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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Jason Spaceman" |
| Date: |
17 Aug 2005 03:57:47 PM |
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Indiana: Evolution debate may play out in schools |
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Backers of 'intelligent design' say Darwin's theory shouldn't go unchallenged
By Robert King
When some residents in Columbus petitioned the School Board three years ago to
give the Bible's creation account equal time with evolution, school officials
came up with a novel response.
They created a new class -- under the heading of social studies -- that examines
all the theories on human origins. Not only did the class cover evolution and
creationism, it also surveyed Navajo beliefs, the Hindu creation story and a
host of other perspectives.
Greg Lewis, the social studies chairman at Columbus East High School, figured a
skeptical public would put his Human Origins class under the microscope.
"Teaching the course was like walking a tightrope," he said.
In the end, the dissection Lewis expected never came. The course's treatment of
the issues seemed to soothe the population to the point that, after two
semesters, so few kids were interested in the subject there weren't enough to
fill a course section.
Such a quiet resolution is unusual in this red-hot front in the culture war. The
debate has been re-energized by President Bush's recent remark that public
schools -- now almost exclusively the turf of Charles Darwin and evolutionary
theory -- should also teach "intelligent design."
Intelligent design is the theory that there is evidence of a guiding hand in the
way the natural world has developed.
The confrontation is evident in Fishers, where a fledgling advocacy group is
threatening to sue Hamilton Southeastern Schools if the district fails to give
a "balanced and nonpartisan" view of the origins of life -- in other words, to
let Darwin's critics get equal time.
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Read it at
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050817/NEWS02/508170482
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Scooter the Mighty" |
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| Title: Re: Indiana: Evolution debate may play out in schools |
17 Aug 2005 05:32:29 PM |
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Intelligent design is the theory that there is evidence of a guiding hand in the
way the natural world has developed.
I don't think it is. Intelligent design is the hypothesis that a
guiding hand in the way that natural world has developed, but the ID
folk don't try and support it with evidence. They nitpick evolutionary
theory, but don't look for evidence of a "guiding hand." If I'm wrong,
I think they should get to present their scientific evidence of a
guiding hand in science classes. I think the issue is that they don't
have any.
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