Judge Jones again

Judge Jones again.

"The founders believed that true religion was not something handed down
by a church or contained in a Bible, but was to be found through free,
rational inquiry. They possessed a great confidence in an individual's
ability to understand the world and its most fundamental laws through the
exercise of his or her reason. This core set of beliefs led the founders,
who constantly engaged and questioned things, to secure their idea of
religious freedom by barring any alliance between church and state."

--U.S. District Judge John E. Jones, who outlawed the teaching of
"intelligent design" in science class, in his commencement address Sunday
to 500 graduates at Dickinson College, his alma mater.

More and more I am coming to believe that church-state separation and the
best teaching of science are inextricably intertwined.

Burgy
Received on Mon May 22 18:39:08 2006