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Religions > Atheism |
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"turk" |
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05 Oct 2005 11:18:00 PM |
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'Creation' terms replaced by 'intelligent design' |
Sure, ID isn't Christian Creationism, right? I'm sure it's just a
coincidence that every uppity Christer in the country wants it force fed to
public school students. Now it seems their 'Intelligent Design' Bible just
replaced the word 'creationism' with 'Intelligent Design' when creationism
was ruled illegal to teach in public schools. Laughable...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9601689/
'Creation' terms replaced by 'intelligent design'
Textbook at heart of evolution trial revised after 1987 ruling, witness says
Updated: 9:51 p.m. ET Oct. 5, 2005
HARRISBURG, Pa. - References to creationism in drafts of a student biology
book were replaced with the term "intelligent design" by the time it was
published, a witness testified Wednesday in a landmark trial over a school
board's decision to include the concept in its curriculum.
Drafts of the textbook, "Of Pandas and People," written in 1987 were revised
after the Supreme Court ruled in June of that year that states could not
require schools to balance evolution with creationism in the classroom, said
Barbara Forrest, a philosophy professor at Southeastern Louisiana
University.
Forrest reviewed drafts of the textbook as a witness for eight families who
are trying to have the intelligent design concept removed from the Dover
Area School District's biology curriculum.
The families contend that teaching intelligent design effectively promotes
the Bible's view of creation, violating the separation of church and state.
Intelligent design holds that life on Earth is so complex that it must have
been the product of some higher force. Opponents of the concept say
intelligent design is simply creationism stripped of overt religious
references.
Forrest outlined a chart of how many times the term "creation" was mentioned
in the early drafts versus how many times the term "design" was mentioned in
the published edition.
"They are virtually synonymous," she said.
Under the policy approved by Dover's school board in October 2004, students
must hear a brief statement about intelligent design before classes on
evolution. The statement says Charles Darwin's theory is "not a fact" and
has inexplicable "gaps."
Forrest also said that intelligent-design proponents have freely
acknowledged that their cause is a religious one. She cited a document from
the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think tank that represents
intelligent-design scholars, that says one of its goals is "to replace
materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and
human beings are created by God."
Under cross-examination by school board lawyer Richard Thompson, Forrest
acknowledged that she had no evidence that board members who voted for the
curriculum change had either seen or heard of the Discovery Institute
document.
The trial began Sept. 26 and is expected to last as long as five weeks.
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| User: "Soul food" |
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| Title: Re: 'Creation' terms replaced by 'intelligent design' |
06 Oct 2005 02:00:33 AM |
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"turk" <turk96@comcast.net> pointed out:
Sure, ID isn't Christian Creationism, right? I'm sure it's just a
coincidence that every uppity Christer in the country wants it force fed to
public school students.
Well, if the universe, and life, was supposedly 'intelligently
designed', then it compellingly begs the question 'By whom?, and how
can this 'person''s existence be reconciled with the laws of nature?
For some reason IDers don't seem to see the need to address this.
Perhaps they think that is what the church is there for, which leaves
us with:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/ .
Top grade comedy.
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