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If you look through the annals of history, you will realised that man has always had a need to belief in something greater than themselves.
Every civilisation from the ancient Egyptians, the Norse, ancient Greeks to the Incas in Peru, believed in gods, creators that shaped the world. Most of them had not one diety but a few! Each one to explain a particular phenomena or to cope with a particular aspect of their daily lives.
It is an inherrrant need in all humans (even in the modern world) to seek to explain the unexplainable world around them. To give meaning to something that is uncontrollable.
In the ancient days, the heavens and stars were seen as celestial powers that could influence their world. A solar eclipse probably meant the sacrifice of few hundread virgins in some cultures..... (I am exaggerating, but you get the picture)
What I am trying to say is that when faced with the unknown, ( and man fears the unknown) man will try to quantify in a manner that is comprehendable to the human mind.
ID follows from the need of man to believe in something greater than themselves, hence to me it is more a belief, a religion or philosophy instead of science.
But in todays where society is heading towards freedom of belief, making it a part of the science cacriculum in schools seems to be taking a step backwords in that sense.
What if I don't want to study ID because I believe in the philosophies of Nitchezt or I am simply athiest? Or I am of a religious belief that has conflicting views with ID? Why force it down people's throats?
If anything I believe ID should be classified as a philosophy, since it is neither completely in the region or science or religion.
My opinion in this is that it should be like an optional subject, just like any philosophy class in any school or univerisity.
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