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"Ben Kaufman" |
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24 Nov 2005 03:03:22 AM |
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Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at
the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the
theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
24 Nov 2005 12:32:35 PM |
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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be
studied at
the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the
theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies."
If that school receives any state funding, that support might
be withdrawn before long, or it might quickly have new strings
attached. Zealous Christians do not work in mysterious ways.
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| User: "Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
24 Nov 2005 03:11:19 AM |
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Ben Kaufman wrote:
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
Ah, putting the cult where it belongs. ;)
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"To his friend a man a friend shall prove,
And gifts with gifts requite;
But men shall mocking with mockery answer,
And fraud with falsehood meet."
(The Poetic Edda)
Must have been written with fundies in mind...
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
24 Nov 2005 05:18:14 PM |
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:03:22 -0500, Ben Kaufman
<spaXm-mXe-anXd-paXy-5000-dollars@pobox.com> wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at
the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the
theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
“The KU faculty has had enough,” said Paul Mirecki, department
chairman. “Creationism is mythology. Intelligent design is mythology.
It’s not science. They try to make it sound like science. It clearly
is not.”
Earlier this month, the state Board of Education adopted new science
teaching standards that treat evolution as a flawed theory, defying
the view of science groups.
Although local school boards still decide how science is taught in the
classrooms, the vote was seen as a major victory for proponents of
intelligent design, which says that the universe is so complex that it
must have been designed by a higher power.
Critics say intelligent design is merely creationism — a literal
reading of the Bible’s story of creation as the handiwork of God —
camouflaged in scientific language as a way to get around court
rulings that creationism injects religion into public schools.
John Calvert, an attorney and managing director of the Intelligent
Design Network in Johnson County, said Mirecki will go down in history
as a laughingstock.
“To equate intelligent design to mythology is really an absurdity, and
it’s just another example of labeling anybody who proposes
(intelligent design) to be simply a religious nut,” Calvert said.
“That’s the reason for this little charade.”
Mirecki said his course, limited to 120 students, would explore
intelligent design as a modern American mythology. Several faculty
members have volunteered to be guest lecturers, he said.
University Chancellor Robert Hemenway said Monday said he didn’t know
all the details about the new course.
“If it’s a course that’s being offered in a serious and intellectually
honest way, those are the kind of courses a university frequently
offers,” he said.
/end article
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
24 Nov 2005 03:38:11 AM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Ben Kaufman
(spaXm-mXe-anXd-paXy-5000-dollars@pobox.com) made the light shine upon
us with this:
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be
studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by
opponents of the theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious
studies department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent
Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
I hope they plan to teach a "debriefing" class to the freshmen straight
out of the Kansas high schools...
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Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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"GARGOYLES, PSYCHICS, EVERYTHING UNGODLY, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY
HOUSE, IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. THE DARK SIDE, SHE's NOT A CHRISTIAN,
SHE'S DARK-SIDED, SHE'S DARK-SIDED, THIS IS MY HOUSE, I WANT MY GOD
AND I WANT MY FAMILY. I AM A GOD WARRIOR SHE'S A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR,
SHE WAS THROWN IN THE PITS, OH NO THE HORRORS"
Ain't Christianity great?
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
24 Nov 2005 05:04:38 AM |
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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:38:11 -0600, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com> wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Ben Kaufman
(spaXm-mXe-anXd-paXy-5000-dollars@pobox.com) made the light shine upon
us with this:
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be
studied at the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by
opponents of the theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious
studies department is titled “Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent
Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.”
...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
I hope they plan to teach a "debriefing" class to the freshmen straight
out of the Kansas high schools...
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
----
Either that or perhaps "South Park" will have an episode about it. I just saw
the Scientology episode (stuck in the closet) and it was pretty funny.
Ben
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| User: "Nosferatu" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
26 Nov 2005 06:55:05 AM |
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The problem with Intelligent Design is that, like creationism, it
starts with the false premise that natural selection is incompatible
with theism. Only one who is fundamentalist to the point of believing
that the value of PI is EXACTLY equal to three should have any problems
with evolution.
Ben Kaufman wrote:
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at
the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the
theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies."
...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
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| User: "Ben Kaufman" |
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| Title: Re: Intelligent Design to be taught as mythology |
26 Nov 2005 03:02:37 PM |
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On 25 Nov 2005 22:55:05 -0800, "Nosferatu" <tarotgame@yahoo.com> wrote:
The problem with Intelligent Design is that, like creationism, it
starts with the false premise that natural selection is incompatible
with theism. Only one who is fundamentalist to the point of believing
that the value of PI is EXACTLY equal to three should have any problems
with evolution.
Ben Kaufman wrote:
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Creationism and intelligent design are going to be studied at
the University of Kansas, but not in the way advocated by opponents of the
theory of evolution.
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies
department is titled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design,
Creationism and other Religious Mythologies."
...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153657/
It's more about agendas. For example, the Pope claims to accept science and
evolution but then they go spreading misinformation about condoms and AIDS.
"The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use
condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which HIV can pass -
potentially exposing thousands of people to risk.
The church is making the claims across four continents despite a widespread
scientific consensus that condoms are impermeable to HIV. ........"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1058966,00.html
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