Incoherence

Wow! Check out this completely incoherent column by some 'sociologist' who was an 'expert' witness for 'Intelligent Design' at the Dover trial. Who let this guy publish such drivel?

IDT's heuristic value for science education lies in the distinctly nonconformist reading of the Bible that united Newton and the other scientific revolutionaries of the 17th century but has been consistently opposed by the Catholic Church. These Protestants believed that the Bible addressed the faithful directly and individually, without the mediation of priestly authority. Thus, Newton read the Bible as a personal intellectual challenge to "reverse engineer" the divine plan. The result was science's most powerful vision, the mechanical world-view.

Uh, okay. Whatever.