Intelligent Design

This article is about intelligent design and whether or not it is a scientific theory, or a religious belief. Intelligent design is the theory that life, or the universe, cannot have arisen by chance and that it was created by some intelligent entity. In my philosophy class that I took a couple of semesters ago, we talked a lot about this. I am a firm believer that nothing in this world was created alone, and that cause has a cause and so on.
“Intelligent design is overwhelmingly deemed by the scientific community as a religious belief and not a scientific theory,” President Jo Ann Gora said. “Therefore, intelligent design is not appropriate content for science courses (2013, pg.1). Teaching and discussing religion is an issue for many schools all over the world. I know where I went to school we were not allowed to talk about God or anything of that nature because it might offend people. In the second grade, we had a Christmas play, and one boy was not allowed to participate in the play because of his religion. This quote is an example of how intelligent design in the class room is not appropriate to discuss because science is a completely different subject than religion. Science is based on real facts, and for some religion is just an opinion.
A lot of scientists are saying that intelligent design and creation science do not qualify as science. Religion today is still a very important part of many people’s lives. Many of these people are sitting in classrooms among others who believe that religion should not be talked about. There are four very influential socialization agents in our lives and they include family, school, peers, and mass media. Family is usually considered the most important socialization agent. From within our families we develop a sense of who we are and what morals and values we are going to pick up, religion being one of