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. >> no this is called science, there is no anti-religious anything except what >> is in the mind of the paranoid. 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. >>There is no effort to atheize the US, there *is* an effort underway to >>"Christianize" (in the neo-con quazi-politcal, profit making, exclude those >>we don't see fit, sense of the word) this country. The attempt to do this goes against the first amendment. Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 05:03 pm To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Bush wants religion taught in the science classroom Importance: Low 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167682 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
