February 21, 2006
Few Biologists But Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition
by Kenneth Chang
The New York Times
In the recent skirmishes over evolution, advocates who have pushed to dilute its teaching have regularly pointed to a petition signed by 514 scientists and engineers.
The petition, they say, is proof that scientific doubt over evolution persists. But random interviews with 20 people who signed the petition and a review of the public statements of more than a dozen others suggest that many are evangelical Christians, whose doubts about evolution grew out of their religious beliefs. And even the petition's sponsor, the Discovery Institute in Seattle, says that only a quarter of the signers are biologists, whose field is most directly concerned with evolution. The other signers include 76 chemists, 75 engineers, 63 physicists and 24 professors of medicine.
The petition was started in 2001 by the institute, which champions intelligent design as an alternative theory to evolution and supports a "teach the controversy" approach, like the one scuttled by the state Board of Education in Ohio last week.
Institute officials said that 41 people added their names to the petition after a federal judge ruled in December against the Dover, Pa., school district's attempt to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution.
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***(nyutat beres)***
- origin of species, http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/origin_of_species/
- descent of man, http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/descent_of_man/
- voyage of the beagles, http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/voyage_of_beagle/
ramat loka nu antievolusi di dieu: http://www.antievolution.org/
Teori Evolusi, teori kontroversial. Seueur nu resep kana teori ieu
teh. Sanes wae ti kalangan agamawan, tapi oge ti nu icikibung dina
elmu pangaweruh. Ceuk cenah Dr. Yohanes Surya, pakar Fisika jeung
tokoh olimpiade Fisika di Indonesia, oge salah saurang nu teu percaya
teori Evolusi. Hanjakal pisan, nu teu raresep teori evolusi teh, lain
nu icikibung dina widang Biologi atawa ahli purbakala, tapi ahli dina
widang lain. Tah ari ceuk nu icikibung dina widangna mah, siga Prof.
Sangkot Marzuki (bossna Kang Kumi) kieu cenah :.![]()
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