Jindal: Intelligent Design "The Very Best Science" (VIDEO)

Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor, exorcist, and potential McCain running mate, was interviewed on CBS's Face The Nation on Father's Day. Among the topics covered, Jindal was asked about his opinions on the debate over intelligent design's place in the public school curriculum. Jindal supports teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in the classroom, saying:

I personally think that the life, human life and the world we live in wasn't created accidentally. I do think that there's a creator. I'm a Christian. I do think that God played a role in creating not only earth, but mankind. Now, the way that he did it, I'd certainly want my kids to be exposed to the very best science. I don't want them to be-I don't want any facts or theories or explanations to be withheld from them because of political correctness. The way we're going to have smart, intelligent kids is exposing them to the very best science and let them not only decide, but also let them contribute to that body of knowledge.

Most scientists argue that intelligent design doesn't qualify as science.

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[incontempt]

This guy above...is a novel circus act

Everyone knows the very best enlightenment comes at the bottom of a big fat Joint...thats what sundays are for!

[incontempt]

The very best enlightenment comes at the Bottom of a big fat Joint.

Any questions? Why can't i have my "religion"?...ahh who the hell am i kidding, thats what sundays are for;-)

[Pyrrhus]

Ya got any Cheetos?

[incontempt]

sorry no...just 2 flavors of dorito's...Sun chips are better now;-)

[DofG]

Let's be clear. Evolution is an accepted theory, but not a proven law. But even if it is a law, it is merely a process of cosmic expression, but does not defnitively account for cosmic origin. Intelligent Design is the latest euphemism to support the idea that God "created" the universe. But, logically, this only makes sense if one merely believes that God exists separate and apart from creation! This also suggests that God had to exist first, in order to create! And if that's the case, then the material and method had to have come from, or exist with God at creation.
Bottom line: "Nothing" and "Something" cannot exist in the same universe! Therefore, nothing can be created, because nothing can begin, end, or can be absolutely explained!
The Big Bang is merely a cycle, and accepted as such in other cultures, but not in the West. The narrative of Western science, and religion depends on a self-serving concept of a "beginning" and "end". Because ideologies must have explanations, and those who follow them!

[nonofyabusiness]

You just went over the belters head's with that one(What else does anything really intelligent do?). I'l give it to you........Well said!!!

[rowzeer]

Blind faith requires no logic. That's why the masses can be manipulated with faith. If you believe in God then you should believe he gave us logic and intellect for a reason. Too bad many religions don't want their followers to use either.

[Myshkin57]

No scientific laws are proven. Proof requires the type of certainty we cannot get for the empirical sciences. In fact, most scientific theories are false (maybe all), but they are closer to the truth than their predecessors.

As I understand it, most theists do hold that God is outside of time and space, and so is somehow separate from the world.

Your cyclical proposal is also called the Eternal Recurrence. There are reasons for thinking it's more likely than linear time, but it's hardly obvious that it's true.

[evgolightly]

Oh, gheeze ... here we go again. ANOTHER FRUITCAKE! I'll bet Jindal wasn't taught fairy tales at the Ivy League (PRIVATE) schools he attended -- so where does he find the nerve to suggest we should throw a little Bible study in our PUBLIC school curriculum?

**********­*******The Audacity of Dopes.****­**********

[GingerB]

Funny how you never hear about atheists being possessed by demons. ; )

[rowzeer]

How come the voices always tell you to kill and not to do good like help the poor....how convenient!

[GingerB]

Mine always tell me to go dancing.

[CountAight]

This is a new and fascinating usage of the phrase "the very best." Let me try it out a bit.

Twinkies -- the very best nutrition.

The University of Phoenix -- the very best education.

Bobby Jindal -- the very best veep prospect the GOP can field.

[HumeSkeptic]

Uh oh!

