And much of it was based upon pure conjecture. Please not this old 2005 case, again. The judge had an axe to grind and Penn. is a small state. Look around, why didn’t everyone leap at his “wisdom”? Evidence.
You have to be created before you can evolve.
We have identified various forces in the universe. Are we sure we have identified all of them?
What if there is an X force that is unmeasurable but creates order out of chaos?
Scientists refusal to consider that another force may be involved because it comes too close to invoking a theistic solution may blind them from discovering the existence of a force that could explain some of the questions regarding probability or rather improbability.
Figures 3 and 4). Even The Fundamentals, a series of pamphlets published between 1910 and 1915 to explain and defend Biblical inerrancy, did not target evolution as a major, irreconcilable opponent [12–15]. The situation changed for ‘fundamentalists’ (as they came to be named, after the pamphlets) only after World War I, which destroyed naïve faith in ‘progress’ and launched a search for the cause of such carnage [16]. Fundamentalists blamed the historical field of ‘higher criticism’ of the Bible (which began in Germany) for a loss of faith and then morality in that country. Fearing the same would happen in the U.S., fundamentalists battled more liberal ‘modernists’ for the soul and control of their denominations. The controversy spilled over into the political domain when three-times presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, who had spent his career on nationwide political ‘crusades’, decided that evolution, now widespread with the rise of high schools and biology classes, had been a contributing factor in the loss of Biblical faith and rise of German militarism. He launched his final crusade against evolution in the schools [13,17].
William Jennings Bryan was a big-time Progressive, who wanted to use the power of the government to improve society, and proudly was a leader in four Progressive Constitutional amendments...that have greatly damaged the institutions of American government and society. The anti-evolution crusade has a Progressive origin...and those who call the pro-science posters here "liberals" should know that.
It is not a landmark in American jurisprudence.
First of all, that decision is binding on no other party and is arguably not even binding on the Dover School District since the case was not appealed by the new school board.
In any event, no other court or judge is required to give this case even the slightest degree of credibility since there was no appeal and no appellate decision.
The solution, of course, is privatization of K-12 schools. This is only way to end the constant bickering.
* One group would would teach evolution within a framework of a godless worldview.
* Another groups would teach the **exact** same evolution but within a God-centered worldview.
*The last group would teach creationism. I surely wouldn't agree with them but it is their right to do this. Also, if the kid really wanted to move forward in biology, they could take a class at the community college. ( No big deal!)
Evolution is merely one example among hundreds demonstrating that government schools are a First Amendment and freedom of conscience nightmare and should be abolished.
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