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Evolution and intelligent design Life is a cup of tea
Economist ^ | 10/6/05 | Economist

Posted on 10/07/2005 4:59:16 AM PDT by shuckmaster

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To: PatrickHenry

Good idea! The way this trial is going, there will be plenty of good news soon enough!


21 posted on 10/07/2005 6:39:11 AM PDT by shuckmaster (Bring back SeaLion and ModernMan!)
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To: bizeemommie
" I remember my college biology classes and the big gaps in the evolution charts. "

I'll bet you don't mind the big gaps in your doc's bag of tricks when you go to him for advice though.

22 posted on 10/07/2005 6:39:38 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: opticks
Nowhere does the theory of evolution in and of itself, espouse atheism.

It most certainly does!

Evolution says millions and millions of years. God says six normal 24 hour days.

Evolution claims to base it's years upon a fossil record of dead things in mud that accumulated over millions and millions of years. God says that there was no death of anything till 6,417 years ago.

Evolution says the grand canyon came about over millions and millions of years, God' word teaches that it came about via a world wide flood. and the examples go on and one and on.

Evolution denies God, denies God's word, and denies God's rules. Evolution claims that rights, laws, everything comes from man. The Bible teaches that these things come form God and that we will one day answer to Him regardless of whether one believes in Him or not. Hebrews 9:27.

23 posted on 10/07/2005 6:40:52 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Communities are responsible for preparing their students for the future by setting standards. They usually rely on experts to set these standards. Children who are not prepared cannot compete with those that are.

Exactly. So, why is it then that the ACLU and Eugenie Scott and Barry Lynn and all of the other outsiders are trying to tell a PA community what they can teach in their schools? The school board is elected BY THE PEOPLE. If the people want to teach that evolution is not a FACT (which it isn't by the way), then butt out.

24 posted on 10/07/2005 6:41:22 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: bizeemommie
I remember my college biology classes and the big gaps in the evolution charts.

We teach science in school because it's science's task to fill in those gaps.

25 posted on 10/07/2005 6:42:16 AM PDT by shuckmaster (Bring back SeaLion and ModernMan!)
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To: drlevy88
And what would that be? Hint look at: Mark 3:28-29.

And woudl that not be: "D. Those religious leaders, those men and women with fancy degrees and words who call God Himself a liar. Telling us that God doesn't know what He is talking about when He tells us that He made the earth and all things in and on it, and in the heavens above in six literal 24 hour days?" Those who call God a liar, those who deny that He is God, that He is perfect, that He is fully capable of saying what He means and meaning what He says in His book, the Holy Bible?

26 posted on 10/07/2005 6:44:26 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: shuckmaster
We teach science in school because it's science's task to fill in those gaps.

Yes, and we all know that the notion of "science" is defined and controlled by neodarwinists who become apoplectic at the slightest challenge to their hegemony. That's not science - that's might makes right.

27 posted on 10/07/2005 6:46:24 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: newsgatherer
Nowhere does the theory of evolution in and of itself, espouse atheism.

It most certainly does!

You are dishonestly equating atheism with rejection of your particular brand of Christianity. Perhaps you should ponder the fate that you believe God has reserved for liars.

28 posted on 10/07/2005 6:47:24 AM PDT by Thatcherite (More abrasive than SeaLion or ModernMan)
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To: SmartCitizen
"Education is the domain of parents and local communities, not scientists.

Education should be to teach the truth. That means by folks that know the subject.

" You want to exchange one form of tyranny for another. I remember "scientists" teaching german children that jews were subhuman using the shape of their skulls. "

You might remember scientists taught this, but that's only because you were either taught lies, or were dreaming. Parents and the local German community leaders taught this.

29 posted on 10/07/2005 6:47:47 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: Thatcherite
"Nowhere does the theory of evolution in and of itself, espouse atheism."

LOL! Their bag of tricks contains few words. They simply rotate and repeat the same claims over and over again as if doing that would render the lie true.

30 posted on 10/07/2005 6:51:02 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: Thatcherite
Perhaps you should ponder the fate that you believe God has reserved for liars.

If you are accusing me of ying, than you need to show me where. If you're accusatioon is that I am lying regarding God's word than you need to use Scripture to correct me. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Otherwise I do believe you owe me an apology.

31 posted on 10/07/2005 6:51:10 AM PDT by newsgatherer
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To: Thatcherite
You are dishonestly equating atheism with rejection of your particular brand of Christianity. Perhaps you should ponder the fate that you believe God has reserved for liars.

Stalin and Hitler certainly believed it espoused atheism. And the most famous neodarwinists also believe it - Gould, Sagan, Crick, all of the Huxleys, Dawkins (blind watchmaker) and many many others. Since the most renowned gatekeepers of evolution espouse a godless universe and godless origins, it cannot be denied that evolutionary theory breeds such a connection.

32 posted on 10/07/2005 6:54:29 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: spunkets
Education should be to teach the truth. That means by folks that know the subject.

Yes, neodarwinists will teach them their idea of truth whether they want it or not! What if a community doesn't want your brand of truth taught in their school? hmmm? The day is coming when communities will revolt and all of the king's horses and all of the king's ACLU lawyers, will not be able to stop it.

33 posted on 10/07/2005 6:57:07 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: spunkets
You might remember scientists taught this, but that's only because you were either taught lies, or were dreaming. Parents and the local German community leaders taught this.

The UNIVERSITIES taught this. Who teaches at the university level? Hitler has "SCIENTISTS" who supported this crap - there is no denying it.

34 posted on 10/07/2005 6:59:35 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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To: SmartCitizen
...outsiders are trying to tell a PA community what they can teach in their schools? The school board is elected BY THE PEOPLE.

They are not. If the School Board want to include ID (or astrology or voodoo for that matter) in the curriculum, that is fine. Just don't usurp accepted and valid science with confusing and contradictory dogma in the same class.

The fact that they are elected does not absolve them of their responsibilities to the the students to prepare them for the world, away from Dover. That is done by deferring to experts in the chosen field to set that curriculum. Failure to do so fails the students.

35 posted on 10/07/2005 7:01:19 AM PDT by Mr. Quarterpanel (I am not an actor, but I play one on TV)
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To: SmartCitizen
There's only one truth and it's apparent that you can't handle it.
36 posted on 10/07/2005 7:03:16 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: newsgatherer
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

An adopted slave of an Egyptian pharaoh with access to the royal library concocted a book of verses that combined plagiarized Sumerian and Babylonian (Iraqi) tablets with the oral traditions of a wandering tribe of bronze age goat herders and four thousand years later you want to force it into 21st century science class believing the masses are too stupid to see through the charlatan pseudo science called intelligent design. You'll see soon enough that you should have been happy with your freedom of religion and kept your fanatic superstitions out of courtrooms and science classes where you can't possibly win.

37 posted on 10/07/2005 7:05:30 AM PDT by shuckmaster (Bring back SeaLion and ModernMan!)
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To: SmartCitizen
"The UNIVERSITIES taught this. Who teaches at the university level? Hitler has "SCIENTISTS" who supported this crap - there is no denying it."

I suppose you could repeat this in an endless loop and it would become your truth, but in reality it will always remain false. These parents and community morons that taught this were no more scientists than the high priests of ID. ID is the same as phrenology, or whatever feeling head shapes is called.

38 posted on 10/07/2005 7:08:01 AM PDT by spunkets
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To: spunkets

Read my lips: It was taught in the universities. Deal with it.


40 posted on 10/07/2005 7:18:03 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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