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How many times have you been banned now?

I’m not sure myself. I can see if I can find something in some textbooks of kids I know in public schools, but it could take some time. I’d have to get hold of them and then their textbooks.

I've search Google, but I'm looking for public school textbooks that mention "Lucy" in the context of evolution.

I have not found any. Please let me know where they are.

Most public secondary institutions offer comparative religious studies as both a major and a minor.

"Evolution is still part of the ideological battle going on and as it is being used as a weapon in that battle as the primary one to attack Christianity..."

Evolution is accepted by the Catholic Church. Are you saying that the Catholic Church is anti-Christian?

“Evolution is part of the God-free creation account of the secular humanist and atheist”

Nice attempt at setting up the straw-man but the fact is that the evolutionary theory does not address the existence of God since that falls outside of the realm of science

So is the Pope a secular humanist or an atheist?

At this point in time, there’s no other place to teach it.

I’ve yet to see a public school offer courses like comparative religion or philosophy.

OTOH, even if it were taught there, there would still be the issue of the teaching being presented as, *This is taught in science class. It is true*, and *This is taught in philosophy class. It is subject to your interpretation and preference.* Both should be presented in the same class to prevent the subtle but clearly implied bias that will come with it.

Evolution is part of the God-free creation account of the secular humanist and atheist. Until it can also be separated from that context, it doesn’t belong in science class either.

Evolution is still part of the ideological battle going on and as it is being used as a weapon in that battle as the primary one to attack Christianity and as it is not being presented properly either through textbooks or teacher qualifications, it ought not to be taught in schools at all.

I did not say that creation/i.d. should not be taught in school. I stated the fact that creation/i.d. is not science, and therefore should not be taught in a science class.

It would harm the science education in the same way that including Astrology in the science curriculum, it would take away valuable class time to needed to teach real science to teach religion which is in direct violation of the Constitution of the United States of America as determined by a Republican judge appointed by President Bush.

However Richard Dawkins does agree with you, “By all means let creation science be taught in schools. It should take all of about 10 minuets to teach it and then children can be allowed to make up their own minds in the face of the evidence. For children who study hard and keep an open mind it seems to me utterly inconceivable that they could conclude anything other than that evolution is true “

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6230199/Articles-of-Richard-Dawkins

I will reiterate and try to use simpler language;

- I support the teaching of evolution as a theory.

- I support teaching that an absolute proof is not yet available, but that a preponderance of the data supports the hypothesis.

- I support teaching that theories evolve (pardon the pun) as new information becomes available and that the theory of evolution.

- I support that the theory of evolution does NOT address creation.

- I support that those things only explainable by Scripture or faith have no place in a publicly funded science class.

- If the will of the majority is to have their version of creation and the ascent of man taught in publicly funded schools the version of the majority religion in the US, Theistic Evolution as taught by the Roman Catholic Church, should be taught. This includes the compatibility of science and Scripture, that the Bible was not intended to explain HOW God created Man, just THAT He created man.

I will reiterate and try to use simpler language;

- I support the teaching of evolution as a theory.

- I support teaching that an absolute proof is not yet available, but that a preponderance of the data supports the hypothesis.

- I support teaching that theories evolve (pardon the pun) as new information becomes available and that the theory of evolution.

- I support that the theory of evolution does NOT address creation.

- I support that those things only explainable by Scripture or faith have no place in a publicly funded science class.

- If the will of the majority is to have their version of creation and the ascent of man taught in publicly funded schools the version of the majority religion in the US, Theistic Evolution as taught by the Roman Catholic Church, should be taught. This includes the compatibility of science and Scripture, that the Bible was not intended to explain HOW God created Man, just THAT He created man.

I will reiterate and try to use simpler language;

- I support the teaching of evolution as a theory.

- I support teaching that an absolute proof is not yet available, but that a preponderance of the data supports the hypothesis.

- I support teaching that theories evolve (pardon the pun) as new information becomes available and that the theory of evolution.

- I support that the theory of evolution does NOT address creation.

- I support that those things only explainable by Scripture or faith have no place in a publicly funded science class.

- If the will of the majority is to have their version of creation and the ascent of man taught in publicly funded schools the version of the majority religion in the US, Theistic Evolution as taught by the Roman Catholic Church, should be taught. This includes the compatibility of science and Scripture, that the Bible was not intended to explain HOW God created Man, just THAT He created man.