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Creationist Textbook Stickers Declared Unconstitutional
An anonymous reader writes "MSNBC reports that a judge in Atlanta, GA has ruled that a sticker placed on all textbooks in Cobb County stating that 'Evolution is a theory, not a fact,' is unconstitutional, and ordered that all stickers be removed."
Laws are a type of theory: the type that can be easily expressed in a simple equation.
All's true that is mistrusted
Although I am a creationist myself, I value open-mindedness in education. I do find it interesting that, even though none of them were actually there at the time, the scientific community in general are greatly offended by anyone who suggests that evolution (and likewise, I freely admit, creationism) is unproved and unprovable.
There's only one way to find out for sure - but unfortunately, though we'll all do it eventually, no-one who has done it is currently available for comment.
-- Your mother uses Emacs.
Actually, it's not positive. It's Cobb's government that endorsed and effected this unbelievably dumb sticker idea in the first place. The fact that it took two years to undo the problem and that it will inevitably be appealled makes it all the more sad.
I live in Cobb county. And after meeting this many road raged, racist, backwards thinking religious couch potatoes, I hope they get what they ask for. Permission to regress to burning eachother at the stake and ignoring the world of thought outside their precious little six-flag-over-Jesus circle.
And I'm disgraced by those people I know in this county who actually value outside opinions but don't respond to this type of foolishness.
You are checking your backups, aren't you?
Why is it sad? All it's saying is to keep an open mind that it's only an unproven idea (I'd say theory, but that'll start another debate on the word usage). I'd have to say that most "Evolutionists" have as closed a mind as us "Jesus Freaks". It's kind of funny how they treat their theory like a religion. I always thought science was founded on observation. As far as I know, no one has actually observed macroevolution.
"It's a victory for reason over religious mumbo-jumbo."
Heh. So a sticker that states: "This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered." should be banned and somehow this is "a victory for reason?"
I don't know who scares me more, Fundementalist Christian freaks or the people in your camp who keep telling yourselves you're "intellectual" and "scientific."
Evolution is a theory and like EVERYTHING, from theology to politics to science it should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.
The Christians cheer when their crap is stuffed down everyone's throats and you cheer when people are silenced. The world's problems are obvious.