oh bs. Verified facts and scientific laws are challenged all the time. Please note -- I do not agree with the teaching of creationism and I have a decent scientific background. And the first time I heard that the dinosaurs died because a meteor hit the earth, I thought we were in the land of conspiracy theories. Science should be able to stand up to well reasoned challenges or it is not longer science but political correctness.
This does not mean that a student should be able to disrupt his biology class, but surely there is a middle ground somewhere. If he wants to make a scientific case for creationism in his final paper, warn him that is may not be possible and let him try. Then grade him on how well he uses his evidence and on the knowledge of the field that he demonstrates. Has he ever heard of the Galapagos, for example, and how does he account for that? ::shrug:: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>since when is discussion not allowed? >> > > There is no discussion when it comes to verified facts and scientific laws. > As long as ID makes a reference to religion then it does not belong in a > science class. If ID could stand up to the same scrutiny that any other TOE > goes through then no problem. The problem is that all too soon, (by the > second sentence usually) it makes reference to the supernatural, and the > unseeable and unmeasurable. Ergo it has nothing to do with science education, > but religious training. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267690 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
