The Intelligent Design (ID) Movement Asserts That Life Forms Are

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Multiple Choice

The intelligent design (ID) movement asserts that life forms are too complex to have been formed by natural processes and must therefore have been created by a higher intelligence. Attempts have been made to teach ID as an alternative theory to Darwinian evolution in biology classes in several states in the United States.

• A) as a Pennsylvania district judge ruled in a 2005 case, ID violates the ground rules of science by invoking supernatural causation and making assertions that cannot be tested or falsified, and thus does not belong in a school's science curriculum.
• B) ID should be taught as a hypothesis of human origins, not a theory.
• C) ID should not be taught in schools, since it lacks a research and testing program and is unsupported by peer-reviewed research.
• D) the teaching of ID should be restricted to extracurricular activities, since it holds no scientific or cultural value.
• E) these attempts have always failed, because ID's proponents argue that it should be taught in place of Darwinian evolution.

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