Unintelligent Design

The whole issue is stupid, in my opinion, because there is absolutely no conflict between science and faith. It seems like a religious crusade to save people and to make those doing the saving feel good about themselves believing they have served a higher purpose; an act that seems very selfish to me.

"The school board member's concern was to counteract "science taught as dogma," [Patrick] Gillen [attorney for Dover, Pennsylvania, Area School District] said."
Source Article: Reuters UK

Science is not a faith, thus it cannot be dogma, sorry. I wonder where his "concern" originated and how he came to believe that science is a religion? Also, why is science really under attack? Wouldn't it be easier to insert Intelligent Design into curriculum's other than science?

"Scott A. Minnich, an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Idaho, testified for the defense on Thursday and Friday, likening intelligent design to seeing a watch and implicitly knowing that it had a designer - the argument the plaintiffs' lawyer called "a meager little analogy."
Source Article: The New York Times

That watch was "created" by a being to measure the passage of time using science as a tool for its creation. Perhaps Minnich went to some "special" university to get his PhD where, since science doesn't seem to be his strong suit, science wasn't stressed too heavily.

I wish more people could understand that there is no conflict between science and faith. The Dover school board members should consider working at a private school since they obviously seem to have issues with the public education system. They also seem to have critical thinking issues, which is ironic since they claim that they are trying to promote critical thinking with Intelligent Design. The US is a great place, people can choose private or public educations, but trying to make a public school cater to private interests isn't the appropriate course.