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October 24, 2005
‘Intelligent Design’ Supporters Gather
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:23 p.m. ET

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of ”intelligent design” theory gathered in Prague in the first such conference in eastern Europe, but Czech scholars boycotted the event insisting it had no scientific credence.

About 700 scientists from Africa, Europe and the United States attended Saturday’s ”Darwin and Design” conference to press their contention that evolution cannot fully explain the origins of life or the emergence of highly complex species. MORE

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""The fact that we cannot yet explain the origin of life on Earth does not mean that there is (a) *God* who created it," Paces was quoted as telling the Czech news agency CTK." Similarly, "The fact that we cannot yet explain the origin of life on Earth does not mean that there is (a) *Evolution* who created it," ... They're interchangeable aren't they?mtgcsharpguy
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Are we sure there were 700 scientists there? I thought going to a conference like this automatically disqualified you from being a scientist... was I wrong?arowell
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If you don't want to sign up for NYTimes' site, it's an AP story and can be found elsewhere: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Czech_Intelligent_Design.htmldodgingcars
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