▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Christian ▁think ▁tank ▁E kk lesia ▁out lined ▁his ▁critique ▁of ▁intellig ent ▁design ▁creation ism , ▁and ▁pseudo - s cient ific ▁explan ations ▁for ▁the ▁universe : ▁" Cre ation ism ▁and ▁ID ▁are ▁in ▁no ▁way ▁compar able ▁to ▁scientific ▁theories ▁of ▁orig ins ▁and ▁have ▁no ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁modern ▁science ▁class room . ▁They ▁also ▁dist ort ▁m ature ▁Christian ▁understand ings ▁of ▁the ▁universe ▁as ▁coming ▁into ▁being ▁through ▁the ▁whole ▁world ▁process , ▁not ▁through ▁revers als ▁or ▁den ial s ▁of ▁that ▁process . ▁The ▁roots ▁of ▁creation ism , ▁whether ▁in ▁its ▁‘ hard ’ ▁form , ▁or ▁in ▁at ten u ated ▁ID ▁ideas , ▁lie ▁not ▁in ▁science ▁but ▁in ▁mis inter pret ations ▁of ▁the ▁Bible . ▁Cla ims ▁that ▁such ▁not ions ▁can ▁be ▁just ified ▁from ▁a ▁‘ liter al ’ ▁reading ▁of ▁Gen esis ▁are ▁n ons ens ens ical . ▁This ▁book ▁has ▁not ▁one , ▁but ▁two ▁‘ cre ation ▁stories ’ . ▁They ▁differ ▁widely ▁in ▁detail , ▁are ▁highly ▁figur ative , ▁and ▁were ▁written ▁to ▁combat ▁fatal istic ▁An cient ▁Near ▁East ▁cosm og on ies ▁by ▁stress ing ▁the ▁underlying ▁good ness ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁as ▁a ▁gift ▁of ▁God , ▁not ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁modern ▁scientific ▁matters " ▁-- ▁E kk lesia , ▁ 2 5 ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Sec ular ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁intellig ent ▁design ▁to ▁European ▁schools