From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 13:13:54 EST
John W Burgeson wrote:
>
> The following has taken place in Texas. The YECs continue to win.
>
> School textbook changes made at the request of Phyllis SchlaflyÌs Eagle
> Forum and Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy members will:
>
> * Delete passages that describe Islam positively;
>
> * Delete sections on slavery that critics called un-American and
> Ïanti-ChristianÓ;
>
> * Change references to events "millions of years ago" to instead read "in
> the distant past" or "over time" so as not to have ancient geological
> events predate Biblical timelines;
>
> * Delete references to fossil fuels being formed Ïmillions of years ago"
> so as not to conflict with Biblical timelines
>
> * Delete references to global warming which the Eagle Forum called
> Ïanti-ChristianÓ and Ïanti-free enterprise.Ó
I would hope that references to diseases being caused by
bacteria or viruses
would also be omitted from textbooks. Diseases are caused by demons.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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