Re: "The Goal of ID is to establish a theocratic state"

This may be _Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design_
by Barbara Forrest and Paul Gross. You can find info at
http://www.creationismstrojanhorse.com/ . I haven't read the book but from
what I know of the authors & have heard about the book, it sounds right.

There are certainly legitimate & realistic concerns about the influence of
the religious right in the political arena today. But the words "theocracy"
& "theocratic" are vastly overused & overextended. A theocracy - literally
rule by God - is government by religious authorities - priests &c. It is
misused by people who apply it to any religious influence on political
leaders. E.g., I heard one speaker say that Bush's 2001 decision on
embryonic stem cells meant that we now had a theocracy. This is nonsense,
whatever you may think of that decision.

The use of "theocracy" in that way is kind of a mirror image of the way
Johnson et al use "naturalism." The 1st uses an evil sounding word for any
mention of God & the 2d uses one for anything that doesn't mention God.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Cannon" <jcannon@jcannon.washjeff.edu>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:12 AM
Subject: "The Goal of ID is to establish a theocratic state"

>I found myself in the odd situation of defending ID defenders last
> night when the speaker said with a straight face that the goal of ID
> was to establish a theocratic state.
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> When asked she cited a book that had "the wedge" in the title (two
> authors) which have a vague feeling that I have seen before. Can
> someone give me a short summary of what the book says. I suspect the
> assertion may involve the Discovery Institute's involvement in
> conservative political causes. She had read Reason in the Balance so
> it would appear that an extrapolation of what Johnson says there was
> part of the claim.
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