At 09:44 AM 11/29/2006, Michael Roberts wrote:
>What, BTW, is "that stupid country over the pond which allows the
>teaching of creationism in state schools"? ...Led by Dubya's pet
>poodle of course, but he will go in a few months. ~ Michael
@ So Peter Vardy, will go away when the one you use your civil
tongue to charitably describe as a "pet poodle" goes?
Emmanuel Schools Foundation (previously the Vardy Foundation after
its founder, Sir Peter Vardy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Schools_Foundation
Vardy is a committed Christian and it has been reported that he
rejects the theory of evolution in favour of creationism. He has
caused controversy in the UK by using his wealth to fund the building
of a number of City Academies, many with a Christian slant to their
teaching. The bulk of these form the Emmanuel Schools Foundation, a
coalition of schools based in the north of England. ...
In an interview with the BBC Today Program, broadcast 15th April
2006, Sir Peter denied holding fundamental creationist beliefs
stating, "I believe that God created the earth and created man in his
own image, quite how long it took him I don't know". He claimed to
exert no influence over the curriculum of the schools he sponsors
beyond insisting on a "chrisitan ethos" and that he would be
concerned if creationism was taught as fact in his schools. Vardy
complained that a comment made 5 years ago in which he intended to
convey only a belief in a "creator God" rather than a literal belief
in the bible creation stories, had been mis-interpreted and blown out
of proportion by the media. .."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Vardy_%28businessman%29
>The fact is that YEC is being taught legally in British state
>schools ~ Michael
@ "...In an Ipsos MORI Poll carried out in January 2006 for BBC
Horizon , 41% of the respondents thought that Intelligent Design
Theory should be taught in school science classes, and 44% believed
that Creationism Theory should be taught. An Opinionpanel Research
Survey in July 2006 found that 30% of University Students in the UK
believe in creation or intelligent design.
.." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707844/posts
More:
How did we get here? (UK sees huge decrease in belief in 'evolution')
Guardian ^ | 15 Aug 06 | Harriet
Swain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684122/posts
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