[gdani]

I dunno.....it just seemed like a slow day so I thought I'd rile everyone up.

[Squawk 8888]

[Paradox]

Huge can of worms, which of the many creation myths are they going to teach, all of them perhaps? Genesis? Utnapishtin? Dogon Tribe? Azteca? Paganism?

Careful what you wish for...

[Iota]

>>>The school board responded by keeping the biology textbooks but approving an insert that 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."<<<

Unless the school board approved similar inserts addressing every scientific theory that the school touches upon during the course of the year, I'd be willing to bet this is unconstitutional. My reading of the higher courts' creationism cases is that singling something out for criticism because it appears to contradict a particular religious viewpoint is the equivalent of identifying with that religion and thus a violation of the establishment clause. Anybody else have any thoughts?

[BikerNYC]

What distinguishes scientific creationism from creationism?

"I don't know that it is any different, to be honest," he said.

That's a good question.

[Alamo-Girl]

For the discussion, here's a set of diagrams to compare the Darwinian predictions to natural history concerning the origin of phyla (body plans.)

[ArGee]

I'll help you rile everyone up.

Every class that teaches on the origins of the universe, or life, or species, should begin with this disclamer:

Class, we're now going to talk about origins. Now, science is based upon observations and obviously nobody has observed the origin of the universe, the origin of life, or the origin of a new species (change when that last becomes untrue). On the other hand, we have observed many things which may be extrapolated back in time to explain origins. As we discuss this subject I will be very clear as to what is observed and what is extrapolated and why scientists believe the extrapolation is valid. You may find, when we are done, that the subject has raised more questions than answers. In my opinion, that is good science.

Comments?

Shalom.

[RandallFlagg]

Ahh. Kennesaw, Georgia. Home of some of the smartest firearms laws in the country!

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"The second amendment isn't about duck hunting anymore than the first amendment is about playing Scrabble." --Henry Bowman

 

[Virginia-American]

Actually, they should add the language, along with credits, of course:

"evolution is only a theory, blah, blah..."

(footnote) this paragraph is added by order of public law xx-yy, adopted by the General Assembly on Aug...

Voting for: Del Able (r), Del Baker (d)....

Signed by Governor...

[ladylib]

I believe Cobb County has an ever-increasing private school enrollment. Perhaps the county is doing this to appease parents who don't believe in Darwin's theory and would prefer that it not be taught as fact.