Indigo - Good for you! Intolerance and hate of any stripe, be it fundamentalist or humanist, liberal or conservative, should be called out and decried. I am curious as to why the proponents of intelligent design keep trying to pass this thing off as "science" when the argument so naturally belongs to philosophical or religious views. The author of the article has every right to present his views but in publishing them in a scientific journal he also places his credibility as a scientist up for scrutiny and up for question. One of the basic components of science is skepticism and the constant testing of theory against observable and measurable data. Science has been wrong in the past and it will continue to find and publish its own flaws. I fear that intelligent design is a self-fulfilling theory based more on faith than on critical thinking. Not that there's anything wrong with that! Cheers! Dave David Harvey Conservator Los Angeles, California USA ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).