Published August 12, 2005
IN THEORY
Q: President Bush last week told reporters that "intelligent design" -- that life is so complex that a higher power must have created it -- should be discussed alongside evolution when teaching about the origins of life. Do you agree?
A: Intelligent design should not be taught in schools. It should, however, be introduced and explained as the means by which people have answered the questions: Where did we come from? And, where are we going? The same should hold true for other systems of definitions, such as Creation.
"Intelligent design" is a politically correct way of saying God.
It is a matter of faith whether one believes or does not believe in a creator.
Personally, I believe that the world as we know it today, with its various species and life forms, has evolved from primitive times. I do not accept that this same life happened purely by chance. Neither do the great scientists and thinkers of our time. It was Albert Einstein who mentioned that God "does not play dice with the universe." Alexander Solzhenitsyn challenged the greatest scientists of our times to the impossible task of creating even one single feather in a test tube!
Yes, there is a design and there is a motive. I feel comfortable referring to the Creator as God. I arrive at this conclusion, not because it was taught to me in school, but rather I had the opportunity to know, learn and come to my own conclusions. I wish the same for our children today.
FATHER VAZKEN MOVSESIAN
Armenian Church Youth Ministries
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