Monday, June 20, 2005

Intelligent Design: Phase III of the Wedge Strategy

In 1997, someone leaked a public relations strategy for the promotion of the Intelligent Design metaphysical argument.
From Wikipedia:
The strategy outlines a public relations campaign meant to sway the opinion of the public, popular media, funding agencies, and the scientific community in order that they should effect an "overthrow of materialism and its cultural legacies". The Wedge document discusses at length the means of achieving these goals, which are scientific research, writing, publishing, conferences, seminars, speaking appearances, debates, media appearances and other public square activities.
There are three "wedge projects" referred in the strategy as three phases:
  • Phase I: Scientific Research, Writing & Publicity,
  • Phase II: Publicity & Opinion-making, and
  • Phase III: Cultural Confrontation & Renewal.
Each of these phases is designed to reach a governing goal of the Wedge Strategy
  • To defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural and political legacies.
  • To replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God.
Now that we are in Phase III, it's worth going back to the original document and see how successful it has been so far.

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