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Scientists Figure Out How Bees Fly

Posted by Zonk on from the hoverbots-to-follow dept.

corbettw writes "Researchers at CalTech have discovered how bees fly, putting one more nail in the coffin of Intelligent Design. From the article: 'People in the ID community have said that we don't even know how bees fly ... We were finally able to put this one to rest. We do have the tools to understand bee flight and we can use science to understand the world around us.'"

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  1. ID is crap. by grub · · Score: 1, Flamebait



    putting one more nail in the coffin of Intelligent Design

    To any rational person, ID's coffin is more nail than wood. Of course the creationists will huff and puff as they grasp to whatever straws they have left.

    For those who are interested in how Creationists sleazed ID into school and government I heartily recommend Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. Fascinating and scary book. A 'primer' from the authors can be found here.

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  2. Another nail in the coffin?? by adidalax · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This has probably been said, and if so, please email me the link from the comment on here. I just didnt feel like reading through 245 or so posts.

    I think the thing with ID (at least from my perspective as an ID advocate) is not for sceince to prove how things like a bee flying is possible, but how it is possible that the bee actually became a bee and somehow grew wings to fly in the first place. IMHO, it seems to me that it takes more faith to believe in Dawinism (etc) than to beleive in ID.

    Just a thought.....feel free to think Im an idiot, but try not to flame too much =P

    -= ADiDaLaX =-

  3. Re:Pfft! Why do Bees fly? by Darby · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I believe in God and have proved Him for myself. No scientific fact has affected that proof.

    That's because it isn't proof. You chose to believe it. That's faith. If it were proof, then you could easily prove it to everybody.

    If you really want to know for yourself, you'll have to search... it definatly isn't for those who *want* it to be false.

    You're right on that, but it goes even further than that.
    It's only for those who *want* it to be true. And of course, those who want to prey upon those who *want* it to be true, as is the reality of every major religion.

    I mean any study of the history of the Christian religion proves absolutely that it was made up. People who want badly enough to believe will find ways to deny the basic historical facts.

    The idea that there is some sort of a god is consistent with common sense.
    That *any* of the specifically detailed religions we've ever had got it right is utter nonsense.
    I'm certainly not lazy. I've gone as far as to study the real history of your religion.