Posted on 05/25/2006 7:02:37 PM PDT by Hoodat
The federal appeals court in Atlanta on Thursday declined to rule on the constitutionality of controversial Cobb County evolution disclaimers because the court said it did not have enough information to make the decision.
The ruling was the latest twist in a nationally watched case that has raised questions of local authority over schools and whether Cobb's sticker -- which called evolution "a theory, not a fact" -- runs afoul of the First Amendment.
The ruling means more arguments from lawyers and, perhaps, a new trial.
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The 11th Circuit noted that all parties in the case agree that some evidence presented to Cooper during a four-day trial is now missing. "The problems presented by a record containing significant evidentiary gaps are compounded because at least some key findings of the district court are not supported by the evidence that is contained in the record," Judge Ed Carnes wrote.
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I agree, and it is a travesty that the Federal judiciary is involved in this matter at all.
Its not obvious to me that this "theory and not fact" thing is enough. Id want some sort of a warning label which said something like "Belief in evolution and the related doctrines of communism and naziism have caused the deaths of upwards of a hundred million people over the last century: caveat emptor".
There! That's better. Danged gravity pushers were prominent Communists AND Nazis and almost all of the Jews are gravitationists. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.
Good grief, how does that translate into a government endorsement of religion? Shouldn't that be said of any scientific theory? So why the meltdown when it's evolution that's being questioned?
Amazing, isn't it? Keeping an open mind is a high crime in the Darwinist States of America.
Evolution is still unproven theory. The Cobb County School Board was doing a service to the students. Unlike you, they recognize the actual state of the evolution theory. btw, can you explain how a giraffe 'evolved'? I would love to hear the 'scientific' explanation for that one.
I would use the incorrect statement on the sticker as an opportunity to point out to the students that those supporting such a sticker don't know what they're talking about.
No evolutionist has explained, as far as I've seen, why humans would have evolved to lose all their body hair, which would seem to actually be very protective and a distinct advantage.
Another mystery unsolved.
Public school ping?
If all women were hairy like apes (like in Europe) some men might be less attracted to them (today at least). The human race has figured out how to keep warm, but still needs to procreate to survive.
The biggest mystery to me is in regard to plant life. Plants require carbon dioxide to survive, yet our atmosphere consists of only 0.04% CO2. If plants had evolved, they would have found a way to create energy from oxygen or nitrogen instead.
If everybody were hairy, it would be considered normal, and therefore not unattractive. Hairlessness is not necessarily more attractive than hair, or fur. Ever see a naked mole rat. One ugly creature.
Oops. There is already a thread on this. My bad.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638340/posts
If science is not done by popular vote, then why are we asking *judges* to determine what science is? Are they qualified enough scientifically to determine that? It seems that one of the big issues is what exactly science is, how it is defined, and by whom.
That's OK, I missed the first one. Reruns aren't so bad. Sometimes the discussion is more interesting and takes a totally different track.
OK:
Phsyics is a theory, not a fact, regarding the way things work. Many engineers disagree with physics and so it is important the stident realizes this is theory only. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered. It is quite possible that angels keep things from touching each other. It is possible that Thetans have imbued their essence in our atmosphere, which is what holds airplanes aloft.
You want your kids to be taught this?
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