It is not, to suppress such information is a violation. Should your public library not offer the bible or other books with religious ideas? Why don't we just get rid of the fiction section while we are at it, those aren't based in Scientific fact backed by scholarly sources, so clearly they have no places being provided for by the government.
Science cannot prove that the creation of the Grand Canyon was not caused by the Great flood, because the great flood is something that doesn't have exact dates, and the time frame associated with the bible doesn't directly translate to the time frame we speak of in scientific terms. Or scientific terms use things like revolutions and rotations of the earth. When the bible was written many thought the earth was the center of the universe and everything rotated around it. You are also assuming that the great flood was a single event, that the entire earth was covered with water and a few days later it was gone and Noah and the rest of the animals repopulated the earth. The 1st amendment claims congress can't make allow respecting an establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof. Making a law that removed religious texts is more against the separation, than allowing them ever could be. The intent is not to prevent the spread of religion, but to not make one person worth less because of his beliefs. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gotta love the fundies... > > Why should we allow a government organization to sell a pamphlet > supporting > the view of a particular religion about the origin of the Grand Canyon? > Clear violation of separation of church and state. > > Repressing scientific discourse in the name of religion is just wrong. > Remember how Galileo was ex-communicated by the Catholic Church for > daring > to claim that the Earth was not the center of the universe? It took 500 > years for the Church to admit their mistake and rescind his > ex-communication. > > Science can absolutely prove that the Grand Canyon was not created by a > single event only a few thousand years in the past. Too bad if it > doesn't > jive with what fundamentalists believe. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223661 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
