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From: Bruce Mcneely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Seriously, evolution cannot be proven, the Bible thumper theory
> >cannot be proven ... why not teach both and let the student decide
> >which one he/she believes, or is there a third theory on the origin
> >of humans ...
>
> There is one small problem with this idea - the evidence. I say teach
> evolution and special creation in proportion to their respective
> supporting evidence. The time alloted for special creation should be
> about one nanosecond.
Supporters of theocracy, having lost the intellectual debate over
creationism vs. evolution, exploit the political system in their
attempt to promulgate their views and wrest power from rational
folk. Of course, science needn't 'prove' anything - science deals
with parsimonious workable explanations, not proof - but theocratic/
creationist demagogues frame their arguments in terms of 'proof',
and misconstrue the meaning of 'theory', and engage in any other
sophistry sufficient to manipulate political bodies.
The struggle isn't about proof, evidence, fairness - it's about
power, nothing else. Cretinists are in a can't-win position,
since their 'success' in controlling a region's school system
will translate into the marginalization of graduates of those
schools when they emerge into the real world of higher education
and meaningful employment. Like Marxism, cretinism can't survive
contact with reality-based systems, but thrives only in isolation,
behind ideological walls. Yow.
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