Intelligent Design Is "Based on Religion"? Tell That to Thomas Jefferson

Next time someone tells you intelligent design is "based on religion," you might point him to American Founder Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence. As I explain in a special July 4th edition of ID the Future, Jefferson not only believed in intelligent design, he insisted it was based on the plain evidence of nature, not religion:

Ironically, the critics of intelligent design often think they are defending the principles of Jefferson. The National Council for the Soci...