Quote Originally Posted by noobium View Post
people would rather prove the point that they can be flagrantly wrong, as a demonstration of and appeal to naked power for the sake of power. the people who promote ID bull**** know it's bull**** and don't even hide it, but showing such a total lack of intellectual integrity and being praised for it is its own reward.
You know I agree with that, but this is exactly why it sometimes doesn't strike me as mere stupidity and foolishness. Like maybe they really are nuts.

Take for instance the following:
-ID is utterly shameless. They know its wrong yet do not care that it is wrong.
-its magical thinking, in that they believe there is a higher power, namely god
-its arrogance, because they debase scientific evolution theories
-its promotion of religion due to envy over science
-they think they're entitled to be right, when in fact they're clearly not. Entitlement should come from prove and good arguments, yet they have neither to back up their case and yet despite of that lack they still think they're entitled to promote it. So much so that it must be tought in school, even when it obviously is nonsense.
-they don't put boundaries on their theory of intelligent design
-the ID'ers exploit politics to get what they want and feel like they need to be treated better than science.

Add these seven parts up and what you get is called "narcissism".