Creationism doesn't undermine the constitutional
foundation of the USA, introducing an aspect (actually
the central aspect) of church into a state funded
institution where a state funded professional teaches
the public youth of america, is unconstitutional.
--- SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/24/02 9:14:03 AM GMT Daylight
> Time, sketch2099@yahoo.com
> writes:
>
>
> > I’m writing in hopes of getting back into the
> roots of
> > this thread. To me, Intelligent design is just
> plain
> > unconstitutional. Intelligent design may not be
> > promoting any one religion (which is an idea
> advocates
> > for the intelligent design theory proclaim), but
> it is
> > still promoting the idea of a higher power, which
> is
> > clearly in the realm of religion, and therefore is
> > promoting religion, it doesn’t matter if it’s
> > promoting any one of them over another. Anytime
> the
> > concept of “God” is introduced into any field
> of
> > scientific study, promotion of religion is present
> and
> > that is clearly not allowed b/c the separation of
> > church and state. Evolution is a purely
> scientific
> > theory and truly the best we have to date, so
> > naturally it should be taught in science classes.
> Of
> > course there are holes, but that’s only because
> we are
> > still learning (remember its just a theory! not a
> > fact!). Both the theory and its holes should be
> > taught together (of course which holes are real
> holes
> > is an entirely different matter altogether), but
> I’m
> > not really very comfortable with anyone but a
> doctor
> > in biology teaching about evolution. People in
> the
> > non-scientific community tend to have an incorrect
> > view of what evolution really is. One of the most
> > amusing comments I tend to here in my bible-belt
> town
> > is “Any idea that says we came from monkeys is
> just
> > plain ignorant.”
> >
> > Of course, I do not wish to shield anyone from any
> > religious view. Actually, I wish for everyone to
> > experience every single religious view. But
> science
> > classes are not the place. Maybe in an English
> class
> > where we learn about other myths, like those of
> the
> > antiquity, because many people believe these days
> > believe their ideas of higher powers and stories
> of
> > creation to be truth, but how is that any
> different
> > from the ancient Greeks who believed their myths
> to be
> > truth also.
> >
> > Science has no place for gods, if it did, it
> wouldn’t
> > be science.
> >
>
> Hi there,
> So creationism undermines the constitutional
> foundation of the USA?
> I appreciate your argument and find such a move
> disturbing.
>
> All the best,
> Squonk.
>
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