Gerakan Kreasionisme bukan saja berbahaya buat negara Adidaya dan Superpower seperti USA, tetapi lebih2 lagi berbahaya buat negara2 yang sedang berkembang. Dinegara2 yang sudah berkembang Kreasionisme berbahaya, sebab menyesatkan masyarakat dan menyelewengkan perkembangan IPTEK. Gerakan Kreasionisme bisa berkembang di USA, sebab (a) para ilmuwannya selama ini telah mengabaikan bahayanya, dengan alasan terlalu sibuk dengan pekerjaannya sendiri (baca tulisan saya yg lain tentang artikel yang baru muncul dimajalah American Physical Society). (b) Kaum Kreasionis selama ini telah menyalah-gunakan sistim demokrasi dan celah2 sistim hukum Amerika untuk memaksakan itikadnya yang cuma pernah berhasil sampai taraf sekolah menengah, tetapi tidak pernah bisa menembus taraf akademis.
Syukurlah bahwa sejak belakangan ini kalangan akademisi Amerika mulai sadar dan mulai membalas untuk menyetop serangan kaum Kreasionis. BAHAYANYA KREASIONISME BUAT INDONESIA: Negara2 yang sedang berkembang BELUM menemukan jalan untuk mengembangkan IPTEK. Bagi mereka, bahayanya Kreasionisme lebih besar lagi, sebab akibatnya mereka TIDAK AKAN SANGGUP MENEMUKAN JALAN YANG BENAR dan UNTUK SELAMANYA AKAN KETINGGALAN DAN TERPURUK DALAM IPTEK. Dibawah ini saya lampirkan artikel baru yang melaporkan usaha para scientist Amerika (beserta guru2 science) membendung gerakan kaum Kreasionis. Para scientist yang sekarang bergerak melawan Kreasionisme adalah yang tergabung dalam National Academy of Science (NAS), yaitu organisasi yang memegang AUTORITAS TERTINGGI di Amerika (dan disetiap negara yang maju) dalam urusan Science, dan berpengaruh langsung pada pemerintah Amerika. Tentang peranan kunci dari NAS ini saya sertakan dibawahnya suatu kutipan artikel tambahan yang menjelaskan Apa & Siapa itu National Academy of Science sebagai Autoritas Tertinggi dalam dunia science. Saya kira, perkembangan baru ini akan membuka LIANG KUBUR bagi gerakan Kreasionisme di Amerika. Tetapi sebagai akibatnya, mereka akan lebih giat lagi meng-ekspor ideologi-bangkrutnya ke-negara2 berkembang, a.l. INDONESIA dan Korea. Jadi saya himbau, agar para scientist Indonesia yang merasa punya tanggung-jawab atas perkembangan IPTEK di negaranya agar supaya meningkatkan kewaspadaan dan kegiatan mereka dalam menanggulangi usaha kaum Kreasionisme Indonesia yang disokong oleh Kreasionisme internasional. Para Kreasionis Indonesia tergabung dalam LSPI (Lembaga Sains Penciptaan Indonesia) yang merupakan bagian dari Indonesian Society for Creation Science (ISCS) yang bermarkas besar di Gd. Sastra Graha 6th. fl. Suite 604, Jl. Raya Pejuangan No.21 Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta, Jakarta Barat 11530, Indonesia, telefon 6221-5333346. Nama2 para aktivis Kreasionisme Indonesia bisa dilihat dalam website LSPI <http://netministries.org/see/charmin.exe/CM00992>, dimana juga dimuat nama2 mereka yang mengaku ilmuwan, yaitu antara lain: * Dr. Yohannes Surya (pendiri LSPI, fisikawan) * Dr. Ir. Indarto Ces, DEA (Presiden LSPI, dosen Geologi ITS + Petra Univ. Indonesia ) * Drs. Widia Nursiyanto, M.Sc (pendiri LSPI, fisikawan) * Herianto Wibowo, M.Sc. (dosen Univ. of Parahyangan, Bandung) * Dr. John Kim (anggota KACR Korea, dosen UBAYA in Indonesia, Pendiri LSPI) * Ir. Yonathan Lie (ahli Informatik, Jakarta, Indonesia) * Budianto Lestyana, SP (magister Std., Agronomi, IPB, Bogor, Indonesia, LSPI founder) * Felix M. Mesak (pendiri LSPI, mahasiswa S3, Biomedical Science, UI) Dibawah ini saya lampirkan artikel yg baru tentang tindakan National Academy of Science (NAS) Amerika terhadap para Kreasionis yang baru2 ini dimuat di Washington Post, dan dibawahnya lagi kutipan tentang Apa & Siapa itu NAS dan pengaruhnya sebagai penasihat buat pemerintah Amerika. Perhatikan statement NAS yang sangat jelas sebagai berikut: (1) SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA HAVE NO PLACE IN SCIENCE (Gejala2 ghaib/supernatural tidak mempunyai tempat dalam science) (2) Science is defined as A SEARCH FOR NATURAL EXPLANATIONS OF OBSERVABLE PHENOMENA (Sains didefinisikan sebagai pencarian penjelasan buat geajala2 yang bisa diobservasi) Salam, Indoshepherd LAMPIRAN2 ARTIKEL: [1] Evolution Debate in Kansas Spurs Battle Over School Materials Teaching of Theory's Doubts Spurs National Academy of Sciences, Teachers Association to Bar Use of Curriculum Guidelines By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 28, 2005; Page A02 In an escalation of the nation's culture war over the teaching of evolution, the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [2] and the National