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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion Into |
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June 11, 2008
Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion Into Public School
Science Classes, Says Americans United
Church-State Watchdog Group Warns Against Using Anti-Evolution Legislation
To Advance Fundamentalism In The Classroom
The Louisiana House of Representatives today approved a measure that opens
the door to teaching creationism in public schools, an action that is
likely to spark litigation, says Americans United for Separation of Church
and State.
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
"It's time for Louisiana to step into the 21st century and stop trying to
teach religion in public schools," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive
director of Americans United. "Laws like this are an embarrassment."
Lynn noted that Louisiana legislators have repeatedly tried to water down
the teaching of evolution. In the 1980s, the state passed a law mandating
"balanced treatment" between evolution and creationism. The measure was
declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1987. Some parishes in
Louisiana have voted to paste "disclaimers" in science books, casting doubt
on evolution.
"If this new law is used to promote religion in Louisiana public schools, I
can guarantee there will be legal action," Lynn said. "Louisiana students
deserve better, and Louisiana taxpayers should not have their money
squandered on this losing effort."
Americans United and allied organizations successfully brought a lawsuit
against the teaching of "intelligent design" creationism in Dover, Pa.,
public schools in 2005. That case ended with the Dover school board being
required to pay significant legal fees.
Louisiana's new proposal would permit teachers to introduce "supplemental
textbooks and other instructional materials" when studying evolution,
global warming, human cloning and the origin of life.
The measure now returns to the state Senate, which has already approved a
previous version of the bill.
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Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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buckeye wrote:
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Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
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Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious? |
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Virgil Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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In article <Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga>,
Hosea Prieto <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote:
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buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
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It is hard to imagine any reason for opposing evolution other than some
kind of religious belief which is incompatible with it. |
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Jeff Strickland Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
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I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me that it would
uniformly religious not specifically Christian. Granted, the bend of the
ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and of itself, but teaching
Christianity is a problem, and in America religion and Christianity is the
same thing. |
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Jeff Strickland Guest
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Virgil" <Virgil@gmale.com> wrote in message
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In article <Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga>,
Hosea Prieto <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
It is hard to imagine any reason for opposing evolution other than some
kind of religious belief which is incompatible with it.
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On the other hand, God could have created all, and the best that science can
do is question how He did it, and arrive at evolution as the mechanism He
employed. Even God would know better than to reinvent the wheel everytime He
wanted something new. |
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Darrell Stec Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:48 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
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"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me that it would
uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
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It is a fundamentalist, ignorant viewpoint. Catholics for instance are not
anti-evolution nor are Christians from countries other than backwater USA.
Even Judaism is not Creationistic. So it is not uniformly religious and
except for fundamentalist Moslems it is primarily Christian in sects that
abhor education.
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Granted, the bend of the
ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and of itself, but teaching
Christianity is a problem, and in America religion and Christianity is the
same thing.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
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"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me that it would
uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
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Firstly, creationism is not uniform across religions. It's tilted
towards the monotheistic religions.
Secondly, favoring religion uniformly across sects raises Establishment
Clause issues.
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Granted, the bend of the
ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and of itself, but teaching
Christianity is a problem, and in America religion and Christianity is
the same thing.
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Nonsense. The ACLU believes teaching any religion is a potential problem.
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Jeff Strickland Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Josh Rosenbluth" <jrosenbluth@gotcha.comcast.net> wrote in message
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me that it would
uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
Firstly, creationism is not uniform across religions. It's tilted towards
the monotheistic religions.
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Duh. Multitheistic religions think that any of several gods are responsible
for whatever the discussion topic is.
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Secondly, favoring religion uniformly across sects raises Establishment
Clause issues.
Granted, the bend of the ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and
of itself, but teaching Christianity is a problem, and in America
religion and Christianity is the same thing.
Nonsense. The ACLU believes teaching any religion is a potential problem.
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Not entirely true. The ACLU has a long history of raising religous issues in
school where the religion is Christianity, yet ignoring religiouis issues
where Christianity specifically is trampled. The ACLU is remarkably
anti-Christian to a greater degree than they are anti-religion. |
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Josh Rosenbluth Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:11 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
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"Josh Rosenbluth" <jrosenbluth@gotcha.comcast.net> wrote in message
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB
733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and
other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably
is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that
arises from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and
evolution. Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me
that it would uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
Firstly, creationism is not uniform across religions. It's tilted
towards the monotheistic religions.
Duh. Multitheistic religions think that any of several gods are
responsible for whatever the discussion topic is.
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Good, you agree with me then.
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Secondly, favoring religion uniformly across sects raises
Establishment Clause issues.
Granted, the bend of the ACLU is that religion is not problematic in
and of itself, but teaching Christianity is a problem, and in America
religion and Christianity is the same thing.
Nonsense. The ACLU believes teaching any religion is a potential
problem.
Not entirely true. The ACLU has a long history of raising religous
issues in school where the religion is Christianity, yet ignoring
religiouis issues where Christianity specifically is trampled. The ACLU
is remarkably anti-Christian to a greater degree than they are
anti-religion.
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Citations?
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cactus Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
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"Josh Rosenbluth" <jrosenbluth@gotcha.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:O7udnZx5vajf5MjVnZ2dnUVZ_uLinZ2d@comcast.com...
Jeff Strickland wrote:
"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB
733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and
other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably
is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that
arises from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and
evolution. Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me
that it would uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
Firstly, creationism is not uniform across religions. It's tilted
towards the monotheistic religions.
Duh. Multitheistic religions think that any of several gods are
responsible for whatever the discussion topic is.
