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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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21 Aug 2005 03:03:18 PM |
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Creationist cultists back to the 14'th Century |
August 20, 2005
Frist Urges 2 Teachings on Life Origin
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican
leader, aligned himself with President Bush on Friday when he said that the
theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in
public schools.
Such an approach "doesn't force any particular theory on anyone," Mr. Frist
said in Nashville, according to The Associated Press. "I think in a
pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and
training people for the future." A Washington spokesman for the senator,
Nick Smith, said later that the report was accurate.
The theory of intelligent design holds that life is too complicated to have
developed through evolution and that a higher power must be involved.
Critics say intelligent design theorists are trying to supplant science
with religious beliefs.
The senator's view, expressed after his speech at a Rotary Club meeting,
echoed President Bush's remarks of Aug. 2, when he told Texas newspaper
reporters that he favored teaching both evolution and intelligent design
"so people can understand what the debate is about."
Mr. Frist's agreement with President Bush on one of the more contentious
educational, social and political issues of the time comes just a few weeks
after he broke with Mr. Bush and with Christian conservatives on embryonic
stem cell research.
The senator said on July 29 that he supported a bill to expand federal
financing for stem cell research, and that President Bush's four-year-old
policy of strictly limiting taxpayer financing "should be modified." The
bill has been approved by the House but has been stalled in the Senate.
Mr. Frist is widely assumed to be contemplating a run for the presidency in
2008, so his statements on issues that touch on moral as well as political
questions are sure to be scrutinized both by Christian conservatives
essential to a Republican candidacy and by people looking for signals that
Mr. Frist is willing to move toward the center.
Human embryonic stem cells can grow into any type of body tissue, so
scientists and doctors see a potential use in treating a wide variety of
diseases and injuries. But the cells cannot be obtained without destroying
the embryos, which some people say is tantamount to murder.
The New York Times Company
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| User: "I dont believe in atheists" |
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| Title: Re: Creationist cultists back to the 14'th Century |
21 Aug 2005 03:56:32 PM |
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You're cross posting to religious groups.
More proof you hate your God :0)
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: Creationist cultists back to the 14'th Century |
21 Aug 2005 08:05:17 PM |
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"I don't believe in atheists" <Atheists@Fools.com> wrote:
August 20, 2005
Frist Urges 2 Teachings on Life Origin
By DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican
leader, aligned himself with President Bush on Friday when he said that the
theory of intelligent design as well as evolution should be taught in
public schools.
Such an approach "doesn't force any particular theory on anyone," Mr. Frist
said in Nashville, according to The Associated Press. "I think in a
pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and
training people for the future." A Washington spokesman for the senator,
Nick Smith, said later that the report was accurate.
The theory of intelligent design holds that life is too complicated to have
developed through evolution and that a higher power must be involved.
Critics say intelligent design theorists are trying to supplant science
with religious beliefs.
The senator's view, expressed after his speech at a Rotary Club meeting,
echoed President Bush's remarks of Aug. 2, when he told Texas newspaper
reporters that he favored teaching both evolution and intelligent design
"so people can understand what the debate is about."
Mr. Frist's agreement with President Bush on one of the more contentious
educational, social and political issues of the time comes just a few weeks
after he broke with Mr. Bush and with Christian conservatives on embryonic
stem cell research.
The senator said on July 29 that he supported a bill to expand federal
financing for stem cell research, and that President Bush's four-year-old
policy of strictly limiting taxpayer financing "should be modified." The
bill has been approved by the House but has been stalled in the Senate.
Mr. Frist is widely assumed to be contemplating a run for the presidency in
2008, so his statements on issues that touch on moral as well as political
questions are sure to be scrutinized both by Christian conservatives
essential to a Republican candidacy and by people looking for signals that
Mr. Frist is willing to move toward the center.
Human embryonic stem cells can grow into any type of body tissue, so
scientists and doctors see a potential use in treating a wide variety of
diseases and injuries. But the cells cannot be obtained without destroying
the embryos, which some people say is tantamount to murder.
The New York Times Company
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http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/otiii-gif.html
http://www.rightard.org/ http://www.thedarkwind.org/
http://www.spaink.net/cos/warhero/
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| User: "Virgil" |
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| Title: Re: Creationist cultists back to the 14'th Century |
21 Aug 2005 06:13:42 PM |
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In article <%T5Oe.60$U05.1209@news.uswest.net>,
"I don't believe in atheists" <Atheists@Fools.com> wrote:
You're cross posting to religious groups.
More proof you hate your God :0)
You're cross posting to alt.atheism groups.
More proof that you hate your own god, whichever one that is.
While those who belong here have no god of their own to hate in the
first place. Atheists simply ignore all the diverse and equally
idiotic gods that other people claim to have.
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