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In the News: Montana Creationism Bid Evolves Into Unusual Fight |
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By JAMES GLANZ
Published: February 29, 2004
DARBY, Mont., Feb. 26 — In early December, a local Baptist minister,
Curtis Brickley, put up handbills inviting residents of this town,
population 754, to a meeting in the junior high school gym. The topic
was the teaching of evolution in the Darby schools.
Two hundred people from Darby and surrounding Ravalli County, which
nurtures a deep vein of conservative religious sentiment, filed into
the gym on Dec. 10. There, the well-spoken minister delivered an
elaborate PowerPoint presentation challenging Charles Darwin's
theories.
There was nothing particularly unusual about Mr. Brickley's message.
For years, opponents of evolutionary theory have been pressing their
case, with similar arguments, in statehouses and school systems around
the country. What was unusual was the response.
Within days, a group of parents, business people, teachers, students
and other residents mobilized to defend Darwin against Mr. Brickley's
challenge. The group, Ravalli County Citizens for Science, phoned a
biotechnology firm in nearby Hamilton asking for help and was
connected with Dr. Jay Evans, a research immunologist. He began
looking into Mr. Brickley's claims, which were drawn in part from
materials from the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based organization
affiliated with many conservative causes.
Refuting Mr. Brickley's claims, Dr. Evans said, "took me one
afternoon." As soon as he had the information, it went to the rest of
the citizens' committee, and from there to the wider community.
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Read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/national/29DARW.html
J. Spaceman
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28 Feb 2004 07:22:05 PM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
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From the article:
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By JAMES GLANZ
Published: February 29, 2004
DARBY, Mont., Feb. 26 - In early December, a local Baptist minister,
Curtis Brickley, put up handbills inviting residents of this town,
population 754, to a meeting in the junior high school gym. The topic
was the teaching of evolution in the Darby schools.
Two hundred people from Darby and surrounding Ravalli County, which
nurtures a deep vein of conservative religious sentiment, filed into
the gym on Dec. 10. There, the well-spoken minister delivered an
elaborate PowerPoint presentation challenging Charles Darwin's
theories.
There was nothing particularly unusual about Mr. Brickley's message.
For years, opponents of evolutionary theory have been pressing their
case, with similar arguments, in statehouses and school systems around
the country. What was unusual was the response.
Within days, a group of parents, business people, teachers, students
and other residents mobilized to defend Darwin against Mr. Brickley's
challenge. The group, Ravalli County Citizens for Science, phoned a
biotechnology firm in nearby Hamilton asking for help and was
connected with Dr. Jay Evans, a research immunologist. He began
looking into Mr. Brickley's claims, which were drawn in part from
materials from the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based organization
affiliated with many conservative causes.
Refuting Mr. Brickley's claims, Dr. Evans said, "took me one
afternoon." As soon as he had the information, it went to the rest of
the citizens' committee, and from there to the wider community.
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Read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/national/29DARW.html
And from the article :
"Dr. John West, associate director of the institute's Center for Science and
Culture, said defenders of evolution want "to do anything but actually talk
about the science; that's their public relations strategy." "
And the pot calls the kettle black. Do they realise they are lying when
they say this?
Alan Jeffery
J. Spaceman
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29 Feb 2004 07:11:18 AM |
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:22:05 +0000 (UTC), "Alan Jeffery"
<observa_NOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
news:mge240drld5qrmgflh14e79lis9050c2bm@4ax.com...
From the article:
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By JAMES GLANZ
Published: February 29, 2004
DARBY, Mont., Feb. 26 - In early December, a local Baptist minister,
Curtis Brickley, put up handbills inviting residents of this town,
population 754, to a meeting in the junior high school gym. The topic
was the teaching of evolution in the Darby schools.
Two hundred people from Darby and surrounding Ravalli County, which
nurtures a deep vein of conservative religious sentiment, filed into
the gym on Dec. 10. There, the well-spoken minister delivered an
elaborate PowerPoint presentation challenging Charles Darwin's
theories.
There was nothing particularly unusual about Mr. Brickley's message.
For years, opponents of evolutionary theory have been pressing their
case, with similar arguments, in statehouses and school systems around
the country. What was unusual was the response.
Within days, a group of parents, business people, teachers, students
and other residents mobilized to defend Darwin against Mr. Brickley's
challenge. The group, Ravalli County Citizens for Science, phoned a
biotechnology firm in nearby Hamilton asking for help and was
connected with Dr. Jay Evans, a research immunologist. He began
looking into Mr. Brickley's claims, which were drawn in part from
materials from the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based organization
affiliated with many conservative causes.
Refuting Mr. Brickley's claims, Dr. Evans said, "took me one
afternoon." As soon as he had the information, it went to the rest of
the citizens' committee, and from there to the wider community.
------------------------------------------------------
Read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/national/29DARW.html
And from the article :
"Dr. John West, associate director of the institute's Center for Science and
Culture, said defenders of evolution want "to do anything but actually talk
about the science; that's their public relations strategy." "
And the pot calls the kettle black. Do they realise they are lying when
they say this?
Yes, I think they do, but they also realize that the religious nutters
who make up their target audience will believe the lies without
question.
Alan Jeffery
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Jason Spaceman" |
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28 Feb 2004 07:08:06 PM |
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:57:32 +0000 (UTC), Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
From the article:
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By JAMES GLANZ
Published: February 29, 2004
DARBY, Mont., Feb. 26 — In early December, a local Baptist minister,
Curtis Brickley, put up handbills inviting residents of this town,
population 754, to a meeting in the junior high school gym. The topic
was the teaching of evolution in the Darby schools.
Two hundred people from Darby and surrounding Ravalli County, which
nurtures a deep vein of conservative religious sentiment, filed into
the gym on Dec. 10. There, the well-spoken minister delivered an
elaborate PowerPoint presentation challenging Charles Darwin's
theories.
There was nothing particularly unusual about Mr. Brickley's message.
For years, opponents of evolutionary theory have been pressing their
case, with similar arguments, in statehouses and school systems around
the country. What was unusual was the response.
Within days, a group of parents, business people, teachers, students
and other residents mobilized to defend Darwin against Mr. Brickley's
challenge. The group, Ravalli County Citizens for Science, phoned a
biotechnology firm in nearby Hamilton asking for help and was
connected with Dr. Jay Evans, a research immunologist. He began
looking into Mr. Brickley's claims, which were drawn in part from
materials from the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based organization
affiliated with many conservative causes.
Refuting Mr. Brickley's claims, Dr. Evans said, "took me one
afternoon." As soon as he had the information, it went to the rest of
the citizens' committee, and from there to the wider community.
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Read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/29/national/29DARW.html
J. Spaceman
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29 Feb 2004 10:33:01 AM |
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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:57:32 +0000 (UTC), Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
Within days, a group of parents, business people, teachers, students
and other residents mobilized to defend Darwin against Mr. Brickley's
challenge. The group, Ravalli County Citizens for Science, phoned a
biotechnology firm in nearby Hamilton asking for help and was
connected with Dr. Jay Evans, a research immunologist. He began
looking into Mr. Brickley's claims, which were drawn in part from
materials from the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based organization
affiliated with many conservative causes.
Refuting Mr. Brickley's claims, Dr. Evans said, "took me one
afternoon."
A whole afternoon? Well, I guess at that it's better to work slowly
and carefully than to miss some little detail.
Louann
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