Re: Cobb County

Ed, Welcome back from your several day hiatus!

Now, could you kindly address the question I asked regarding textbooks?

Please provide bibliographic information on textbooks you have reviewed
that indicate that following: that evolution excludes the possibility of
God; that teach evolution by constant beratement of religion; that have
clear anti-religious statements; that teach evolution by making religious
claims.

I sure would appreciate this specific information. Thanks, Bro!

In God's Peace,

Roger

> Edward Hassertt wrote:
> ... (snip)
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>> 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. If a child is taught every day that evolution excludes the
>> possibility of God, and other "religious" statements made in the name of
>> science, we need our children to be skeptical of such things. If
>> evolution were taught without the constant beratement of religion and
>> exaltation of science as the final arbiter of truth, most Christians
>> would have little problem with it.
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>> When we here knowledgeable Christians in Science fight to support these
>> textbooks which we know have clear anti religious statements, it tends
>> to make us wonder where their loyalty lies, with Christ, or with
>> science. I know they do not have to be mutually exclusive, and shouldn't
>> be, but the constant circling of the wagons anytime there is criticism
>> of school science textbooks really is disturbing from a pastoral point
>> of view (I was a pastor for several years before attending law school).
>> Why not textbooks that teach evolution without making religious claims?
>>
> (snip) ...
>
> Have you seen biology textbooks (you used the passive voice, so I'm not
> sure whether you mean the teachers teach it this way or the textbooks
> teach it that way?) that teach that evolution excludes the possibility of
> God? If so, I'm certainly against that!
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> Do textbooks (teachers?) teach evolution with a constant beratement of
> religion? If so, I'm certainly against that!
>
> Do textbooks have clear anti-religious statements? If so, I'm certainly
> against that!
>
> Do some textbooks teach evolution by making religious claims? If so, I'm
> certainly against that.
>
> Give examples of such a textbook. If you can't, it would seem you are
> being a tad hyperbolic.
>
> God's Peace,
>
> Roger
>
> P.S. BTW, I don't strongly one way or the other about the disclaimer
> stickers. They could lead to a fruitful discussion of the philosophy of
> science.
>
>
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>> Edward J. Hassertt
>> Reason By Faith
>> Auburn, Washington
>>
>> http://www.reasonbyfaith.org
>>
>> Christian Legal Discussion:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advocatusdeus/
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