RE: [asa] Burning crosses in Mt Vernon

This is a further quote from Ed Brayton who writes for Pandas Thumb.
 
"The results of the investigation that the school board in Mt. Vernon,
Ohio ordered regarding John Freshwater are out. You can see the entire
report here
<http://www.dispatch.com/wwwexportcontent/sites/dispatch/local_news/stor
ies/2008/06/19/Freshwater.pdf> . The school board confirmed pretty much
every allegation against him. All that crap about a Bible on his desk
wasn't even close. The students reported that he told them which things
in the science book were not supported by the Bible and that they should
therefore doubt and had them say "here" back to him when they got to one
of those things (like radiometric dating, for instance).
 
And that's not the half of it. He kept creationist books and videos in
his classroom, including at least one video and one book by Kent Hovind.
He also kept the book Refuting Evolution there. Parents showed the
investigators handouts from religious groups slamming evolution and
claiming that dinosaurs and humans lived together, among other things."
 
The movie, Expelled, may be the worst thing to have happened in this
century so far for sending us back to the dark ages about science.
Churches are showing this movie to their congregations and sending out a
signal to the witless masses that science professors are not to be
trusted. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does.
 
Dick Fischer, author, lecturer
Historical Genesis from Adam to Abraham
www.historicalgenesis.com <http://www.historicalgenesis.com/>
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of David Campbell
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:20 PM
To: AmericanScientificAffiliation
Subject: Re: [asa] Burning crosses in Mt Vernon
 
Obviously there are a number of problems with what the teacher did.
On the other hand, a teacher should be able to have a personal bible
or participate in extracurricular activities such as FCA.
 

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
 
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