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.
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?
The stickers read: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."
Metmom said, "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?"
Because evolution is both a theory AND a fact. Beyond any reasonable doubt, evolution has occurred and is occuring now, and its scientific explanation is the theory of evolution, itself widely accepted by all scientists. So the sticker contains falsehoods. Furthermore, its intent is to particularize and demonize evolution as a controversial process, when it is not (among scientists).
ALL science is theoretical, which means it is composed of reliable knowledge, tested hypotheses supported by an immense amount of repeatable evidence, and not by speculation or guesses, which the sticker tries to suggest by misusing the term "theory" in its popular, rather than scientific, sense. The focus on evolution reveals its unconstitutional religious intent.
What if Cobb County public officials mandated a sticker in all Bibles in the county that said the following: "This book contains information on history, science, and philosophy. This material is a theory, not a fact. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered." How would you feel then? Perhaps exactly how scientists and science teachers feel about the biology textbook sticker.