JUdge Rules Against Pennsylvania Biology Curriculum
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Kramer, in public schools religion is forbidden. You cannot talk about religion without getting in some big ass trouble
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This ruling got me mad. Some say that the religious conservatives are trying to force their agenda. Well, if this isn't an example of the state doing its best ensure that students get a lop-sided view, then I don't know what would be.
The Theory of (Darwinian) Evolution is exactly that - a theory. There's lots of evidence to support it and there are serious gaps that it so far has not patched over.
Intelligent Design (ID) is another theory. It may be that the science behind it is not so extensive, but hey - maybe that's because it's a new discipline. And isn't that one of the questions that can be explored while teaching it?
There are surely religious ambitions behind the support given to ID by its proponents, but so what. That the motive is not popular with some people is not a good reason to censure the subject. And with the Theory of Evolution there are leaps of faith required to believe some of it - now that's a bit religious, I think.
I was amazed that in the Land of the Free, book burning is still endorsed by the state. At least they won't be hunting for witches.
The Theory of (Darwinian) Evolution is exactly that - a theory. There's lots of evidence to support it and there are serious gaps that it so far has not patched over.
Intelligent Design (ID) is another theory. It may be that the science behind it is not so extensive, but hey - maybe that's because it's a new discipline. And isn't that one of the questions that can be explored while teaching it?
There are surely religious ambitions behind the support given to ID by its proponents, but so what. That the motive is not popular with some people is not a good reason to censure the subject. And with the Theory of Evolution there are leaps of faith required to believe some of it - now that's a bit religious, I think.
I was amazed that in the Land of the Free, book burning is still endorsed by the state. At least they won't be hunting for witches.
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