Michael Roberts wrote:
>
> Any comments George?
>
> Don't forget the only country in the world in which the state allows the
> teaching of YEC is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. You dont
> want Unlce Sam to follow suit
Lots of comments, some of them printable.
I was at the Ohio Board of Education meeting yesterday & go my 4 minutes' worth
of comments in - objecting to the lesson plan with emphasis on religious concerns since
there was already a lot of scientific testimony against the proposed lesson plan.
In that plan, the arguments against evolution are rather thinly veiled versions
of traditional creationist & ID ideas. But even if that's ignored, the impression
that's given is that evidence & arguments against evolution are about as good as those
for it, which of course is false. But it means that a student who comes to the topic
having been told at home or in church that evolution is wrong will feel justified in
continuing to reject it.
The comments on one lawyer on the board, who voted for the plam, are very
revealing - that as many scientists were for it as against it. 1st of all, that flatly
wrong: The great majority of scientific testimony that was provided - & that of
virtually all scientists actually dealing professionally with evolution - opposed it.
But science isn't done by counting votes! Is there any way we can get lawyers to
udnerstand that?
Well, it now will become a matter of law because several people have said that
their going to sue to keep the plan from being implemented & at least one 1st Amendment
specialist has said he's sure, based on precedents, that the courts will knock it down.
So the State of Ohio will end up embarassing itself, we can all waste lots of money for
legal fees, & the DI will have to drop its self-congratulatory press release & get out
its martyrdom one.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Wed Mar 10 07:39:45 2004
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