stickers

Ed Hassertt wrote:

    I would rather have self examining science taught in the classroom than anything religious, but the way the textbooks are written, with a clear atheistic and anti-Christian bias (at least the ones I have had to examine here in Washington), it is not sufficient to allow the status quo to reign.

    I would tend to agree with George Murphy that affixing 'scientific' warning signs on textbooks addressing evolution is not appropriate. Nor any other scientific text. Every scientific text and course should be taught in the context of scientific methodology which involves continuous experimentation and refinement of our understanding. But using any scientific theory to oppose or support any religious belief, as Ed indicates may be happening, is certainly not appropriate.

    Here's a challenge for us: Draft a sticker that 1) cautions that evolution (or any other scientific theory) is not to be construed in the public classroom as denying a Creator or supporting/denying any religion, and 2) is acceptable to the spectrum of opinions---from the ACLU to the YEC's. I guess writing one that everyone on this list would agree with would be a big enough challenge for now.

    Randy

    
Received on Mon Jan 17 20:38:23 2005