> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Akira Kawasaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "vortex-l" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:30 PM
> Subject: FW: WHAT'S NEW Friday, January 14, 2005
>
>
> > 3. CREATIONISM: COURT ORDERS WARNING STICKERS REMOVED IMMEDIATELY.
>
> While I am not suprised by this ruling, I am certainly dismayed. Darwin
> himself referred to his work as theory on pages 205, 206, 209, 211, 218,
> 219, 229, 230, 233, 292, 313, 309, 316, 323, 339, 341 and 343 of the paper
> back as well as other places. It has been called the "theory of
evolution"
> for over 100 years! Until the last decade or so the word theory was
> prominently connected to the word evolution. This forces me to ask "What
> blazing discovery of the past ten years has propelled the "theory of
> evolution" into the relm of indisputable fact?". On the contrary, recent
> discoveries, and the lack thereof, have, if anything, cast more doubt than
> confirmation on the theory!
>
> On page 222 Darwin admits to "grave cases of difficulty, some of which
will
> be discussed in my future work". He never produced a future work!
>
> Jeff Fink
>
> > The constitutionality of a creationist message got a court test.
> > You will recall that in Cobb County, GA, stickers were placed on
> > high school biology texts warning that evolution is "a theory, not
> > a fact" http://www.aps.org/WN/WN04/wn111204.cfm. Yesterday, in
> > ordering the stickers removed, a federal judge said "the stickers
> > convey an impermissible message of endorsement."
>
