[asa] Intelligent design to feature in British school Religious Education lessons

Michael,

Have you been hiding this from us? ;-)
Jack Haas

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Intelligent design to feature in school RE lessons
<http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1996287,00.html>

Teenagers will be asked to debate intelligent design (ID) in their
religious education classes and read texts by evolutionary biologist
Richard Dawkins under new government guidelines.
In a move that is likely to spark controversy, the Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority has for the first time recommended that pupils be
taught about atheism and creationism in RE classes. ID, which argues
that the creation of the world was so complex that an intelligent -
religious - force must have directed it, has become a contentious issue
that has divided scientists and Christians in Britain. (more)
Alexandra Smith, /The Guardian/

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Received on Tue Jan 23 09:33:42 2007