The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made man think.
Posted on 02/28/2006 4:05:45 AM PST by PatrickHenry
House lawmakers scuttled a bill that would have required public school students to be told that evolution is not empirically proven - the latest setback for critics of evolution.
The bill's sponsor, Republican state Sen. Chris Buttars, had said it was time to rein in teachers who were teaching that man descended from apes and rattling the faith of students. The Senate earlier passed the measure 16-12.
But the bill failed in the House on a 28-46 vote Monday. The bill would have required teachers to tell students that evolution is not a fact and the state doesn't endorse the theory.
Rep. Scott Wyatt, a Republican, said he feared passing the bill would force the state to then address hundreds of other scientific theories - "from Quantum physics to Freud" - in the same manner.
"I would leave you with two questions," Wyatt said. "If we decide to weigh in on this part, are we going to begin weighing in on all the others and are we the correct body to do that?"
Buttars said he didn't believe the defeat means that most House members think Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is correct.
"I don't believe that anybody in there really wants their kids to be taught that their great-grandfather was an ape," Buttars said.
The vote represents the latest loss for critics of evolution. In December, a federal judge barred the school system in Dover, Pa., from teaching intelligent design alongside evolution in high school biology classes.
Also last year, a federal judge ordered the school system in suburban Atlanta's Cobb County to remove from biology textbooks stickers that called evolution a theory, not a fact.
Earlier this year, a rural California school district canceled an elective philosophy course on intelligent design and agreed never to promote the topic in class again.
But critics of evolution got a boost in Kansas in November when the state Board of Education adopted new science teaching standards that treat evolution as a flawed theory, defying the view of science groups.
Don't encourage them!
After an afternoon of these puns I feel like I artichoke somebody.
That is so funny!
A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
It was given as an example of speciation as result of selection. The point was to show that speciation can occur by the selection of specific traits, in this case mating habits, any other trait could have been chosen.
OK, here's a serious question for you...
Do molecular biologists wear designer genes?
The theory of evolution was greatly objected to because it made man think.
He was drunk-naked in his tent.
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Wrong. The article was posted in response to the following Question by sirchtruth:
After the numerous times yous guys have shown me what evolution is, the reality still exist no one has ever seen an animal evolve into another species. It would be impossible to observe occording to evolutionist own arguments.
BeholdaPaleHorse posted the article and said:
Below is a discussion of observed speciation events for your review. I eagerly await a detailed critique.
So the article was posted to show observed evolution from one species to another (which it did not do).
Thank you for your post!
LOLOLOL! Thank you for the chuckle, blue-duncan!
Hang on--I only stole the basic concept a few hours ago. So far only three people have signed my petition indicating that they have doubts about the last 150 years of science on the grounds that it contradicts Homer, I have not yet conducted any original research to demonstrate that the cosmos arose from the golden egg laid by the blackbird Nyx, and thus have not yet published any findings in peer-reviewed journals...
By golly, you're right, first step sure should be introducing these concepts to secondary school students. Teach the controversy!
Oh dear, you are going to find this a serious impediment to becoming a true cultist. You are an object lesson in the dangers of excessive education: fill your head with too much knowledge, and you have no room left for the truth.
But don't despair, there are remedies. First, you can learn much from these threads about how to cling to a priori assertions in the face of inordinate amounts of contrary data. But you really do need to get out a bit more and spend time with liberals, who can teach you much about relativism, the superior value of feelings over cold hard data, and the equal merit that should be accorded to all points of view.
I will need to see a sign. What do the entrails say?
Unfortunately, I am fresh out of sacrificial rams so can't do a quick liver reading. But I have just returned from my local grocer where, mirabile visu!, there was a special offer on calves liver: buy two packs, get one free! Zeus, the cloud-gatherer has spoken!
Heed the omen, o mortal one!
This is driving me nuts.
Does this mean you are raisin objections to them?
They ARE found flattened on the roads in Indiana...
Opposum (Didelphys Marsupialis Insularis)
I didn't see PH say that he didn't want to be pinged to it.
LOL!
But I said that one MIGHT be right!
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