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To: Central Scrutiniser
Creationism/ID has no place in public schools. If you want to teach it, do it in your church.

And Darwin's theory has no more place. If you want to teach it, do so in a hippy-liberal coffee shop. Not in school, at least not in a science class. Maybe in a history class, perhaps. But in a science class? Nope. The scientific method is simply incapable of dealing with origins.

195 posted on 12/22/2006 6:43:27 PM PST by kittycatonline.com
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To: kittycatonline.com

Actually Darwin's theory does, because it is science.

Get it?


Creationism/ID is religion.

Get it?


198 posted on 12/22/2006 6:50:07 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Pro Evolution, Pro Stem Cell Research, Pro Science, Pro Free Thought, and Conservative)
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To: kittycatonline.com
Creationism/ID has no place in public schools. If you want to teach it, do it in your church.

And Darwin's theory has no more place. If you want to teach it, do so in a hippy-liberal coffee shop. Not in school, at least not in a science class. Maybe in a history class, perhaps. But in a science class? Nope. The scientific method is simply incapable of dealing with origins.

False.

The theory of evolution is a science because it is approached using scientific methods.

It could also be studied in a history class, or a philosophy class, using the particular methods of those disciplines.

The scientific method is capable of dealing with origins. However, origins are a completely separate study from the theory of evolution--scientists know this, but science-deniers apparently do not in spite of being repeatedly advised of the differences between these two fields of study.

The theories of origins (abiogenesis) are in their infancy, unlike the theory of evolution, which is well supported by fact and theory.

In the US, the primary opposition to the theory of evolution comes from a few fundamentalist religions. Individuals frequently attempt to use the trappings of science in their arguments, but they have to so distort and misrepresent actual science that they quickly expose their intentions.

On these threads we see the weirdest science imaginable: just a couple of recent examples are carbon 14 dating spanning millions of years and the second law of thermal documents. Those of us who have actually studied science can readily tell who is posting apologetics (defense of religion) and who is posting arguments based on actual science. Unfortunately, as of late we see little actual science.

208 posted on 12/22/2006 7:15:26 PM PST by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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