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As I understand it, and as these nutcases argue, the ID theory being taught would not be tethered to any specific idea as - didn't you know? - there's no actual scientific evidence for any specific idea. It would just be offered up as an alternative (?) to evolutionary theory, the counter-argument (but since it's a theological point, I fail to see how it has anything to do with a subject based on empirical knowledge. Because it doesn't.)
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There may not be direct evidence but there's plenty of indirect evidence. Findings of dinosaurs, cave paintings, other sets of skeletons, all indicate that species developed over the course of years. It's no solid proof, but to teach the idea that an invisible person in the sky made everything, next to trying to scientifically explain it, is like explaining mathematics to Einstein with the help of hand puppets. It's insulting to the profession.
Besides, if religion is scientific enough to be taught in schools then science is spiritual enough to be taught in church.