Evolution is Unconstitutional

MND ^ | Sunday, October 09, 2005 | By Rudy Takala

[durh]

Evolution is not a religious belief. It is a scientific theory.

In other words, it is something that some people (I'll note myself) believe in. However, that belief doesn't stem from any sort of religious system. It stems from observation of the world around us, just like the belief that ice is cold and the sun sets in the west. Many christians believe that the sun sets in the west. That must mean that it is a christian belief! If you tell anybody which direction the sun is setting in, then you must be preaching the word! See the problem with this article's logic yet?

[Coyoteman]

Sillier and sillier.

Evolution is a religion, so you can't teach it in schools.

ID is not a religion, so you have to teach it in schools.

Sorry, but we are not all as dumb as you might hope.

Does any of this stem from The Wedge Strategy of the Center for the Renewal of Science & Culture?

But I could be wrong; if so, here's a little sample of the real old time religion...

Figure 1.4.4. Fossil hominid skulls. Some of the figures have been modified for ease of comparison (only left-right mirroring or removal of a jawbone). (Images © 2000 Smithsonian Institution.)

(A) Pan troglodytes, chimpanzee, modern
(B) Australopithecus africanus, STS 5, 2.6 My
(C) Australopithecus africanus, STS 71, 2.5 My
(D) Homo habilis, KNM-ER 1813, 1.9 My
(E) Homo habilis, OH24, 1.8 My
(F) Homo rudolfensis, KNM-ER 1470, 1.8 My
(G) Homo erectus, Dmanisi cranium D2700, 1.75 My
(H) Homo ergaster (early H. erectus), KNM-ER 3733, 1.75 My
(I) Homo heidelbergensis, "Rhodesia man," 300,000 - 125,000 y
(J) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Ferrassie 1, 70,000 y
(K) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, La Chappelle-aux-Saints, 60,000 y
(L) Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Le Moustier, 45,000 y
(M) Homo sapiens sapiens, Cro-Magnon I, 30,000 y
(N) Homo sapiens sapiens, modern

[antiRepublicrat]

"Up is down, and atheism, the antithesis of religion, is religion."

For once I agree with the AFA. This is what you get when you let judges decide real-world factual issues instead of simply what the law is.

[antiRepublicrat]

First, religious believers would try to say the atheism was a belief system itself and atheists would say, no it's not, it's the ABSENCE of belief.

Getting strange, isn't it? Me agreeing with the AFA, cats and dogs living together...

Atheism doesn't imply belief or a belief system in itself, but it also doesn't preclude the atheist from having a belief system.

Remember, if you define religion as belief in a god, then Buddhists are technically atheist.

[jess35]

That is, without a doubt, the most asinine argument I've seen yet.

[jess35]

Oh please. I guess you're going to tell all of us we aren't required to pay income taxes as well.

[balch3]

Bump!!