Yes, as someone who works in a bio-related field...
ID as it is in the US is a load of shit.
That isn't to say that isn't more than meets the eye when it comes to humans and their origins and purpose in the universe. I personally think that there is more to evolution than just the blind process of mutated genes and survival of the fittest. I don't really have concrete evidence for this though.
But in the US, ID has been used to try and backdoor creationism into the classroom. In the Dover trial, it was found that they had literally done a ctrl+f creationism, replace with Intelligent Design in the materials that they were trying to get put into classrooms. And then it usually boils down to using God of the gaps type arguments (We don't know how X, therefore God) . Unfortunately for this type of God that lives in the unknown, he gets smaller over time as we figure out more about how reality works.
I do think it would be good to teach limitations of the current evolutionary theory. For example, we do not have a good idea of how the first organisms were able to form, as there were many limitations (chirality of molecules, how to develop the first DNA replication systems. etc). This opens the door for people to insert their own interpretations of the unknown. You could even teach how the properties of the universe "appear" to be fine tuned for life.
Part of what makes this a tricky issue is the fact that there is a continuum of creationist type beliefs. There are the extremist ones who think the Earth is 6000 years old, and the word of the bible is literal truth. Then you have creationists who believe in the scientific age of the universe, but that there was actual creation going on still (god made the species). Then you have people believing that god helped out evolution, god seeded the first life, or god just made the universe and it went on its own.
I think that if schools allowed ID, they would be worried about the literal "earth was made in 7 days" people trying to inject their beliefs into the classroom. I think this is a valid concern. Unfortunately, a side effect may be stifling potential advances in evolution, since any criticism of the current theories can be met with "omg creationism!".
This covers what I think better than I could write it. I don't want creationism in the classroom front door or back door. That's the politics of it.
I went to Catholic School like a good little res injun should. Sister Juanita told me God made everything in 7 days. When I questioned her about it, she popped me with a ruler. I learned early - you don't fuck with creationism. This episode also gave me a eerie fetish involving sexy nuns and corporal punishment.
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