In the midst of a global war on terror, it\’s good to see the President coming out for some of the battles on the home front.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) — U.S. President George Bush reignited debate over evolution by advocating teaching concept of intelligent design in schools.
That view promotes the idea that an unseen force is behind the development of humanity. Scientists claim intelligent design has no supporting evidence and is an attempt to introduce religion to students.
Bush, in remarks to a group of Texas newspaper reporters, said he favored balancing intelligent design with evolution, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
\”Both sides ought to be properly taught … so people can understand what the debate is about,\” he said. \”You\’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is \’yes.\’\”
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Of course, staunch supporters of the faith of evolution (and yes, it is little more than a faith) are up in arms about this. They toss about the \”separation of church and state\” as though they actually believe it is in the U.S. Constitution. They cry \”foul!\” as they accuse the President of attempting to persuade people to his personal faith.
Of course, it\’s all hysterical nonsense, and one would think the enlightened evolutionists would know better.
Here are the facts.
1) Evolution is a theory. And it is BAD theory. Proponents are continually coming up with new arcs to the evolution story, which are subsequently disproved by other scientists.
2) Intelligent Design is a theory. And it is one that is gaining ground among thinking people daily.
Regardless of whether you believe that you descended from a single-celled organism and your life has no real significance or you believe that you were created by a Creator with dignity and for a special purpose, there is no excuse to NOT teach both theories to children in our schools.
Kudos to the President for bringing awareness to a very important issue. To the evolutionists, I issue this challenge. If you are so sure your theory is fact, you have nothing to fear in allowing people to be exposed to alternate theories. Relax. Let education take its course.
In a related story that proves my point…
MARIETTA, Ga., May 24 (UPI) — Workers in Cobb County, Ga., have begun removing stickers that describe evolution as \”a theory, not a fact\” from school text books.
A federal judge ruled in January the stickers were an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and ordered their removal. The Cobb County school system has appealed the ruling, but in the meantime it is abiding by the order to proceed with the removal, which began when the school year ended Friday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday.
The issue began when a creationist collected 2,300 signatures in 2002 to protest evolution being taught by science books used in Cobb schools. The Cobb school board then ordered the stickers to be placed in 34,452 texts used in middle and high school classes.
The stickers read: \”This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.\”
Here\’s the fact. Evolution is NOT fact. In order to be factual, it would have to be observable and repeatable. No one has seen it. It ain\’t factual. It is theory.
The fact that evolutionists don\’t want to encourage young people to study critically and with an open mind says all you need to know about their faith.
It\’s a world upside down. Best to keep your head on straight. :-)