Frist voices support for ‘intelligent design’
Senator encourages teaching of faith-based theory alongside evolution
Uh-oh. Someone’s upset he wasn’t invited to Justice Sunday II.
Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said “intelligent design” should be taught in public schools alongside evolution.
Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, spoke to a Rotary Club meeting Friday and told reporters afterward that students need to be exposed to different ideas, including intelligent design.
“I think today a pluralistic society should have access to a broad range of fact, of science, including faith,” Frist said.
“Faith” isn’t science OR fact. It has personal value, but let’s not lie about what it is.
Frist, a doctor who graduated from Harvard Medical School, said exposing children to both evolution and intelligent design “doesn’t force any particular theory on anyone.
Maybe Harvard Medical School should also teach the healing power of prayer, like “laying of the hands” and so on. Because that’s what you want when you are wheeled into the emergency room, someone like this (RealMedia video).