Posted on 12/14/2004 7:14:55 AM PST by wkdaysoff
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The state American Civil Liberties Union (search) plans to file a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Pennsylvania school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to the theory of evolution (search).
The ACLU said its lawsuit will be the first to challenge whether public schools should teach "intelligent design," which holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by some higher power....
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There are not 6 theories of evolution. Your question is nonsensical.
Evolution mentions nothing about the origin of life. It's ridiculous to say that. Evolution requires life to already exist!!!!!!!! That is part of my issue with Creationists - they keep lying about that. Also, as I have asked multiple times during this thread, name one scientific alternative to evolution. There are none, at this time.
BTW, "these creationists" and "you people" are not personal attacks. Those that I refer to label themselves Creationists.
By no way, shape or form do we "Creationists" want to invade your "public" schools.
You continually seek to inject religious theory into science classes. Continually. It's shameful. Do you want me to give you dozens of examples?
"Hence it is a religion forced upon students"
And a false one at that!
Huh? I used Biblical Creationism as an example since it is the one I am most familiar with. Certainly each religion and each believer in ID has their own version.
There are at least six theories of creationism.
Same old bunch of snake-handlers, back again.
"Evolutionary theory has tons of (scientifically gathered) data to back it up"
You must be speaking of all of the tons of transitional forms in the fossil record that are nowhere to be found.
I did not say the Catholic Church - it had some problems in the middle ages, no one disputes that. I said Christians.
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but aren't Catholics Christians? Which particular Christians do you mean that didn't evolve (no pun intended) from the Catholics? Greek Orthodox?
Apology accepted. When you get to know the different FReepers over time, you can generally feel comfortable in giving them the benefit of the doubt. I believe that I didn't give crail enough of that benefit.
What I've observed about the Darwinist/Creationist debate, recently, is that there is much vitriol, and little benefit of the doubt.
Reasonable (with heavy emphasis on the root 'reason') can and do disagree. Biblical academics disagree with each other all the time. Scientific academics disagree with each other all the time. The premise of First Things is radically different for both communities. Is it a surprise that the two communities would find such little common ground?
But, little common ground or not, a little common courtesy will go a long way towards proving that FR is not merely a place for whoever's left standing, but a place where informed dialogue can take place without the disagreeable name-calling that usually seems to go along with it.
My question was the "original" matter creating itself.
I personally think it's turtles all the way down.
I wouldn't know a transitonal species fossile if it were sitting on my desk. Please tell me, what---exactly---is a transitional species?
I like your tagline.
Does it mean that invisible magnetic pull is nonexistent?;)
BTW, can you imagine handling snakes with legs? God is good. And has a sense of humor.
Thanks for the ping!
So what if it is? Do not the states (read people) have a right to teach their children their beliefs?
There are other theories and it is a matter of opinion, even scientific opinion, whether or not those theories are "scientific."
That's one.
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