reality. This rock we call earth won't be around forever. No god will transplant us when the sun burns up the planet. We need to learn and expand on what we know in order to preserve life. We have the tools, we have to use them. ID is as suppression of advancements that are vital. Reality is scary, it looms over us and encourages us use what we've got in order to survive it (yet causes some to stick their heads in the sand...as a survival tactic?). Denial might be good for some temporary bliss, but it won't help in the long run.
Keep your simple minded IDiotism for those who don't want to face reality in their own havens. Schools are there to provide the tools for our children to use to sustain their futures. Nobody has the right to push some IDiot ideas in the place of science. My kids have the right to learn facts in a school setting. If I want my kids to learn fantasy I'll take them to some church or whatever suits my worldview. Your "controversy" has no leg to stand on.
ID is not science. Period. Evolution is observable. Show me your "intelligent" designer of life. Pony it up. Dress it up. Whatever it takes, but show me it. I can show you evolution.
/rant.
