Re: [asa] Culture Wars Come to New Zealand

How does The Privileged Planet challenge biological evolution?  How would viewing The Privileged Planet differ from reading Francis Collins' musings on cosmological ID?

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Jack Haas <haas.john@comcast.net> wrote:

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Christian creationists have launched another attempt to introduce intelligent design into New Zealand's schools. Focus on the Family recently sent intelligent design (ID) material (The Privileged Planet CD and booklet) to 400 high schools, requesting they be made available to science teachers and school libraries (see Christians challenge teaching of evolution ).

Focus on the Family's executive director Tim Sisarich said the material was intended to expose pupils to an alternative theory of cosmology.

"We're a Christian organisation so we believe that God made the planet and God made the cosmos … Science takes a theory and tries to establish it as the truth, and that's all this is."

Full Story:   <http://openparachute.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/culture-wars-come-to-new-zealand/>
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Jack Haas

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