Religions > Atheism > Press Release: Park Service sticks with Biblical explanation forGrand Canyon
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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13 Oct 2004 05:28:30 PM |
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Press Release: Park Service sticks with Biblical explanation forGrand Canyon |
From the article:
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Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved
Washington, DC - The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by
its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's
flood rather than by geologic forces, according to internal documents
released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER).
Despite telling members of Congress and the public that the legality and
appropriateness of the National Park Service offering a creationist book
for sale at Grand Canyon museums and bookstores was "under review at the
national level by several offices," no such review took place, according
to materials obtained by PEER under the Freedom of Information Act.
Instead, the real agency position was expressed by NPS spokesperson Elaine
Sevy as quoted in the Baptist Press News:
"Now that the book has become quite popular, we don't want to remove it."
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Read it at http://www.ems.org/nws/2004/10/13/park_service_sti
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Pedantus" |
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| Title: Re: Press Release: Park Service sticks with Biblical explanation forGrand Canyon |
13 Oct 2004 05:50:58 PM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.61.0410131828170.13761@computerroom.pr.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
From the article:
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Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved
Washington, DC - The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by
its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's
flood rather than by geologic forces, according to internal documents
released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER).
Despite telling members of Congress and the public that the legality and
appropriateness of the National Park Service offering a creationist book
for sale at Grand Canyon museums and bookstores was "under review at the
national level by several offices," no such review took place, according
to materials obtained by PEER under the Freedom of Information Act.
Instead, the real agency position was expressed by NPS spokesperson Elaine
Sevy as quoted in the Baptist Press News:
"Now that the book has become quite popular, we don't want to remove it."
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Read it at http://www.ems.org/nws/2004/10/13/park_service_sti
http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/2263.article
"[..]Elaine Sevy, a spokesperson with the National Park Service (NPS),
confirmed additional copies have been ordered, indicating a quantity of
perhaps hundreds before stating she did not know the precise number.
However, the book's compiler-Tom Vail of Phoenix-told Baptist Press the park
had ordered more than 300 additional copies.[..]"
J. Spaceman
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| User: "EjP" |
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| Title: Re: Press Release: Park Service sticks with Biblical explanationforGrand Canyon |
14 Oct 2004 12:12:19 PM |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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Promised Legal Review on Creationist Book Is Shelved
Washington, DC - The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by
its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah's
flood rather than by geologic forces, according to internal documents
released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(PEER).
And we wonder why this administration is "science-challenged" in other
areas.
If this idiot gets elected again, I'm sure that before we know it,
planetariums will be required to provide geocentric alternatives
to the controversial heliocentric system.
Newton's Laws are, after all, "only a theory".
-E
Despite telling members of Congress and the public that the legality and
appropriateness of the National Park Service offering a creationist book
for sale at Grand Canyon museums and bookstores was "under review at the
national level by several offices," no such review took place, according
to materials obtained by PEER under the Freedom of Information Act.
Instead, the real agency position was expressed by NPS spokesperson Elaine
Sevy as quoted in the Baptist Press News:
"Now that the book has become quite popular, we don't want to remove it."
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Read it at http://www.ems.org/nws/2004/10/13/park_service_sti
J. Spaceman
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