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This from the Faraday Institute Newsletter (No 32 | September 2008):

The Faraday Course entitled “Science and Religion for Church Leaders”, also intended for those training for ministry, will take place Nov 4-6th . As usual full details are up on the Faraday web-site (www.faraday-institute.org). . . .

Those in the Birmingham UK area might be interested to know that on Saturday, 27th September, at 4.0 p.m. in the George Hotel, Lichfield, the Institute Director will be in debate with Prof. Steve Fuller (Prof. of Sociology at Warwick University) at the Lichfield Literary Festival (hwww.lichfieldfestival.org) on the subject of Intelligent Design. This is a somewhat counterintuitive debate in that Prof. Fuller, an agnostic, is an ID supporter whereas the Director, a theist, is a critic of ID. Hopefully the exchange of views will clarify rather than further obfuscate a topic perennially surrounded by a thick fog of confusion.

Denis Alexander, Bob White
[Director, Faraday Institute] [Associate Director]

One way to dispel the thick of confusion surrounding ID is for opponents as well as supporters to represent it accurately.

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Liz Lizard Professor Fuller is wrong about his assertion that belief in ID is religiously motivated. A number of ID proponents, myself included, have no religious motivation. I'm as agnostic as Professor Fuller, if not moreso. The whole point of ID is that there's no need for religious motivation in belief that the universe and life is the result of design. There is ample empirical evidence to support this view.DaveScot
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