If anyone thinks that Intelligent Design isn’t harmful should take a closer look at Islam. What happens when scientists give; saying “I can’t figure this out. It must be God at work.”? When scientific obstacles become too much for any scientists, the natural inclination should be to keep at it until the issue is understood. But ID supporters will tell you that once you and your scientist colleagues have reached your wit’s end, that’s when you can stop worrying; God is the ultimate answer.

Somewhere in Islam’s history, science was forbidden, purely because it contradicted the “miracle” of God. When we tell an entire society to stop thinking, it can have very dangerous results. In the case of Islam, it’s pretty clear. Look at history: Muslim scientists and philosophers are credited with a variety of discoveries, the most important of which was the number zero. So where did we go wrong? When did we tell our thinkers to stop thinking; for God is the answer to everything!

Now the entire Islamic world is codependent. It relies on the science of other countries! Muslims struggle with science throughout the world. One side of the Umma insist that God is the answer to everything, but the other side sees the practicality of science and advancements.

It makes me sad, being an ex-Muslim, to think that we’d squandered the diversity and intellectual prowess we once possessed. Now, Muslims all across the world try to emulate the Wahhabi sect. They dress like them. They eat similar foods. They learn Arabic. They have tried their best to become as Arab as possible; not realizing that being Muslim shouldn’t mean being Arab.

Hundreds of years of intellectual numbness have resulted in an entire religious society that is decades, if not centuries behind the rest of the scientific world.

Look around: the results of ID are all around us. Keep it out of our schools, in every country!