[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Now, I will ask again: Do you actually have a reasoned, scientific argument to make against evolution or are you going to keep changing the subject talking about the abolition of government schools and lying about what evolution is (it is not atheistic)?

You have a truly amazing ability to miss my whole point.

For what it's worth, I have many Reasoned, Theologicao arguments against Mormonism -- but I don't think that Public Tax Dollars should be used to teach that Mormonism is False.

Government Control of Education is Morally Evil. The Stalinist Publik Skool Regime of "Evolutionism-Only" -- by which the "Evolutionist-Only" beliefs of perhaps 13% of the Population are Enforced upon the Children of all the rest -- is one of the most egregious examples; but it is simply the biggest, ugliest tumor in the whole cancerous system.

The whole thing is wrong. Anyone who believes in Individual Freedom and Property should be able to see that.

If Evolutionists can't, it only shows how blind they are.

Best, OP

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Theologicao -- or maybe even, "Theological".

Humph.

[xzins]

His reasoned argument was that the courts have ruled atheism to be a religion more than once, and again in recent months.

For what it's worth, there's no real way to combine bible and evolution without mythologizing the bible.

And mythology is fantasy.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Government Control of Education is Morally Evil. The Stalinist Publik Skool Regime of "Evolutionism-Only" -- by which the "Evolutionist-Only" beliefs of perhaps 13% of the Population are Enforced upon the Children of all the rest -- is one of the most egregious examples; but it is simply the biggest, ugliest tumor in the whole cancerous system.

Amen, and bump.

[jude24]

Government Control of Education is Morally Evil.

It is? Seems to me that, if we leave aside theological questions such as whether evolutionary theory should be taught in schools, public compulsory education is morally neutral - and, given the increasing level of technical ability that is required simply to compete in a national economy, may be a moral imperative.

In Dec. 2005, the unemployment rate of those without a high school diploma was around 8%. The unemployment rate for high school graduates without any college was around 5%. The rate for those with any college or an associate degree was around 4%. With a bachelor's degree or higher, the unemployment rate was under 2%. Also interestingly, the college-educated saw the most stability in employment in the time-frame between Dec. 2004 - Dec. 2005. The high school dropouts saw wild fluctuations in the unemployment rates - as high as 9% in August 2005.

Neglecting education dooms children to a future of either unemployment or dependancy upon the government. And you want to say that compulsary public education is immoral? You're wrong, my friend. Your issues are not with the concept of public education - or at least it should not be - but rather over whether evolution belongs in that curriculum.