ID and opponents (on all sides ) on Larry King Live

If you want to sample a range of quotable opinion on the ID controversy, check out CNN: Larry King Live: "Intelligent Design in America's classrooms?"

I kind of like this program lineup because it brings together a number of different (= opposing), quotable voices in the debate today. According to CNN, the program transcript features

- young earth creationist John MacArthur, pastor, teacher at the Grace Community Church; author of The Battle for the Beginning: Creation, Evolution and the Bible host of "Grace to You" and president of the Master's College and founder of the Master's Seminary.

- Barbara Forrest, Ph.D. Barbara is the author of Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design She is professor of philosophy, Southeastern Louisiana University, National Advisory Council of the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

- Deepak Chopra, the best selling author of How to Know God, and founder of the Chopra Center. His blog site, www.intentblog.com, now has a discussion on the topic of creation versus evolution, including lengthy comments by Deepak.

- Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, who supports the president's position on teaching intelligent design as well as evolution, favors teaching both.

- Congressman Chris Shays, Republican of Connecticut, who disagrees with the president on the teaching of intelligent design.

- Dr. Jay Richards, vice president of the Discovery Institute, a conservative think tank at the forefront in promoting the intelligent design theory.

Interestingly, in this setting, ID seems middle of the road to me. It's not New Age, YEC, or authoritarian materialist.

If you like this blog, check out my book on the intelligent design controversy, By Design or by Chance?. You can read excerpts as well.

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