[ThinkPlease]

The lesson plans--Appendix A, especially, reads like Jonathon Wells wrote it word for word out of his latest book. I suspect there will be a lawsuit incoming if this passes, and it will get overturned however. Some of the references listed therein reference God explicitly, which is a no-no.

[ThinkPlease]

Vasiliy, I need one ping. One ping only, please.

[newgeezer]

"It's a sad day for science in Ohio," said Patricia Princehouse, who teaches biological evolution at Case Western Reserve University. "This opens up the reputation of Ohio scientists to ridicule nationally and internationally."

Tsk, tsk, tsk... Lady, was it not a sad day for "science" when they brought your religion into the classroom?

[antiRepublicrat]

the board voted 13-4 to declare its intent to adopt the "Critical Analysis of Evolution" lesson next month.

In itself, not a bad idea. Teaching critical analysis of anything, including accepted scientific theory, can only be a good thing. If not for that, we'd still think Newtonian physics ruled everything.

much of the language in the lesson plan came from Jonathan Wells' “Icons of Evolution,” a seminal text in the intelligent design movement

However, this shows their true intention to create a backdoor for creation myths taught as scientific theory.

Not that I mind creation myths. I think a class on them would be quite interesting.

[VadeRetro]

Princehouse and other scientists complained that much of the language in the lesson plan came from Jonathan Wells' “Icons of Evolution,” a seminal text in the intelligent design movement.

Who was it who said, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGHHH?"

[VadeRetro]

What's Wrong With Jonathan Wells's 'Icons'? What isn't?

[RightWingNilla]

Board member Martha Wise of Avon, who opposes the lesson plan, said support for the measure reflects a turnover on the board that has left it more conservative than the body that approved the state’s science standards 14 months ago.

The creatinoid albatross just keeps getting fatter.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

God can't be the designer. That would be blasphemy.

I've been wearing glasses since I was 12, I can hardly run a quarter mile because my knees hurt so much, and I've been having spasms in my back for 35 years.

If we were designed, we were designed by an idiot.