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To: phantomworker

The question has to do with the great debate that wound up in the court trial.

If Darwin's theory is taught as dogma, as it in many classes, it must be a violation of the "Faith Based" taching of Darwinism to point out that there is other contrasting information and that Darwin's Theory isn't the complete universe regarding "The Origin of The Species" since Darwin doesn't even pretend to explain the origin of the species in his book of that name.

The only way someone would object to a statement that there are other theories, is if they are so dogmatic that it is their "Religeon" and any questioning of the dogma should be treated like Copericus was when he talked about the earth going around the sun.


262 posted on 12/28/2005 7:44:38 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: Dan(9698)
Faith Based" taching of Darwinism

This is where your premise is all wrong, Dan. Try to figure out what I am saying here. Think about it.

277 posted on 12/28/2005 8:04:19 PM PST by phantomworker (I trust my intuition and speak my truth... Don't accuse me of your imagination!)
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To: Dan(9698)
If Darwin's theory is taught as dogma, as it in many classes,

No, it isn't, although that claim is a favorite piece of *creationist* dogma.

it must be a violation of the "Faith Based" taching of Darwinism to point out that there is other contrasting information and that Darwin's Theory isn't the complete universe regarding "The Origin of The Species" since Darwin doesn't even pretend to explain the origin of the species in his book of that name.

Wrong again, on about three separate points, not the least of which is the confusion between "origin of species" and "origin of life".

The only way someone would object to a statement that there are other theories, is if they are so dogmatic that it is their "Religeon" and any questioning of the dogma should be treated like Copericus was when he talked about the earth going around the sun.

Nonsense. The reason that people objcct to the claim "that there are other theories" is because the other proposed "alternatives" are not, in fact, *theories*. The word "theory" has a specific meaning in science, and it's a misrepresentation to say that "ID" or other what-if's are "other theories", because they are in fact not theories at all.

Hey, I have a novel idea -- why don't all you folks who don't understand what science is about refrain from trying to dictate to schools how to run their science classes?

283 posted on 12/28/2005 8:10:56 PM PST by Ichneumon
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