What’s the Matter with Kansas? (Dishonest Darwinists coming to a state near you)

National Review ^ | 08/03/2006 | David Klinghoffer

[tbird5]

PLease read "The Jewish Century" Yuri Slezkine . He tells of history's liberal roots.

[nmh]

Darwinism and evolution are sad jokes that idiots take seriously. Thank God, we can afford a private school where truth is taught and evolutionists and darwinians look like fools - because they are.

[middie]

The book "What the Matter With Kansas" is an excellent and careful analysis of the harm that the state has foisted on itself against the populace own best interest.

[Lunatic Fringe]

What’s the Matter with Kansas?

Aww, are we upset because Kansas rejected Creationism disguised as science?

[elkfersupper]

Well, what do you know?

Reason prevailing in American politics.

I hope this is the start of a trend.

[Oztrich Boy]

The Evoos are responsible for all the wars in the world

[newgeezer]

Added ks (US: Kansas) to the TOPICS list for our FRiends who monitor Kansas news in the sidebar.

Instead of just scrolling past them all, please take a moment to click the applicable state(s) on the Topics screen when posting news of particular interest to people in that state.

[Concho]

Well, if you want more of this nonsense, then keep Sebelius in there as governor.

[Dave S]

Intelligent design isn't science. At best its philosophy. At worse dogma. Looks like the Kansans got smart and throw out the fools.

[js1138]

Aww, are we upset because Kansas rejected Creationism disguised as science?

Next, the voters will start rejecting creationists disguised as conservatives.

[Physicist]

Darwinism and evolution are sad jokes that idiots take seriously.

The entire* scientific community takes them seriously. You can dismiss them uniformly as "idiots", but do you seriously think many people will go along with that? That all scientists are "idiots"? Think about what you're saying.

(* Don't quibble about the handful of dissenters that arguably belong to the scientific community. They may dissent from the ideas, but they still take them seriously.)

[FFIGHTER]

Can you believe, that they actually believe in dinosaurs and cavemen and that the earth revolves around Sun. Finally they are put to bed, along with Einstein, Newton, Galileo, Copernicus and all those other charlatans.

[Clintonfatigued]

Control of the Kansas School Board on evolution/intelligent design issues has flip-flopped several times in the past ten years. I'm willing to bet that evoltionists will lose control of the board in 2008.

[Hendrix]

Evolution is flawed science, but no one in a school is allowed to state that because science won't accept any criticism of evolution. I don't have any problem with schools teaching evolution, but they should be allowed to point out that it is just a scientific theory that has flaws. Science loses a lot of credibility with me when they won't admit that the theory of evolution has flaws.

[Hendrix]

"Intelligent design isn't science."

And science does not have the answers or the ability to find the answers to most things, so science has very little credibility at finding answers. The fact that something is not science does not bother me because most of science is junk anyway and it is full of politics and dishonesty. Science is like the old media--it is losing its credibility to be objective.

[Coyoteman]

Evolution is flawed science, but no one in a school is allowed to state that because science won't accept any criticism of evolution. I don't have any problem with schools teaching evolution, but they should be allowed to point out that it is just a scientific theory that has flaws. Science loses a lot of credibility with me when they won't admit that the theory of evolution has flaws.

And that flaw is that it does not agree with your a priori religion belief.

Going to be after archaeology and geology next because they can't find evidence a global flood?

Going to be after nuclear physics because they get all the radiometric dating studies wrong?

(Gimmi a break!)

[Coyoteman]

And science does not have the answers or the ability to find the answers to most things, so science has very little credibility at finding answers.

So, how do you heat your cave?

[Hendrix]

"And that flaw is that it does not agree with your a priori religion belief."

It has nothing to do with religion. I just recognize that most of science is junk science, and history has proven this time and time again. Evolution has lots of flaws. Just admit it and I am fine with it. I would say the reason science does not want to admit that is because they are anti-religious. Let's just be honest.

[LibertarianSchmoe]

Are you also open to the criticism of the criticisms? I'm certainly interested in hearing what the flaws are in the science of evolution, but are you prepared to listen to the counter-arguments?