Kijk tip: Intelligent Design on Trail

[Henk Elegeert]

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*Intelligent Design on Trail* <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/>

*Chapter 1*

*A TOWN DIVIDED*

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The rural community of Dover, Pennsylvania is torn apart in the latest
battle over the teaching of evolution, and parents file a lawsuit against
the town's school board in federal court.

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*Chapter 2*

*WHAT IS EVOLUTION?*

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More than 150 years ago Charles Darwin developed the theory of evolution to
explain how the diversity of life arose, laying the foundation for modern
biological science.

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*Chapter 3*

*INTRODUCING INTELLIGENT DESIGN*

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The Dover School Board attempts to introduce into science classrooms the
idea that life is too complex to have evolved naturally and therefore must
have been designed by an intelligent agent.

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*Chapter 4*

*THE TRIAL BEGINS*

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The court is asked to decide whether the School Board promoted religion or
had religious motivation, and whether intelligent design is science.

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*Chapter 5*

*THE FOSSIL RECORD*

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A 2004 discovery in the arctic of a transitional fossil from fish to
land-dwelling animals is the latest substantiation of Darwin's theory of
evolution.

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*Chapter 6*

*A VERY SUCCESSFUL THEORY*

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The ongoing scientific quest to investigate the unknown has led to some of
the strongest evidence for evolution, including findings in modern genetics
and molecular biology.

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*Chapter 7*

*THE NATURE OF SCIENCE*

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After experts point out that supernatural causes cannot be tested
scientifically, the defense begins its case for intelligent design.

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*Chapter 8*

*EXAMINING INTELLIGENT DESIGN*

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In court, biochemist Michael Behe argues that the concept of irreducible
complexity is evidence for intelligent design, while biologist Ken Miller
points out the weaknesses in that concept.

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*Chapter 9*

*FAITH AND REASON*

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As the legal teams battle it out in court, the clash between evolution and
intelligent design takes a toll on the Dover community.

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*Chapter 10*

*SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE*

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The court looks at evidence that the Dover School Board was motivated by
religion.

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   *Chapter 11*

*A CULTURE CONFLICT*

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Some proponents of intelligent design would like to see the theory permeate
our religious, cultural, moral, and political life.

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*Chapter 12*

*CLOSING ARGUMENTS*

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After six weeks, the trial concludes with closing arguments that were as
divided as Dover itself had become, and Judge Jones renders his unequivocal
verdict.

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