Re: Cobb County

Roger G. Olson wrote:

>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.

Ed Hassertt replied:

>
>Here are a few examples I have:
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>This is a book our neighbor's daughter had in her Sociology Class:
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>Sociology by Beth R. Hess, the quote is from page 400
>
>"Secular humanism "reflects the Enlightenment's emphasis on rationality,
>science, and personal effort rather than blind faith in supernatural
>powers. Among the tenets of humanist philosophy are:
>
> 1. A faith in human intelligence and abilities.
> 2. A commitment to democracy and civil liberties.
> 3. A belief in the importance of, if not the divine origin, of the Ten
>Commandments and of the ideals of social equity, the community of
>humankind, and world peace.
> 4. Opposition to all theories of predestination, divine
> determination, and fatalism.
> 5. Compassionate concern for all human beings."
>
> "These are the beliefs that conservative Christians in the United
>States fear being taught to their children"
>
>This book was used at my wife's high school although she didn't take the
>course:
>
>Anthropology, by Haviland
>
>"Religion can be defined as: when people are unable to solve their
>problems through knowledge and science, they "turn to the manipulation of
>supernatural beings and powers." - 563
>
>
>
The Cobb county question regarded labeling *science* texts with a
disclaimer about evolution being a theory not a fact. The main sciences
that deal with *science* biological and cosmic evolution are biology,
geology, Earth Science, and astronomy.

You provided an example of a sociology text and an anthropology text.
Could you provide us with examples of texts from the relevant sciences
that make claims explicitly "... 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."?

R
Received on Thu Jan 20 11:41:17 2005