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"The disclaimer says, '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,'" says attorney Michael Manely who represents a parent group from Cobb County, which has sued the school board, demanding the disclaimer be removed. The group says the county is trying to force religion into the schools.

Such compelling logic. A simple label will bring about the demise of freedom, but the icy hand covering the mouths of dissenters will not.

"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..." = "sermon".

For evolution to be true requires God to exist, for evolution were true it would have to be a miracle.

The big questions are things like is there a Hell and is our soul eternal.

The point isn't that all life sprang from a single instance of abiogenesis (or not), but what is God's will for us.

Come on Andrew, you know that anyone who questions any aspect of evolution ‘must’ be a creationist and they are preaching a sermon because evolution is a 'fact' just like all the other 'facts' in science throughout history. Although many people question evolution as a 'fact' (with the mechanisms provided) including atheists, they ‘must’ be labeled creationist because it makes it easy to persecute.

Any scientist thoughout history that questions aspects of science might as well be labeled a creationist. Hawkings, Newton, Denton, Darwin, Boyle, Crick, Behe, Pascal, Kepler, Bacon, Faraday, Davies, Hoyle, etc… these are all ‘creationists’ and preaching sermons. Why did science even let these charlatans speak?

It’s about time children stopped questioning science and just accept it as truth – although they should all face the east while doing this at least five times a day.

Note: I am only sarcastic in the sense that I could not be more sarcastic.

This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered..." = "sermon".

For the life of me, if that is the extent of the disclaimer, I can see how no one can disagree with it.

Evolution is a theory.

Critical thinking and careful study can't do any harm and might do a lot of good.

Sometimes, here on FR we get so involved in the ins and outs of our debates that we know exactly when one group is seeking an opening, so we set about closing it off. If a person not involved in debate were to observe what we were so furiously combatting, they would see the point at all.

That's the way it is in this case. The EV folks are so into the argument, that they've forgotten that it is "the theory of evolution."