As my high-school history teacher said, never overlook the obvious.
I'm a believer in human freedom in general and the US Constitution in particular. The actions of the Kansas School Board infroinge on both
If I don't live in Kansas what difference does the action of some Kansas political board make to me? I think the notion that the decision of some Kansas governmental education board violates the U.S. Constituion is ridiculous, turns the meaing of the First Amendment upside down, and results in the infringment of certain preogatives of human freedom, such as self-government.
Fundamentalist Christians; Kansans.
A caricature of ID proponents as Fundamentalist Christians is false and unsustainable, but even if it were true it is irrelevant to whether ID is science or not because it confuses the legitimacy of an idea with its purported source, which is a genetic fallacy.
But if Kansas wants to do what it wants to do, what is that to me? I believe in a republican form of government. I'm not interested in stamping out the ideas of people in another state who might disagree with me about what is science or not.
Cordially,
The pertinent Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote is so obvious here, I'll let you fill it in.
I think the notion that the decision of some Kansas governmental education board violates the U.S. Constituion is ridiculous, turns the meaing of the First Amendment upside down, and results in the infringment of certain preogatives of human freedom, such as self-government.
Please review the difference between a constitutional republic and a democracy, and recall we are the former and not the latter.
A caricature of ID proponents as Fundamentalist Christians is false and unsustainable, but even if it were true it is irrelevant to whether ID is science or not because it confuses the legitimacy of an idea with its purported source, which is a genetic fallacy.
ID is primarily a political movement, not an idea. Testimony in the Dover trial made that crystal clear. It's creationism in a cheap tuxedo; nothing more.