[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Material naturalism is a philisophical point of view."

The phrase is methodological naturalism, and it is a necessity for ALL science, not just evolution.

"The teaching of evolution in schools violates the seperation of Church, and state if it is taught to the exclusion of competing worldviews."

Yes, let's have Whole Science and let every crackpot idea into the science classroom. Let the students *discover* what is right.

[Smogger]

The phrase is methodological naturalism, and it is a necessity for ALL science, not just evolution.

Materialistic Naturalism asserts that matter is the only reality, and that all the laws of the universe are reducible to mechanical laws. It is a philisophical point of view. It asserts that we call the human person is but a transitory phase in the special arrangement of material elements giving rise to special mental results; and it goes without saying that in such a system there is no room for freedom, responsibility, or personal immortality. It is generally completely incompatible with religious belief systems and OUGHT NOT BE INSTRUCTED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.