I was poking around Lehigh’s website when I decided to stop by their department of Biological Sciences, home of the infamous Michael “ID” Behe.
On a whim, I decided to see if any of his colleagues brought up the whole ID thing on their department sites and found Professor Jill Schneider‘s lucid, funny take on the role of “belief” in science. Worth reading. (The link from her site duplicates a directory, but my link works.)
A snip:
After Darwin’s Origin of the Species was published, evolutionary theory was further supported by discoveries in genetics and molecular biology. The modern synthetic theory of evolution is a scientific theory supported by data, lots of data (even macroevolution is supported by data). As a theory, however, it remains open to continued experimental testing. I do not “believe” in it. I find it scientifically useful.