White House links Iowa floods to global warming
http://www.yahoo.com/
(ABC News)

[GingerB]

Those heathens! Those heretics! How dare they blame the floods on global warming! Falwell must be spinning in his grave. It's God lifting his curtain of protection because of all those miserable sinners in the midwest. Pat Robertson concurs. Hagee knows it to be true.

Calling all exorcists... Please report to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. PRONTO!

[HumeSkeptic]

I'm sure many trolls committed harakiri after reading that.

[philistine]

I'm sure those evil Iowans and Illinoisans were planning gay pride parades, or civil unions or something.

Hagee will save us: he'll reanimate Hitler to do God's work.

[MadMadamMin]

He reminds me of Alfalfa. I bet he's president of the "He-man Woman-Hater's Club."

[bigironal25]

The bible is one huge fairy tale and this idiot wants that" intelligent design"garbage taught in classrooms along with real science? If he or anyone else, for that matter, want their kids or grandkids fed that nonsense ,then send them to church as nobody has a problem with that but keep it out of my taxpayer supported school system!

[incontempt]

Thankyou

[rowzeer]

No wonder America is a joke!!! Do you really want your kids indoctrinated in public schools? Whose religion? It is a parents job to teach a child about religion and faith not the governments. What hypocrites the Republicans are!

[incontempt]

Every fork in the room just hit it's respective plate....WHAT? he didn't just say that did he?

This should be mcpains party crasher....go right ahead.

[nellie]

I hate to be blunt, but this guy's another crazy. Can we please elect people who will GOVERN????

[BaileyWo]

See there, it's working. McCain is already starting to look stable and well grounded.

[3Ons]

Public schools is the place to teach evaluative­-opinion-s­ystems, self-evident truth, verifiable with one's five-senses, not belief-systems.

Real science has nothing to do with belief. Belief-systems are about those things a person can't verify with their five-senses, such as ghosts, goblins, magic, aliens, gods, devils, angels, demons, vampires, sasquatch, santa claus, mind-over-matter, etc., things IMAGINED and WISHED to be 'true' but not valid before self-evident truth, which we all pledge allegiance to, the absolute foundation of equality itself.

Claiming a WISH to 'know' how something was created, such as this planet, this universe, is a belief-system, and is impossible through real science. Those people caught-up in a 'spell-of-­confusion' not knowing the difference between 'beliefs' and opinions, disqualify their own 'credentia­ling-syste­ms.' There is no place for it in PUBLIC LIFE, public-education or the peoples' politics. Abusing one's public-platform to teach belief-systems is fraud.

Kind Regards,
3Ons

[incontempt]

Agreed...good post.

[Kalifornika]

Real science has nothing to do with belief? Really? Don't most scientists believe the scientific method is the best wway to gain knowledge about the world, the universe, our bodies, etc.? If you think about it, science sans belief is somewhat difficult to imagine. Science is not simply a body of knowledge accumulated like bricks on a wall. I do, however, agree that creationism, in whatever iteration, has no place in the classroom of public schools.

[rowzeer]

Belief and Blind Faith are two different things

[GuyFawkes]

What's stranger? That he doesn't believe in evolution? Or that he believes in exorcism?

[nonofyabusiness]

No its hilarious that he believes in drive- thru (mass) excorcisms every Sunday before Brunch. And even funnier that he scares anyone, let alone the prince of darkness

[surfcitysteven]

Well, this might be true as it is being spoken by a real live in the flesh, extraterrestial alien.

[EvoMan]

Intelligent Design is a lot of things, but science isn't one of them. Any theory that invokes an intelligent creator isn't science, it's religion. There's nothing wrong with this, it just shouldn't be taught in science class. Philosophy or comparative religion class is the appropriate venue.

[incontempt]

ONLY in religious schools or church's

I don't expect you to think in your church
I won't tolerate your church in my schools.

[rowzeer]

Exactly it isn't Uncle Sam's place to teach my child about religion.

[EvoMan]

Well, it goes without saying.