So in that case, speaking as Pope, the late John Paul's encyclical on evolution was incorrect? It concluded that there was evolution and the teachings of the Catholic Church were not in conflict. Same with the Episcopalian and most other protestant churches. Only the evangelical churches that follow a prescript of biblical literalism or other fundimentalist belief object to the scientific theory of evolution being taught in science classes.
I am all for competing theories being taught in science classes. Provided the following: the competing theory fit within the same criteria as any scientific theory; It explains the available data more adequately than the current theories and is testable. Only the theory of evolution fit all these criteria. Creationism fails on all of them and Intelligent Design fails on all as well. I have no objection to your practicing religion in its proper place. By wanting to practice it in the school, gives a government stamp of approval to that religious belief. That directly violates the separation clause. larry On 8/2/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about as a theory that does not mention Jesus Christ, Allah, Budda or > Loki? If we're talking about science, it is, another theory of how life > developed on Earth, regardless of whether or not you choose to believe it. > > Put another way, it should be either all or none. The teaching of evolution > directly conflicts with many, if not most, religious explanations. To teach > only evolution would be in effect a religious/anti-religious movement > (atheism?) which serves to undermine the religious teachings that the parent > conveys onto the child. > > Further, even if you consider this purely religion, rather than science, the > Constitution says that no prohibition to practice religion will be condoned. > That part of the Constitution is usually forgotten in the effort to atheize > (my new word) the US. > > Matthew Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 4:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush wants religion taught in the science classroom > > Not even as history? > > On 8/2/05, Kevin Graeme wrote: > > Religion shouldn't be taught in public schools. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167752 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
