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2009-07-25T08:09:17.093-04:00

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2009-07-13T12:11:10.898-04:00

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I was taught Evolution and Creationism. One in sc...

2009-07-09T15:28:50.245-04:00

I was taught Evolution and Creationism. One in school and one in Church. My current religion follows Evolution. My opinion is Creationism should Not be taught in school, just like the Flying Spaghetti Monster shouldn't. (If you don't believe me about that just google it.)
Creationism doesn't have scientific support.

Anonymous said: “I know of a theory called the fly...

2009-07-09T11:42:39.361-04:00

Anonymous said: “I know of a theory called the flying spaghetti monster. So you think we should allow teachers to teach that?”

Sounds more credible than Darwinian evolution. BUT, evolution has missing links that are still missing—does the “flying spaghetti monster” theory have that?

But seriously, try to use some common sense “anonymous.” Evolutionists actually believe in their ideas. They may not have much scientific support, but they are trying.

Also, does the “flying spaghetti monster” theory attempt to deal with origins science as evolution does? (There is the Panspermia idea after all.)

I know of a theory called the flying spaghetti mon...

2009-07-09T09:21:31.067-04:00

I know of a theory called the flying spaghetti monster. So you think we should allow teachers to teach that?

Anonymous said: “Awesome Article!! Science has com...

2009-07-09T09:19:29.742-04:00

Anonymous said: “Awesome Article!! Science has come a long way when it ruled in favor of evolution. I think with the resurgence of ID evidence that the field will soon be changing.”

Thanks!

Ya, Evolutionary theory should be taught; however,...

2009-07-09T09:07:12.210-04:00

Ya, Evolutionary theory should be taught; however, since there is no concrete proof for the theory, we really should allow teachers to consider alternatives. Comparative education is usually much more helpful than simple indoctrination of a theory that may yet turn out to be false.

Anonymous said: “Evolution does NOT explain where ...

2009-07-09T08:24:44.426-04:00

Anonymous said: “Evolution does NOT explain where we came from! It explains what has happened once we were here. That is the problem with creationists they don't understand the difference.”

Evolution attempts to explain how HUMANS came to exist. What it doesn’t do is attempt to explain how living organisms first appeared/began.

Evolution attempts to answer the philosophical question of “Where did WE come from?”

Historians are the ones who attempt to explain what happened to humans “once we were here.”

John Calvert doesn't know or understand the la...

2009-07-08T23:07:15.640-04:00

John Calvert doesn't know or understand the laws.

Evolution does NOT explain where we came from! It ...

2009-07-08T23:04:26.839-04:00

Evolution does NOT explain where we came from! It explains what has happened once we were here. That is the problem with creationists they don't understand the difference.
Evolution aside, there is overwhelming evidence of an old earth, not a young one. However the same people will disagree with this as well. And say dinosaurs walked the earth with people, and say the Grand Canyon was formed by a flood and etc etc.........

Secularism is a religion that believes that God do...

2009-07-08T22:49:00.124-04:00

Secularism is a religion that believes that God does not exist or cannot be known. Secularism is held by Atheist and Agnostics. Evolution is the origin theory used by this religion to explain our beginnings.

At this point, evolution is the same type of religious belief as that of Creationist. ID theory however has concrete proof to support its claims.

We really need freedom of speech in the classroom for teachers. While the school has the right to minimum requirements, it cannot legal under the Constitution stop teachers from explaining to students why macro evolution is unsupported and unscientific at this point.

The state should not be telling people to not be authentic people. Right now the policy is outright discrimination against Christians. The Secularist have freedom to be authentic even though they have no proof to support there claims. This is unconstitutional!

Awesome Article!! Science has come a long way whe...

2009-07-08T22:44:19.897-04:00

Awesome Article!! Science has come a long way when it ruled in favor of evolution. I think with the resurgence of ID evidence that the field will soon be changing.

I appreciate people like Freshwater who are open to facts rather than just accepting a blind belief in Evolution which to date still has no proof!

The definition of “religion” is important. John ...

2009-07-08T22:23:09.857-04:00

The definition of “religion” is important.

John Calvert has an article online titled “Kitzmiller’s error: Use of an exclusive rather than inclusive definition of religion.” In the article, Calvert says:

“I find many aspects of the opinion in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District troubling. However, I believe the fatal error of the decision is that the court used the incorrect definition of religion in ruling on the legality of the ID Policy. For Judge Jones “religion” is simply belief in the supernatural.”

Calvert goes on to say that:

“It is legally erroneous because it conflicts with the inclusive and non-discriminatory definition of religion employed by the judicial peers of the Court - the courts that would have reviewed the decision had it been appealed. Based on controlling definitions of religion adopted by the Third Circuit in Malnek v. Yogi and Africa v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court in United States v. Seeger, Welsh v. United States, McGowan v. Maryland and Lee V. Wiseman, religion is not confined to only belief in the supernatural. It also includes nontheistic beliefs that natural or material causes explain life. We now live in a pluralistic culture where theistic religions compete with traditional non-theistic religions such as Atheism, Secular humanism, Deism, Scientology, Transcendental Meditation and Wicca. Those religions place their faith in nature rather than a creator of nature.”

The idea of Creationism V. Evolution has been trie...

2009-07-08T21:37:51.855-04:00

The idea of Creationism V. Evolution has been tried in the courts. Incase you didn't know ID was found to be religion, which can't be taught in public schools.

http://www.pepperlaw.com/pracarea/doverID/doverID.aspx

http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/12/what-the-dover.html