Its teaching the Christian religion in a public school class. It wouldn't be so bad if they taught other creation theories. They ought to include the Sumerian creation myth, one of the Polynesian myths etc.
But the problems lie in the fact that the teacher has no training in science and if you read the description, its obvious that there is an agenda - teaching Christianity on the public dime.: 'An initial course description sent to parents in December said it would examine "evolution as a theory and will discuss the scientific, biological and Biblical aspects that suggest why Darwin's philosophy is not rock solid."' Another iffy point is that there is no real lecture etc by the teacher, the course is dependent on videos and guest lecturers. 'Classes started two days later with a class plan that relied solely on videos, not guest speakers. [snip] The Washington, D.C.-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State said that with one exception the course "relies exclusively on videos that advocate religious perspectives and present religious theories as scientific ones.' So this course is not taking the most objective approach. larry On 1/11/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really am.....a California high school is getting sued for offering an > elective class about Intelligent Design. The class is presented as a > philosophy class centering on discussions about various philosophies > concerning the origin of man. The class is NOT presented as a science class, > and is NOT being required in the core curriculum. > > I think this is exactly where ID belongs...so I don't see the validity of > this law suit. How can you sue over an elective philosophy class that is > discussing philosophy...philisophically? > > Info here: > http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/01/11/evolution.debate.calif.ap/index.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191762 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