Secondly, favoring religion uniformly across sects raises
Establishment Clause issues.
Granted, the bend of the ACLU is that religion is not problematic in
and of itself, but teaching Christianity is a problem, and in America
religion and Christianity is the same thing.
Nonsense. The ACLU believes teaching any religion is a potential
problem.
Not entirely true. The ACLU has a long history of raising religous
issues in school where the religion is Christianity, yet ignoring
religiouis issues where Christianity specifically is trampled. The ACLU
is remarkably anti-Christian to a greater degree than they are
anti-religion.
The reason is that Christians tend to be less concerned about the |
Constitutional rights of others than are members of other religions.
Christians tend to mount the most frequent and nastiest attacks on the
religious rights of others. So of course they must be constrained.
It will continue this way until Christian religious fascists figure out
that an attack on anyone's religious freedoms are an attack on theirs as
well.
Fat chance. Their fanaticism is too strong and their faith is too weak
to do anything but attack others. |
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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Hosea Prieto <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote:
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buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
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No one except a certain subset of religious people have any interest
in publishing anti-evolution materials.
lojbab
Bob LeChevalier - artificial linguist; genealogist
lojbab@lojban.org Lojban language www.lojban.org |
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote:
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"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB 733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
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There are NO non-religious "theories" of creation. There is no
scientific merit in what religionists write on the subject.
There is a scientific Theory of Evolution. There is plenty of
scientific merit in that theory.
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Assuming creation is a religious topic,
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It is nothing else.
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it seems to me that it would uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
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Except that no other religions considers Genesis to be literal dogma.
Most other religions are perfectly aware that their creation stories
are just that: stories. They have no need to interpret every word of
some book as if it were literal truth.
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Granted, the bend of the ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and of itself,
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As long as it is kept to the private sphere, yes.
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but teaching Christianity is a problem,
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Teaching any religion is a problem. Teaching about religions plural,
without implying that ANY of them are "true" could probably be
acceptable.
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and in America religion and Christianity is the same thing.
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That isn't true, though some American Christians apparently wish that
it were so. But it was never the case except in those colonies that
had established religions.
lojbab
Bob LeChevalier - artificial linguist; genealogist
lojbab@lojban.org Lojban language www.lojban.org |
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> skrev i en meddelelse
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"Josh Rosenbluth" <jrosenbluth@gotcha.comcast.net> wrote in message
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
"Hosea Prieto" <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga...
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB
733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and
other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
I have to wonder if "anti-evolution" IS religion. I think it probably
is.
Having said that, I do not think there is a separation issue that arises
from discussion of the merits of the theories of creation and evolution.
Assuming creation is a religious topic, it seems to me that it would
uniformly religious not specifically Christian.
Firstly, creationism is not uniform across religions. It's tilted
towards the monotheistic religions.
Duh. Multitheistic religions think that any of several gods are
responsible for whatever the discussion topic is.
Secondly, favoring religion uniformly across sects raises Establishment
Clause issues.
Granted, the bend of the ACLU is that religion is not problematic in and
of itself, but teaching Christianity is a problem, and in America
religion and Christianity is the same thing.
Nonsense. The ACLU believes teaching any religion is a potential
problem.
Not entirely true. The ACLU has a long history of raising religous issues
in school where the religion is Christianity, yet ignoring religiouis
issues where Christianity specifically is trampled. The ACLU is remarkably
anti-Christian to a greater degree than they are anti-religion.
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It opposes the teaching of religion in public schools. In the US that is
likely to be Christian, but the ACLU has never given any indication of being
anti-Christian or even anti-religion. I have no doubt that the lawyers of
the ACLU include people of different religions; why wouldn't it? |
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:13 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> skrev i en meddelelse
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"Virgil" <Virgil@gmale.com> wrote in message
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In article <Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga>,
Hosea Prieto <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB
733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and
other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
It is hard to imagine any reason for opposing evolution other than some
kind of religious belief which is incompatible with it.
On the other hand, God could have created all, and the best that science
can do is question how He did it, and arrive at evolution as the mechanism
He employed.
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For science to question "how He did it", it would first have to establish
that there was such a being.
Even God would know better than to reinvent the wheel everytime He
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wanted something new.
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You know more about god than I do. |
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Ben Kaufman Guest
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: Re: Louisiana Will Face Lawsuit If New Law Brings Religion I |
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:13:36 +0200, "thomas p." <gudloos@yahoo.com> wrote:
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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:uCd5k.15727$8q2.366@trnddc02...
"Virgil" <Virgil@gmale.com> wrote in message
news:Virgil-1EFEB1.12045915062008@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
In article <Ijc5k.3033$i55.44@newsfe22.lga>,
Hosea Prieto <hpriet56@yahoo.com> wrote:
buckeye wrote:
Approved by a 94-3 vote, the so-called "Science Education Act" (SB
733)
allows public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" when
discussing evolution.
Americans United and other groups contend that those "supplemental
materials" are likely to be anti-evolution books, DVDs and other items
produced by fundamentalist Christian ministries. The measure is being
pushed by the Louisiana Family Forum, the Discovery Institute and
other
Religious Right forces.
Are anti-evolution materials necessarily religious?
It is hard to imagine any reason for opposing evolution other than some
kind of religious belief which is incompatible with it.
On the other hand, God could have created all, and the best that science
can do is question how He did it, and arrive at evolution as the mechanism
He employed.
For science to question "how He did it", it would first have to establish
that there was such a being.
Even God would know better than to reinvent the wheel everytime He
wanted something new.
You know more about god than I do.
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I don't think so. The one who knows the most about god knows the least.
Ben |
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