Texas Religious Groups Fight Biology Texts

Associated press ^ | November 6, 2003 | APRIL CASTRO

[Lurking Libertarian]

There have been some articles posted on the controversy over these textbooks, but I hadn't seen anyone post the outcome.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - YEC

[Lurking Libertarian]

Evolution ping.

[narby]

I just wish they'd include some of the anti-round-earth research too. Those guys make some good points.

[BioForce1]

Air is a gas composed approximately of 79% nitrogen N2, 20%Oxygen O2, trace amounts of Argon Ar, and varying amounts of warter H2O.  The behavior of these molecules in a large conglomeration such as a laboratory flask or the Earth's Atmosphere can be accounted by the following laws of physics.

1. The laws of quantum physics determine the internal energy states of individual air molecules.
2. van der Walls forces govern the interaction between individual air molecules.
3. Maxwell's dynamic distribution describes the velocity distribution of air molecules at a given temperature.
4. Thermodynamics describes the transfer of energy between large quantities of air.

How then do we account for the existence of cyclonic weather phenomena such as hurricanes and tornadoes?  There is nothing in these basic laws of physics that can account for such phenomena, but they are very common.  Therefore the sensible solution is to assume that an anthapmorphic supernatural deity is responsible for all hurricanes and tornadoes.  Since this systems never cross the equator and spin in opposite directions  in the northern and southern hemispheres this lends credence to the theory that certain parts of gas physics cannot be explained without resorting to the supernatural.

[jennyp]

Therefore the sensible solution is to assume that an anthapmorphic supernatural deity is responsible for all hurricanes and tornadoes. Since this systems never cross the equator and spin in opposite directions in the northern and southern hemispheres this lends credence to the theory that certain parts of gas physics cannot be explained without resorting to the supernatural.

Interesting! It also suggests that there are two supernatural entities at work: One for the northern hemisphere & his/her opposite governing the southern hemisphere.

I wonder which one is the good entity & which is the evil one? :-)

[RadioAstronomer]

Mr. and Mrs. Coriolis. :-)

[RadioAstronomer]

Thanks for the ping. :-)

[VadeRetro]

The State Board of Education voted Thursday to approve biology textbooks, despite criticism from religious activists who say the books as written fail to present the anti-evolution point of view.

The Luddites are about out of gas. Time to go back to tacking up Jack Chick tracts in commercial laundromats.

[PatrickHenry]

Overlapping PING. [This ping list is for the evolution side of evolution threads, and sometimes for other science topics. FReepmail me to be added or dropped.]

[VadeRetro]

There is nothing in these basic laws of physics that can account for such phenomena, but they are very common.

Some creationists do indeed cite the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a way that clearly forbids the formation of a large and structured storm system in the Gulf out of a disordered mass of hot air off of the African coast. And you can't tell them they've got it wrong, either.

[PatrickHenry]

Article about testimony at the school board hearing, from a lost thread: Physics Nobelist takes stand on evolution.

[Dimensio]

And you can't tell them they've got it wrong, either.

Well, you can, but they'll either ignore you or come up with some nonsense explanation as to how it doesn't apply in one case, but does apply in another.

[VadeRetro]

Well, you can, but they'll either ignore you or come up with some nonsense explanation as to how it doesn't apply in one case, but does apply in another.

"A hurricane is not a cell." (True! Very true! However, if the laws of physics really forbid something, it can't happen for a hurricane or a cell. It can't happen at all.)

[beavus]

Careful! The way some folks around here think, you might actually be convincing them!

[John Beresford Tipton]

"The Luddites are about out of gas."

But unfortunately they still can waste tons of bandwidth with their nonsense.

[Saturnalia]

I wonder which one is the good entity & which is the evil one? :-)
The evil one has a goatee.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads ups!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Since these systems never cross the equator and spin in opposite directions...

Except, of course, when required to explain the human origins of the ozone hole. ;)

[Doctor Stochastic]

The righthanded one is dextrous and the lefthanded one sinister.