Re: Intelligent Design case decided - Dover, Pennsylvania

This language was interesting as well - JimA

"The breathtaking inanity of the
Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop
which
has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents,
and teachers
of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged
into this legal
maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal
resources."

Pim van Meurs wrote:

> Not only was the case decided, it was a slam dunk in many ways for
> science. The judge basically ruled that intelligent design fails as a
> science
>
> <quote>Accordingly, the purported positive argument for ID does not
> satisfy the ground rules of science which require testable hypotheses
> based upon natural
> explanations.
> </quote>
>
> On Panda's
>
> <quote>
> Dr. Padian’s demonstrative slides, prepared on the basis of
> peer-reviewing scientific literature, illustrate how Pandas
> systematically distorts and misrepresents
> established, important evolutionary principles.</quote>
>
> http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/051220_kitzmiller_342.pdf
>
> Check out PandasThumb for indepth discussions
> http://pandasthumb.org/
>
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> Intelligent Design case decided - Dover, Pennsylvania, School Board loses
> <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1543993/posts>Fox News
> Posted on 12/20/2005 10:54:38 AM EST by snarks_when_bored
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> Judge Rules Against 'Intelligent Design'
> <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544015/posts> yahoo news ^
> <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544015//%5Ehttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_us/evolution_debate>
> Posted on 12/20/2005 11:16:05 AM EST by GSlob
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Received on Tue Dec 20 14:29:25 2005