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Texas Opens Classroom Door for Evolution Doubts

Yup, this is what I've come to call the "scorched-earth" creationist strategy. If they can't get their nonsense in the science classroom, they're going to do everything they can to screw up everything else for everyone.
 
I got excited when I saw the title of the article.

A class that scrutinizes the concept of evolution would be great.
 
kevinquinnyo said:
I got excited when I saw the title of the article.

A class that scrutinizes the concept of evolution would be great.
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Let me sum one up for you:

"There are some questions that remain regarding evolution. Is change slow and gradual? Does it happen with punctuated equalibrium? Could it be a combination of both? There's also questions about the dates of some of the very earliest Last Common Ancestors from which lineages evolved. Also the issue of horizontal gene transfer and how it effects phylogenetic relationships between procarytic life needs to be sorted out.

That's about it.

Class dismissed."
 
UnrepentantSinner said:
Let me sum one up for you:

"There are some questions that remain regarding evolution. Is change slow and gradual? Does it happen with punctuated equalibrium? Could it be a combination of both? There's also questions about the dates of some of the very earliest Last Common Ancestors from which lineages evolved. Also the issue of horizontal gene transfer and how it effects phylogenetic relationships between procarytic life needs to be sorted out.

That's about it.

Class dismissed."
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I think though, after reading the article the class would actually sound more like this:

"They want you to believe that we evolved from monkeys. Do I look like a monkey to you? DO I? Write a 3 page paper on this topic, class dismissed."
 
kevinquinnyo said:
I think though, after reading the article the class would actually sound more like this:

"They want you to believe that we evolved from monkeys. Do I look like a monkey to you? DO I? Write a 3 page paper on this topic, class dismissed."
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Yeah, it quite possibly would. Says it all about the creationist crowd, doesn't it?
 
kevinquinnyo said:
I think though, after reading the article the class would actually sound more like this:

"They want you to believe that we evolved from monkeys. Do I look like a monkey to you? DO I? Write a 3 page paper on this topic, class dismissed."
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Actually, you descended from a fish.
 
kevinquinnyo said:
I think though, after reading the article the class would actually sound more like this:

"They want you to believe that we evolved from monkeys. Do I look like a monkey to you? DO I? Write a 3 page paper on this topic, class dismissed."
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:D But unfortunately I think those who would adovacte "strengths and weaknesses" would leave it at that and let the kids go off on their own. I'm sure there would be days of dicussion about math (bogus abiogenesis calculations), history (Hitler was a Darwinist), religion (Hindu's worship Hanuman the monkey god), philosophy (animals don't have morals so why should we if we evolved), chemistry (where did the chemicals in the primordial soup come from), and politics/economics (the same liberals who support evolution support global warming and it's all a part of blah, blah, blah).

The periodic idiotic science teacher who used a Creationist saw to start and end the classroom discussion of evolution would be the least of my worries. I'm more concerned about the committed science deniers who would, in the guise of balance or strengths and weaknesses or whatever would fill their charges with B.S. Creationist boilerplate and undermine the childrens appreciation or valuation of science.
 
Your mom descended from your mom.

What I see happening is a new Scopes trial -- science teachers being hit with lawsuits because they don't scrutinize evolution correctly. We'll see.
 
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