The thing is, many of those European creationist groups are being funded and encouraged by American organizations intent on spreading their influence to other continents to create the impression that this is an international movement and gain more credibility.
On Oct 9, 2007, at 11:55 PM, Luke K. Butler wrote: > Ken Miller (Brown University) recently spoke here at Tufts, and > during Q & A > he addressed this issue. As I recall it, he said that there are active > movements to get ID into European schools. > > Just last week the Council of Europe, a 47-country human rights > organization, voted to approve a resolution urging European schools > not to > teach creationism as science. I don't know much about the > background to > that, but I suspect they acted in response to pressure in the opposite > direction. > > One Minster of Education and Cultural Affairs in Germany, Karin Wolff > (Christian Democratic Union party), spoke publicly in support of > teaching ID > in schools a few months ago. > > In terms of distributed versus centralized control of the > curriculum, I see > centralized systems as even more at risk than distributed systems > because > one individual could change a huge proportion of schools in the > former, but > that seems less likely in the latter. > > Luke K. Butler > Tufts University <<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>> Christopher Noto Dept. of Ecology and Evolution Stony Brook University 650 Life Sciences Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245 http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/~crnoto "Every person is a fool for at least five minutes a day; wisdom consists in not exceeding this limit." -- Elbert Hubbard
