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==History==
SOR was founded in 1977 by a group of students at the [[University of California at Santa Barbara]] as a scientific alternative to both the [[Young Earth Creationism|Young Earth creationist]] [[Institute for Creation Research]] and the neo-darwininian paradigm. It did not require adherence to scriptural authority and a specific model as to the [[age of the Earth]], potentially avoiding the chronic conflicts that this produced with the [[scientific community]], and hoped to foster a relationship of dialogue rather than debate.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Giberson
  | first = Karl W. 
  |author2= Donald A. Yerxa
  | title = Species of Origins: America's Search for a Creation Story
  | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
  | date = November 2002
  | pages = 199–200
  | isbn = 0-7425-0765-3}}</ref>

It acts as a ''de facto'' auxiliary website to the [[Discovery Institute]]'s [[Center for Science and Culture]] (CSC) in promoting [[intelligent design]] (ID), and has become a comprehensive clearinghouse for ID resources, including news releases, publications, multimedia products and an elementary school science curriculum. Its mission is "providing accessible information on science, technology and society issues from an intelligent design perspective."<ref name=trojan>[[Barbara Forrest]] and [[Paul R. Gross]], ''[[Creationism's Trojan Horse]]''. [[Oxford University Press]], (January 8, 2004) {{ISBN|0-19-515742-7}} (pp 165-167)</ref> Its directors are Dennis Wagner (Executive Director) and CSC Fellows Mark Hartwig, [[Stephen C. Meyer]] and [[Paul Nelson (creationist)|Paul Nelson]].

The group's publication includes subjects such as [[genetic engineering]], [[euthanasia]], [[computer technology]], [[environmental issues]], [[evolution]], fetal tissue research, and [[AIDS]].<ref name=about /> It published a journal ''Origins & Design'',<ref name=trojan/> but this has been moribund since 2001.<ref>[http://www.arn.org/odesign/odesign.htm Origins & Design Journal], Access Research Network</ref>