Why can't we accept the fact that some people want to be taught that an alternative view is that creation is by Intelligent Design, and let the kids decide for themselves based on school teachings and what they receive at home.
Yes, it's creationism, but it's not specific to any religion, and therefore should pass the bar of separation of church/state. It would be inclusive of the flying spaghetti monster without actually mentioning it by name. - Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:10 PM Subject: Re: Why doesn't America believe in evolution? > Cameron Childress wrote: >> I know this is a dead horse, but I agree completely on teaching >> creation in school. I'm really a huge supporter of teaching >> humanities in school. I took a comparative religion class in college >> and liked it alot. > > If only we could get people to believe that the concepts of "creation" > and "evolution" can co-exist if you're willing to accept the fact that > when the stories we read in the bible were first told and then later > written down, there was absolutely no concept of science, and the > thought of the earth predating mankind by billions of years was just > plain inconceivable. > > If you believe in God, then you can also believe that God created > evolution. > > And some schmuck a few thousand years ago wrote it down as if it had > happened in a day. > > I suppose it's blasphemy to say believe in God but to say that the earth > was *NOT* created in a few days. > > At least, not in "days" as we know them. > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213982 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
