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To: MitchellC
The only reason Liberals like to bring up ID vs Darwinism is because they know ... there's the potential for Conservatives to split themselves over this.

Tell me something I didn't already know.

Congratulations, you're falling for it.

What I've been trying to do is prevent it.

The only solution is to present both sides or get out of the box.

The only method to get out of this if for conservative creationists to take their message back to church. There are no "two sides" to this. There's science, and then there's the religion of ID/creationism, which DOES NOT belong in public schools or in science classes anywhere.

This issue has been stirred up from the conservative side. Not the left. There are no liberal groups inserting themselves into school boards with the goal of turning public schools into Christian schools.

The few conservatives that are pushing this point need to realize that they're playing with matches. There is no positive way this can turn out. Creationism will not be taught in public schools, ever. But what will happen is the conservative base will be split up over this for no positive gain.

337 posted on 08/16/2005 8:05:08 AM PDT by narby (There are Bloggers, and then there are Freepers.)
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To: narby
The only method to get out of this if for conservative creationists to take their message back to church. There are no "two sides" to this. There's science, and then there's the religion of ID/creationism, which DOES NOT belong in public schools or in science classes anywhere.

There are two sides to this, regardless of your opinion on one's validity. The point is that people pay to send their kids to these schools and ultimately should have the say on these things, and not just in a distant representative kind of way (though that's barely happening now).

How's this for fair: When the government makes church service mandatory, you can start asserting that Darwinism should be expounded from the pulpit.

402 posted on 08/16/2005 1:51:12 PM PDT by MitchellC (Foolishness isn't a mental disorder.)
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