Posted on 01/14/2005 9:21:24 AM PST by Without Barbarians
From the article about this news story:
My personal feelings aside, this latest frenzy over evolution is schools is equally dumb. Heres what the sticker says:Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. The material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
This is factually correct. Evolution is a theory. The bones are facts, the concept that explains them and relates bones from different times is the theory. Evolution isnt a fact any more than the law of gravity, which has freqently been revised and rewritten. Thats okay, because pretty much all of the rest of science is theory too.
Frankly, the sticker should replace Evolution is a theory, not a fact, with Every explanation you will ever hear about anything is a theory and not a fact". Because thats the truth.
And all you idiots with Darwin stickers on the back of your car should know that the modern theory of evolution has discarded nearly all of Darwins orginal theories. So get that stupid thing off your car before I take an arc welder to it.
I cant really understand how the judge views that sticker as an establishment of religion. In fact, in suggesting that the school board appears to be endorsing the well-known prevailing alternative theory, creationism the judge makes a monumental error. Creationism is not an alternate theory, because it isnt a theory. Is creationism verifiable? Falsifiable? What form could any evidence that creationism is wrong take? Creationism is religion - a belief system that exists in the absence of evidence, and always relies on at least one leap of faith....
There's more there, but you get the gist.
"The "prestigious" and "nonpartisan" NAS supports evolution. Boy, that sure is persuasive. "
Fine, then what do you consider prestigious science institutions? Make sure it isn't one of these...
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/9522_statements_from_scientific_and_12_19_2002.asp
"So evolution is neither a theory or a law. It is "science." LOL! "
It's a theory, why is that so difficult? Just because you can't reconcile the definition with evolution means nothing except that you have absolutely no training in science. If you not being able to understand something made it unreal, my toaster wouldn't work.
"I really don't give a flip about what the bloomin' NAS NASA or the whole "scientific community" think about evolution. At one time the whole "scientific community" thought that black folks were a subspecies of humans and that malaria was caused by "bad air." The scientific community in Germany believed that Slavs were inferior to Aryans. So much for science and scientists. "
Ok then, interesting philosophy. I'll be sure to wave when I drive by your cave...
"Maybe I didn't learn alot in grade school, Bozo, but I learned that no scientific organization is unbiased and nonpartisan."
You ignore the inherently self-correcting nature of science. You are quick to point out mistakes scientists have made, but who discovered those mistakes? I'll give you a hint... they weren't clergy...
"So Adios, Frenchie. Go away and comfort yourself with the thought that you are so much more educated and sophisticated than the pea-brained cave-dwellers that dare to challenge your "scientific" orthodoxy."
I'm not french, given that my english is better than yours I thought that would be obvious. Je peut parle francais, mais je suis beucoup mieux en anglais, thanks anyway.
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