Religions > Atheism > In the News: Board Considers Science Text That Teaches Creationism
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08 Sep 2004 02:42:29 PM |
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In the News: Board Considers Science Text That Teaches Creationism |
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DOVER, Pa. -- The Dover Area School Board is considering a proposal to
allow a textbook that teaches the concept of a divine creator to be
used in a biology class.
William Buckingham, the head of the board's curriculum committee, said
last week he plans to introduce the book "Of Pandas and People: The
Central Question of Biological Origins," to the district, proposing it
as a companion text to the approved biology book.
"Of Pandas," by Percival Davis and Dean Kenyon, addresses the concept
of "intelligent design," which states a higher power must have been
involved in the creation of life.
Some residents, including retired science teachers, spoke out against
the book at Tuesday's school board meeting.
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Read it at
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/learningmatters/3713987/detail.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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08 Sep 2004 03:23:56 PM |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
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DOVER, Pa. -- The Dover Area School Board is considering a proposal to
allow a textbook that teaches the concept of a divine creator to be
used in a biology class.
*Which* divine creator? The one spoken of in the Vedas and Upanishads?
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"The accumulation of all power, legislative,
executive, and judicial in the same hands...
may justly be pronounced the very definition
of tyranny."
- James Madison, _The Federalist_, #47
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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08 Sep 2004 04:16:10 PM |
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DOVER, Pa. -- The Dover Area School Board is considering a proposal to
allow a textbook that teaches the concept of a divine creator to be
used in a biology class.
*Which* divine creator? The one spoken of in the Vedas and Upanishads?
Are they going to teach "intelligent grappling" too? After all, gravity is only
a theory...
Rich Goranson, Amherst, NY, USA (aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1)
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Use
"Without faith we might relapse into scientific or rational thinking, which
leads by a slippery slope toward constitutional democracy." - Robert Anton
Wilson
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| User: "Hank" |
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08 Sep 2004 07:07:48 PM |
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Gregory Gadow wrote:
Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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DOVER, Pa. -- The Dover Area School Board is considering a proposal to
allow a textbook that teaches the concept of a divine creator to be
used in a biology class.
*Which* divine creator? The one spoken of in the Vedas and Upanishads?
Freddie the Wonder Lizard.
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Assimilate a pitiful little species like you? I think not! - Q of Borg
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| User: "Jason Spaceman" |
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08 Sep 2004 02:48:12 PM |
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There is a slightly longer news item on this at
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10023~2388016,00.html
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Biology issue lingers
CREATIONISM
By HEIDI BERNHARD-BUBB For The York Dispatch
The Dover Area School Board still is considering purchase of a
companion textbook to teach creationism as part of the district's high
school biology curriculum.
Superintendent Richard Nilsen said the book -- "Of Pandas and People:
The Central Question of Biological Origins" -- is under review by the
school board, staff and district curriculum committee, but he said he
had no idea when the issue would come up for a vote.
It took two votes after a heated discussion last month for the divided
school board to approve the 2004 edition of "Prentice Hall Biology,"
which had offended several board members because it teaches evolution
without reference to creationism.
Board member William Buckingham proposed the district also purchase
"Of Pandas and People," saying it would balance the curriculum and
teach an alternate theory to evo-
lution.
The book, originally published by the Foundation for Thought and
Ethics in 1989, presents the theory of "intelligent design" and
questions the science behind Darwin's theory of evolution.
Buckingham said it is important to distinguish between the concept of
creationism, which refers to God and the creation story in the Bible,
and intelligent design, which states that some being caused life to
begin somehow. He said the distinction is important because
intelligent design is not specific to one religion.
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J. Spaceman
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| User: "Staffan S" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Board Considers Science Text That Teaches Creationism |
08 Sep 2004 03:26:42 PM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> skrev i meddelandet
news:ieouj0hfdqjr7ljjs9md66cstmvesl36b9@4ax.com...
There is a slightly longer news item on this at
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/Stories/0,1413,138~10023~2388016,00.html
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Biology issue lingers
CREATIONISM
By HEIDI BERNHARD-BUBB For The York Dispatch
The Dover Area School Board still is considering purchase of a
companion textbook to teach creationism as part of the district's high
school biology curriculum.
Superintendent Richard Nilsen said the book -- "Of Pandas and People:
The Central Question of Biological Origins" -- is under review by the
school board, staff and district curriculum committee, but he said he
had no idea when the issue would come up for a vote.
It took two votes after a heated discussion last month for the divided
school board to approve the 2004 edition of "Prentice Hall Biology,"
which had offended several board members because it teaches evolution
without reference to creationism.
Board member William Buckingham proposed the district also purchase
"Of Pandas and People," saying it would balance the curriculum and
teach an alternate theory to evo-
lution.
The book, originally published by the Foundation for Thought and
Ethics in 1989, presents the theory of "intelligent design" and
questions the science behind Darwin's theory of evolution.
Buckingham said it is important to distinguish between the concept of
creationism, which refers to God and the creation story in the Bible,
and intelligent design, which states that some being caused life to
begin somehow. He said the distinction is important because
intelligent design is not specific to one religion.
And how is creationism specific to one religion? He seems to be completely
ignorant of the fact that there are creationists of many denominations.
Staffan S
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