A frequent criticism of creationism and Intelligent Design is that they fail to pass [[peer review]], and cannot therefore be considered scientific.
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Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents counter that they fail to pass peer review on the grounds of ideology, not scientific merit.
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One columnist wrote:{{QuoteBox|Note the circularity: Critics of ID have long argued that the theory was unscientific because it had not been put forward in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Now that it has, they argue that it shouldn't have been because it's unscientific.<ref>Klinghoffer, 2005</ref>}}