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Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:08:41 -0700, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
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Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:

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In article <veem429eahn472i8u1cov00scq5k6qgksa@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:

Evolution should be taught as fact, says top scientist

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1758665,00.html

Staff and agencies
Friday April 21, 2006

"Children should be taught from the age of 11 that Darwin's theory
of
evolution is a fact, an eminent scientist said today.

Richard Pike, the chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry,
said that references to it being a "theory" should be abandoned.

His comments came the week before prominent creationist speaker John
Mackay, a former science teacher from Queensland, is due to tour
halls
and chapels in the UK attacking Darwin's ideas, claiming that
Genesis
is literally true and that the Earth is a few thousands of years
old,
not millions.

Teachers' union conferences this Easter debated the dangers of
creationism and "intelligent design" being taught in faith schools
and
academies.

Dr Pike said: "Above all, we should no longer talk of the theory of
evolution as though it is 'just an idea'. So well-established is it,
that it now warrants the designation of an immutable scientific law,
and should be taught as such. It is on this basis that further
dialogue should begin."

He added: "A wider understanding of the scientific basis of our
existence will position all of us to address more effectively the
major issues facing our planet.

"In this there is no role for 'creationism' or 'intelligent design',
and religious education must recognise the allegorical nature of
much
of its source material."

Earlier this month leading scientists from the Royal Society warned
against the teaching of Christian theories such as creationism in
school biology lessons."

Good for him!

"***** Pike". Sounds more like a porn star than a scientist, but I
guess that the two are not mutually exclusive...

Damn! Why didn't I think of that? I could have made some money on the
side moonlighting.

Which side?

The Dark Side. :-)

:D
Isn't that a song by DeLay?
"The Dark side of the Moonlighting"