Science Teachers Association announced yesterday that they will not allow Kansas to use key science education materials developed by the two organizations. The refusal came after the groups reviewed the latest draft of the Kansas State Department of Education's new science education standards and concluded that they overemphasize uncertainties about the theory of evolution and fail to make it clear that SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA HAVE NO PLACE IN SCIENCE. Until those issues are properly dealt with, the two groups said in a letter to state Assistant Education Commissioner Alexa Posny, the state will not be granted permission to use their science curriculum materials. Those include the National Science Education Standards, which serve as the foundation for science curricula in virtually every state in the nation and which were written by the academy's affiliate, the National Research Council. They also include the science teachers' Pathway to the Science Standards, which help translate the NRC's guidelines for everyday use. Both are protected by copyrights. The new draft of the Kansas education standards, written by a committee appointed by the former state education commissioner and subject to an up-or-down vote by the state education department early next month, "inappropriately singles out evolution as a controversial theory despite the strength of the scientific evidence supporting evolution as an explanation for the diversity of life on Earth and its acceptance by an overwhelming majority of scientists," the science groups said in a joint statement. The organizations said they were also disappointed that a crucial statement present in an earlier draft had been deleted. It had defined science as "A SEARCH FOR NATURAL EXPLANATIONS OF OBSERVABLE PHENOMENA." The deletion could lead students to believe that supernatural explanations also may fall within the purview of science, said Jay Labov, a senior adviser for education at the academy, which was chartered by Congress to advise it on science matters. Kathy Toelkes, a spokeswoman for the Kansas education department, said the department was reviewing the draft standards, but not with the goal of changing the contested sections. Rather, she said, the goal is to paraphrase those parts that had been taken from the two national organizations, so that the copyright issues would become moot. Toelkes said she anticipated that the board would approve "the substance of the standards" as written. The standoff is a reprise of events in 1999 when the National Academy, the science teachers group, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science withheld copyright permission for materials that Kansas sought to incorporate into science education standards it developed that year. At the time the board had a majority who espoused creationism or intelligent design, beliefs that hold, respectively, that the Earth is only a few thousand years old and that complex life could not have arisen without help from a superintelligent being. Scientific evidence indicates that the Earth is more than 4 billion years old and that evolution can explain all of life's biological complexities. The Kansas standards were revised to accommodate scientists' complaints after anti-evolutionists lost their majority on the state board in 2000, but the balance of power recently reversed again. When a subcommittee of the board held hearings in May to debate evolution, scientific organizations boycotted the event, saying science would not get a fair hearing. John G. West of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, the major force behind the intelligent design movement, decried the science organizations' latest moves. "This is clearly an effort to censor the discussion of scientific criticism of Darwinian theory by intimidation and threat," West said. Gerald F. Wheeler, a nuclear physicist and executive director of the Arlington-based science teachers association, which represents 55,000 science teachers and others, disagreed. "Science is not a dance card or jukebox where you can choose the songs you want," Wheeler said. "It's about what is the best explanation for the observations and the data we have. It's about the facts." [2] NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine are private, non-profit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter. New members are elected by current members of each institution. Election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. 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