Of God and Darwin
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/headlines/ci_3525624
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield,MA,USA

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Of God and Darwin
Intelligent design vs. evolution: Debate lives on in county
By Jack Dew, Berkshire Eagle Staff

Sunday, February 19
Jim and Sissy Hamilton wanted God to be part of their children's education.
That meant that intelligent design — the belief that life is too complex to
be explained by evolution and must have been created by an intelligent
being — must be a core part of the curriculum.

"We didn't expect a secular school system to change for us," Jim Hamilton
said.

So they kept their children out of the Pittsfield public schools. Two are
now in college and a third, Meredith, is 12 years old. All three were
taught at home with special textbooks that describe evolution as a flawed,
incomplete theory that fails to explain much of life.

By taking their children's education into their own hands, the Hamiltons
have become part of the national debate over intelligent design and whether
it should be taught side by side with evolution.

The Hamiltons believe evolution has been disproved repeatedly, and that
Earth is between 8,000 and 12,000 years old, not the 4.5 billion years that
scientists have established. They argue that something as complex as the
human eye is so intricate that it simply could not have arisen through
natural selection, the evolutionary engine that allows organisms better
adapted to their environment to pass on their genetic traits.

... last year, a federal judge ruled that teaching intelligent design
amounted to teaching religion, not science, and violated the separation of
church and state. ...
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You are invited to check out the following:

The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm

American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm

The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]

HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/

[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]

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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote

"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"

That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.

It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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