Re: Judge Jones sided with the Discovery Institute and ruled against the Dove...

Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:

> Pim wrote:
>
>> So far I have yet to see my hypothetical example addressed such as
>> teaching evolution as a religion. As the hypothetical examples have
>> shown, the existence of a legitimate secular purpose is highly relevant.
>
>
>
> But there are no buildings and no doctrines as such in the traditional
> sense. That evolution __can be__ a religion, is certainly the argument
> that Ruse points out, and for __some__ people, it clearly sticks. But
> that's
> just it, it is individual people; and I doubt they are present in most
> any K-12
> schools where this whole issue is raised. Individuals can be
> disciplined on
> other grounds. But I say this with much fear and trembling, because,
> unfortunately, justice is rarely even handed in this world.
>
> by Grace we proceed,
> Wayne

What if the reasons for teaching evolution is its anti-Christian and
pro-atheistic character? Would that help? Would this render the secular
primary purpose of teaching evolution, namely as a science, moot and
would the court have to rule that the purposes of the board violated the
establishment clause?

Pim
Received on Sun Jan 8 23:40:15 2006