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In special creationism, living things do not share common ancestry….common ancestry is the fundamental difference between special creationism and evolution.

— Eugenie Scott Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools (2006)

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ID, like creation science, has goals that are primarily religious.

Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools (2006)

By now it should be clear that “teaching the controversy” is not about the concern for good pedagogy but about advancing the antievolution agenda.

Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools (2006)

Thus, it seems clear that intelligent design should be considered a religion for First Amendment purposes.

Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools (2006)

To a biologist, the “it’s just microevolution” argument is painfully obtuse.

Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools (2006)

To be scientific in our era is to search for solely natural explanations.

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