Evolution ruling gets cheers from scientists

Grace

http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01....ap/index.html

Evo

It is encouraging to see that there is still some sanity in this world.

Moonbear

As I recall, the stickers in question said more than just "evolution is a theory not a fact" that made it even clearer what the bias of the board of education was when they placed them in the textbooks. The parents in that district should take it a step further and protest the waste of their tax money to print those stickers and put them in textbooks, not to mention the legal costs the board of ed probably absorbed for this case! Make the board of ed reimburse the district out of their own pockets for this. Makes me mad that there are school districts that can't afford to even buy current textbooks for their students, or even replace the books that are falling apart, and there's a district throwing away money on stupid stickers for books.

Curious3141

I would be perfectly happy with such stickers on biology texts if there were stickers on Bibles saying "Creation is a myth, not a fact".

Moonbear

Excellent!

Gokul43201

When I saw this in the news, a couple of days ago, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Isn't it sad that it takes a Federal Judge (rather than the local schoool board) to have to determine what needs to go into textbooks ?

I think it's quite pathetic that things have come to a stage where there is such a large disconnect between people and science. Education is just not able to keep pace with research, and the population is being left in the dust. Or is there something else to blame - perhaps a resistance to change that is being encouraged ?

polyb

Hey maybe they should put a sticker on all of the schools saying:

franznietzsche

Beat me too it. Dang it.

Actually i was gonna say they had to have another sticker: "God is jsut a theoru" if they wanted that one.

Have i mentioned how much i can't stand fundamentalists yet today? Well now i ahve.

Chrono

I would be content with that as well.

tumor

Blasphemy !

Grace

Calling evolution a theory is an attempt to discredit it (a means that has been used since Darwin's time). The fact is evolution is not a theory but an observable natural phenomenon like gravity or any such thing. The neo-Darwinian synthesis is the scientific theory that best describes the natural, observable, and phenomenon evolution. If data were to show, tomorrow for instance, that the neo-Darwinian synthesis is incorrect (something that will not happen... the synthesis is probably the most tested and most confirmed scientific explanation we have), evolution would not stop (just as gravity did not cease when Newtonian gravitational theory gave way to Einsteinian theory). Evolution, unbeknownst to most Americans... including our President, is not at issue; the issue is how evolution takes place (via: natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, chance, and meiotic drive with natural selection being the only creative force of the five). By banning the teaching of evolution in schools, we might as well ban the teaching of sciences in general. Finally, does evolution have anything to say about the possible existence of God or gods? The answer is of course not. It does indicate, however, that those who take religious texts literally are incorrect.

Gokul43201

This demographic constitutes a shockingly large chunk of the population in this country.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm

FulhamFan3

I'd be fine with the sticker if it was applied to all theories. If they have one for special relativity, quantum theory, chemical kinetics, etc. If they have one for every theory. Showing that it is only for evolution is obvious what intent they have.

Grace

I believe in separation of church and state.

The church can teach creationism and school teaches evolution, period.

It is a good thing (very positive) that progressives want to keep schools a neutral ground, and allow for individuals to pursue their faiths in churches, temples and synagogues.

That is the only way religion should be pursued. But that's just me. It has no place in the public sphere (school, government, etc.).

You can't discount 4.6 million years of evolutionary proof.

And who, in their right mind would believe God created Adam and Eve only six thousand years ago, when the entire Asian and African cultures can be traced back to ten to fifteen thousand years and more? And let's face it; men do NOT have one fewer ribs than women.

I believe there's some sort of "Higher Power" at work, somewhere. Where do our souls come from? How is everything given its life?

But as science has proven, everything that grows, lives, and breathes, can be traced back with scientific proof. Can the same be said of Creationism?

It's the soul of us animals that get one wondering about higher powers. What force causes each animal, whatever the species, to have individual feelings, thoughts, and actions? Something is breathing that uniqueness into all of us.

Kinda gets your mind working overtime, doesn't it?

Evo

There is no proof that "souls" exist. It's another myth. I was brought up to believe in all this, I no longer do since there is not one shred of evidence to support any of it, just the opposite.

Tsu

Is there evidence to prove that souls do NOT exist?

franznietzsche

Doesn't matter. It is the burden of those making a claim to provide evidence and proof.