id-ism
apparently, i'm an ignorant fuck. i've been lumping creationism and intelligent design into the same category: superstitious claptrap. i sincerely apologize to all you nutjobs. creationism is the belief that the bible is literally true. it makes predictions about the world that can be tested. and frankly, don't pass the occam's razor test. intelligent design is a completely different thing altogether. adherents of id admit they are too stupid to understand how the universe could possibly be as complex as it is. they conclude there must have been some nigh omniscient omnipotent thing with a plan. that thing may be but doesn't have to be a god that may or may not require followers that it gives a shit about or not. summarizing the differences: creationism is superstitious claptrap. id is glorification of ignorance. they still go in the same bucket. you can't test either the biblical god or the intelligent designer. you can't bring either into a courtroom and have them testify under oath. you can't make predictions about what they're going to do next. feel free to put them in different garbage pails or the same one. your call. either way, neither belong in the science classroom.