Secular Society Warns Against “Intelligent Design” in Scottish Schools
Britain’s National Secular Society has warned against undermining the teaching of evolution in Scottish schools after the setting up in Glasgow of a centre on “intelligent design”, the idea that the universe is the result of a creative mind. “The Scottish educational establishment needs to set up safeguards, similar to those which already exist in England and Wales, to ensure that creationism doesn’t get into science lessons and create confusion in children’s minds,” said Terry Sanderson, president of the secular society, which says it promotes the rights of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers. Sanderson was
speaking after the opening in September of Glasgow’s Centre for Intelligent Design. Its president is Norman Nevin, emeritus professor of medical genetics at Queen’s University in Belfast, and its vice-president is Dr David Galloway, the vice president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Source Ecumenical News International
