Hello and welcome to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe.

Today is August 10th, 2005.

This is your host, Steven Ovella, president of the New England Skeptical Society.

And with me again tonight, our Perry DeAngeles.

Hello.

Bob novella.

Hello.

And Evan Bernstein.

Salutations.

So our president is up to it again in the last few days he made a comment essentially

saying that he endorses the teaching of intelligent design alongside evolution in public schools.

Essentially echoing the position of the intelligent design reponage to teach the controversy that

kids will be best served if they hear both sides of the issue.

And he also, in the same interview, professed his own personal belief that God created the world.

I'm sure you guys have heard about this quite a bit in the past week.

Yeah, I've heard a lot about it, but that last piece I'm not too familiar with.

Well, because I carefully scrutinized his wording and it was a little ambiguous teaching the controversy, not specifically saying,

let's put this in the science class aside by side with evolution.

And he probably believes that, but he didn't say that.

But what should he say about God creating the earth?

Yes, the quote is, I personally believe God created the earth.

Oh, wait a minute.

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