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Intelligent Design case decided - Dover, Pennsylvania, School Board loses [Fox News Alert]
Fox News | 12/20/05

Posted on 12/20/2005 7:54:38 AM PST by snarks_when_bored

Fox News alert a few minutes ago says the Dover School Board lost their bid to have Intelligent Design introduced into high school biology classes. The federal judge ruled that their case was based on the premise that Darwin's Theory of Evolution was incompatible with religion, and that this premise is false.


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KEYWORDS: biology; creation; crevolist; dover; education; evolution; intelligentdesign; keywordpolice; ruling; scienceeducation
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To: lonestar67
In my experience in teaching, I have not noticed Catholic students to be less receptive or less interested in science.

You haven't noticed it because it doesn't exist. There is a group here at FR who offer the argument that believing in creation is somehow a detriment to ones abilty to learn science. It is nonsense of course but they argue it nonetheless.

2,401 posted on 12/22/2005 9:12:38 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: lonestar67

That's my experience, too. The religious/home school kids get all the knowledge about evolution so they know what it's all about. They also need it for standardized testing. Some states, I think, include it on their standardized tests. (Unfairly, I think, if the questions are worded in a "loaded" way.)

Thank you for being a teacher.


2,402 posted on 12/22/2005 9:12:58 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

Brain to keyboard issues again. I don't think religion should be TAUGHT in schools but it should not be censored. What I was thinking is that if the parents thought that religion was being taught in school by allowing ID, or if they don't like a religious atmosphere allowed, or if they even go as far as to object to religion being referred to in classes, espeically like in history, then they have the option. There are attempts to teach a religionless version of history using the argument that by teaching about it and it's role in the course of history is the same as "endorsing" it. If the parents are that concerned about what their child is being exposed to as far as religion is concerned then they have the option of pulling the kids out instead of forcing everyone else to accept their godless world view by trying to have every mention of a god removed from the classroom.


2,403 posted on 12/22/2005 9:14:57 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
"What I was thinking is that if the parents thought that religion was being taught in school by allowing ID..."

So, are you saying that ID is not religion in disguise?

2,404 posted on 12/22/2005 9:16:26 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: snarks_when_bored
I'm guessing that you've got temporary tinsel-induced blindness, brought on by prolonged exposure to flickering tinsel-reflected light from an open fire on which chestnuts are roasting.

Yes, you are nearly correct.

Other informed opinion blames the Chardonnay.
Very unusual, too, in that I passed up the Smoked Porter from the Natural Foods store in favor of wine.

Someday I hope to learn to read posts before replying...

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good NightTM!

2,405 posted on 12/22/2005 9:16:41 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

There is no societal NEED for me to violate my beliefs by contributing to a public education that contradicts (and sometimes mocks) those beliefs.

There are many alternatives ways of designing the system that would not require that.


2,406 posted on 12/22/2005 9:17:26 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins
"Actually, I think that each child goes to the school of their choice and that school gets the per head cost that the state designates for each kid."

So, you advocate shutting down inner city schools and overcrowding suburban schools.

2,407 posted on 12/22/2005 9:18:20 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: xzins

My homeschool kids got a far better education than I ever got from the public school. In the 8th grade, they both scored above the national average for the average college bound senior. I MADE SURE that they understood everything in a topic, particularly Math, before they moved on. That's where my education fell apart. Yes, there are some things that a homeschool can not offer that a private or GOOD public school can, (I know some will disagree with me) BUT the one-on-one education can't be beat for the foundation.


2,408 posted on 12/22/2005 9:20:33 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: xzins
"There is no societal NEED for me to violate my beliefs by contributing to a public education that contradicts (and sometimes mocks) those beliefs."What other aspects of society should be conducted only in accordance to your beliefs?

If I don't like the way roads are paved, or where they go, should I be excused from paying taxes designated to build and maintain roads?

What about if I don't drive?

If I am a pacifist, should I then not be pay taxes that would go toward sustaining the military?

If I don't support the war in Iraq, as so amny Americans do, should I not pay taxes that help sustain the war effort?

Are you an anarchist?

2,409 posted on 12/22/2005 9:22:58 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

That's correct. Stating that someone thinks that the universe was intelligently designed does not constitute a religion.


2,410 posted on 12/22/2005 9:23:06 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
So, who designed it?

Do you believe that it was beings from another dimension?

2,411 posted on 12/22/2005 9:24:31 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

If everyone leaves one school and goes to another, then that would send a big message about the deserted school, wouldn't it?


2,412 posted on 12/22/2005 9:24:52 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: 2nsdammit
and the greater entropy associated with the sun's nuclear fusion more than rebalances the scales

Just asking someone with experience in nuclear physics--is fusion entropically or energetically driven, anyway? (e.g. 2 hydrogens to 1 helium, you're losing several degrees of freedom...)

Cheers!

2,413 posted on 12/22/2005 9:26:04 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: xzins

If you live in the inner city, but you are given the opportunity to send your kid to a school in the suburbs, sending your kids to a different school would not be a statement about the school, but rather about the place where you live.


2,414 posted on 12/22/2005 9:26:59 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

If they could achieve that high of a literacy rate with those adverse conditions they had, it speaks very highly of them. If the Declartion of Independence is any example of the general intelligence level of the people of that time, then yes, let's get back to it. Not to mention any other historical documents, speeches, and literature produced in that era. That kind of quality is sorely lacking today.


2,415 posted on 12/22/2005 9:27:30 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: snarks_when_bored

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I'm signing off this thread for Christmas (and to get more work done). I've been spending a bit too much time with this, and unfortunately the invisible hand of the free market does not see fit to compensate me financially for the trouble.


2,416 posted on 12/22/2005 9:28:00 PM PST by jbloedow
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To: jwalsh07
"In my experience in teaching, I have not noticed Catholic students to be less receptive or less interested in science."

There is a group here at FR who offer the argument that believing in creation is somehow a detriment to ones abilty to learn science.


You are aware that quite a few Catholics -- including Catholic clergy -- accept the theory of evolution, aren't you?
2,417 posted on 12/22/2005 9:29:59 PM PST by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
Just a little correction. In Columbus' time no educated person thought the Earth was flat. It was know since the Greeks that the Earth was round. The navigators who thought Columbus was nuts thought the Earth was round, but about 25% larger than Columbus believed. In fact, they were correct; Columbus was relying on older, out of date charts. The only thing that saved him was the existence of the Americas. Cheers!

I could've written that post myself, down to the closing word.

Curiouser and curiouser.

2,418 posted on 12/22/2005 9:31:43 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Luis Gonzalez

It wouldn't matter if they were from this dimension or not. Nobody is worshipping them and following them/he/she/it/whatever... The evidence is that there was a diesigner, not who the designer was. That is what ID is basically all about from what I can see.


2,419 posted on 12/22/2005 9:31:57 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Dimensio

Be careful. We may be discovering evidence of an establishment of religion here. Do you have some names we can work with?

We may be able to file a federal case about Catholic imposition of evolution.


2,420 posted on 12/22/2005 9:32:11 PM PST by lonestar67
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