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Posted by: Neophile 2 years, 3 months agoShould "intelligent design" -- the cousin of creationism -- be taught in science classes in Texas alongside evolution? A solid majority of the State Board of Education, which will rewrite the science curriculum for public schools next year, is against the idea, even though several members say they are creationists.
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joeblowe
Aug. 27, 2007, 2:43 p.m.How about that, there's enough common sense and intelligence in even a ONE STAR state to realize that it's a bad idea to teach idiocy in a science class. Gives me a glimmer of hope that this country may YET find a way to maintain a decent level of education amongst the masses.
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weston163
Aug. 27, 2007, 5:13 p.m."even in private schools" Now you have really gone to far!!!
Are you communist or NAZI!!
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jerryskid1
Aug. 27, 2007, 9:45 p.m.We are finally taking science back from the radical right. Unintelligent Design?
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jdhatl
Aug. 28, 2007, 12:40 a.m.I don't believe in God and my vote counts. What matters is life here on Earth. Christianity is a form of moral procrastination
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Shadowolf
Aug. 28, 2007, 1:14 a.m.DorkRove
You just made the top 10 list of ignoramuses in Netscape...
Congratulations!!!
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ForrestPhelps
Aug. 28, 2007, 9:20 a.m.To: DARTH-ROVE
Can't speak for everyone, but I can assure you, I'll still be an agnostic with my dying breath.
(Was one in a foxhole, too).
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beetsc1
Aug. 28, 2007, 10:35 a.m.Darth-Rove....I guess it says something about you that you would pick a screen name combining two of the most evil men from fiction and real life. Excellent choice. Are your spelling errors a result of your fine private education, or a weak attempt to be humorous? And please, don't use Yiddish expressions in your diatribes. We Jews have enough problems without people thinking you might be one of us.
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XXanyoneXX
Aug. 28, 2007, 11:39 a.m.DARTH-ROVE: their is no such thing as an athiest on a death bed.
There is no such thing as a newborn theist. Mom, dad, and a whole bunch of people must first tell you the invisible man is real before you believe it.
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XXanyoneXX
Aug. 28, 2007, 11:41 a.m.DARTH-ROVE: their is no such thing as an athiest on a death bed.
That's as silly as saying that there's no such thing as someone who doesn't believe in Santa Claus on Christmans Eve.
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XXanyoneXX
Aug. 28, 2007, 11:45 a.m.DARTH-ROVE: their is no such thing as an athiest on a death bed.
I take it you've done some research to arrive at this conclusion? How many atheists have you surveyed before their deathbed and while on it? Have you read any studies conducted on this psychological phenomonon you claim occurs? Have any been conducted? Or is this something else you take on FAITH? (it's more important when typed in all caps!)
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XXanyoneXX
Aug. 28, 2007, 11:48 a.m.DARTH-ROVE: their is no such thing as an athiest on a death bed.
Not to be a grammar nazi, but you really need to make sure you have correct grammar before you start complaining about someone else's. It's "there", not "their", in this case. Did you attend PUBLIK SCHROOL as well?
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archeojoel
Aug. 28, 2007, 1:53 p.m.You better make sure you spell check every post. And I know there IS such a thing as an atheist (again check your spelling hypocrite)on a death bed. Just cause you're too weak to stick to your convictions in the face of your own certain mortality and so rely on the crutch of religion to think, feel, and decide for you doesn't mean the rest of the world is necessarily as weak.
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Coatl
Aug. 27, 2007, 2:53 p.m.From the article:
" -Creationism and intelligent design don't belong in our science classes,- said Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy, who described himself as a creationist. -Anything taught in science has to have consensus in the science community รข;; and intelligent design does not.- "
Everybody is free to have an opinion about this issue, but teaching your children something that it's not even a scientific hypothesis and compare it with a scientific hypothesis as if both were equally probable is pretty dangerous. Not only to your children but to your entire nation. If you want the US to be on top of the scientific research as it was before, then you got to be careful about what you're teaching to your children.
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tehranchik
Aug. 27, 2007, 2:57 p.m.From article:
"My position is if you're strong in your faith, then even if what is taught in a [science] class is contrary to your religious beliefs, it will not weaken your faith,"
Now that's thinking out of the box.
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Shadowolf
Aug. 27, 2007, 3:09 p.m.Hi Rad!!!
Don't insult Molly Ivins, John Faulkner, and other hell-raisin' liberals from Texas!!!
Besides, LeShrub was born in the Nor'East, and uses 'summer' as a verb...
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natashas
Aug. 27, 2007, 3:04 p.m.Religion and science never worked well together in class. I think it is important for children to learn science. I believe there is a God. I would not hide that from my children. I would also not hide from them the facts of science. There are people who home school there children. I think more people should look into that if they feel that there children are not being educated properly.
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Shadowolf
Aug. 27, 2007, 3:05 p.m.Faith: Absolute belief without proof.
Science: Trial & error,studies that are corrected over time,experiment and record, etc.
**********...
Intelligent Design is simply Creationism sprinkled with Political Correctness, and repackaged by the same extremists that tried to shove Creationism down our collective throats...
IT STILL AIN'T SCIENCE!!!
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SlapALib
Aug. 27, 2007, 3:09 p.m.Poster is on floor and requires medical attention.
(The above comment is for entertainment purposes only)
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researchanalyst
Aug. 27, 2007, 3:45 p.m.Being Texan, I an SOOOO damn glad they are keeping Intelligent Design out of the Texas school books. I went to the University of Texas, and I would really, really feel sorry for any student who brought up Intelligent Design in a Biology class.
Heck, if they really want to teach intelligent design, they can teach it at Texas A&M. Where it belongs (does A&M have a biology dept??).
Or Yale. Heck, the graduated Bush with a degree. Seen any big ads saying 'Bush went here' , see them clamoring to build the presidential library for him? Nope. Real quiet. Ought to tell you something.
Or Harvard Business School. Now that's a real case study... how we let in the Shrub.
This is almost as good as a national football championship.
HOOK EM
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NoWayMan
Aug. 27, 2007, 4:01 p.m.who is the "intelligent designer"?
god.
can that be proven or disproven?
no. it must be taken on faith that god is the intelligent designer.
then it has no business being taught as science.
next!!!
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Charlson
Aug. 27, 2007, 4:10 p.m.Welcome to the 21st century Texas. I will not hold Bush against you ever again.
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smithichie
Aug. 27, 2007, 4:20 p.m.The article calls 'intelligent design' the 'cousin' of creationism.
Nope, ID is creationism, not some distant relative, but the exact same nonsense given a new name.
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