Intelligent Design is Religion

Intelligent Religion is Religion. This isn't news. The news is: UK Government has said so, shoving witless non-science like Intelligent Design and Creationism back into the holes they came from.

"The Government is aware that a number of concerns have been raised in the media and elsewhere as to whether creationism and intelligent design have a place in science lessons. The Government is clear that creationism and intelligent design are not part of the science National Curriculum programmes of study and should not be taught as science." -Reported in The Register

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