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Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design
kwietman writes "The Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 to allow science students in public schools to hear materials critical of evolution in biology classes. The new curriculum mentions that theories of life arising from similar building-block molecules through purely random processes can be challenged by recent findings in the fossil record and by molecular biology. Not all were happy, however. 'This is a sad day. We're becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that,' said board member Janet Waugh. The new standards will be used in statewide standardized testing; the students are still expected to know 'basic evolutionary principles.' As part of the decision, the Board of Education also went so far as to redefine science itself, saying that it is 'no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena.'"
That they believe in Creationism. After all, living in Kansas they're probably convinced the world is flat, too...
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!
-- The World
...noodly appendages.
Thank God we'd never elect a fundamentalist like this to a high government office; the do enough damage in the schoo.... fuck.
Of course I don't like Jesus--he still owes me 10 bucks!
English is easier said than done.
I look forward to an enlightened, civilized discussion about this controversial subject.
"You will find that in OUR science courses, we do not teach about boogie men, evil spirits, elves or sprites...."
Or as an alternative...
"'Science'? You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
They'll be able to experience "survival of the fittest" in Technicolor. muahahahaha.
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I'm trying, but plane tickets to Sweden are expensive, and Australia is even more so. Canada's already packed with fleeing hippies, and France would lynch me.
' As part of the decision, the Board of Education also went so far as to redefine science itself, saying that it is 'no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena.'
on next week's agenda, they redefine education to be 'no longer limited by such trivial things as facts and the truth. Education will be a wholesome, enriching, and upstanding kind of thing.'
the week after that they will be voting on whether or not it should be mentioned in sex-ed that nocturnal emission's are the devil's work and if they should require that santa claus's personal history be included in every history curriculum.
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
Personally I am offended that they teach Newtonian mechanics in the schools. Aristotle was much older and Greek, and therefore a more authoritative figure. And even the scientists themselves will reluctantly admit that Einstein disproved part of Newton's theory! I'm not saying that we only have to teach Aristotelean physics, but it is only fair to be open-minded and teach the controversy.
English is easier said than done.
"Going for a science degree, huh? From Kansas, are you?"
"Okay, you're gonna want to sit down for this."
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It does. They forgot all the vowels.
Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?
Sigh. Yes, sadly I have, but the Cardinal only moved him to a different church as punishment.
jk
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New bumper sticker:
"If you can read this, you are not from Kansas"
It's at times like these that I thank God that I'm an atheist.
They should teach the new map of the US.
The ______ Agenda
Just goes to show ... the Board of Education will end up doing more damage to the US than any terrorist group could ever have hoped for. "Get 'm while they're young ..."
... and it's spreading ... (any errors in translation from the french are my responsibility)
Is there no end to this, [tt]abernac?!?Yes! That's right! Fred Flinstone is a non-fictional work!
If you want more good laughs read on here (click on Excavations in the left column for the above). It's FAQ even goes as far as Environmental (Global Warming) and Space! Because the creator is an expert on both
It's amazingly silly. What's bad is apprantly kids are taken on fieldtrips there, and told that's what the science community believes.
Humans and Dinosaurs SIDE BY SIDE!!!
You are fucking stupid.
C. Sense...hmm...better make that Common S.
Heh, in that case, let me help by linking to a refresher course in Intelligent Design.
"What do you think?" "I think 'What, do you think?!'"
if they knew anything about quantum mechanics (indeterminancy etc) then the board of ed would have to come up with an alternative to that as well-- of course, then they might also have to ban p and n junctions and all that other semi-conductor stuff..............
2)It redefined the meaning of science. According to the new definition, science is no longer is limited to searching for natural explanations for natural phenomena.
Excellent! So now student "science" fair projects can be about... well, pretty much anything!
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I'm atheist, and hold in high regard jesuit priests, for giving me an excellent scientific education, devoid of any supernatural ideas.
They're pretty good about that these days, since they have that whole Galileo fracas to live down.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
You sir, are a genius.
-- I ignore anonymous replies to my comments and postings.
not necessarily " days", but "periods of my Father" (referring to God)
So that's why he's so cranky sometimes!
"But I agree, if religion bothers you, stay away from the heart of America (which is not only Utah, but pretty much everywhere outside the dense urban areas of the United States)"
What does "the heart of america" nonsense really mean? Do you mean rural america or are you trying to lay claim to being a part of some moral majority? Did the founding fathers label some particular part of the United States as the heart and other parts as some other kind of body part? I think you've been watching to many chevrolet advertisments.
One thing's for certain; nobody is labeling rural america as the "brain of america", and with kansas on your side, that's not likely to change anytime soon.
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Hey fuck you skippy. I think you meant to say "New Zealand has Australia". They're the ones evolved (sorry, designed) from criminals. :)
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In reality, it was Brahma who created the world...
At the beginning of the process of creation, Brahma created ten Prajapatis, who are believed to be the fathers of the human race.
He also created the seven great sages or the Saptarishi to help him create the universe.
Thus the universe was born!!
Realize the truth - be a Hindu.
More details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_(god)
Moses made it and the crumbled ruins of the original are kept in the Ark of the Covenant - NOT stored in a "museum" but a top-secret government warehouse that you would know about if your f-ing parents let you skip church to watch the Christian documentary, "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Duh.
As an atheist, I hold no quam. So many good things have come as a result of level headed religious people that I could never damn an entire religion based on it's zealots.
As a cthuluist I just pray that I am last to be devoured by the eldric horror in the ocean.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"The World"?! Is that you France? Strange, but I don't see thousands of cars on fire in Kansas at the moment, and no one's laughing over here. Strange group of kids here at /., and even stranger group of adolescent mods who encourage them...
So what?
What a clever and intelligent response. Did you go to school in Kansas?
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
i guess they wanted to leave a nice parting gift. i once hid fish in the ceiling of a house when i moved out after a falling out with my roomate. never thought of polluting minds though..
The way things are going, 'the brain of america' will soon be known only as 'India'.
...it's really a sad day for America when we require a goddamn ACT OF CONGRESS to make our DVD players work properly. ~
The flying spaghetti monster does exist. In reality it is a proven fact that after visiting an Italian restaurant and consuming spaghetti, beer, port, anisette, beer and at times tequila the legendary flying spaghetti monster will appear. However its most natural habitat seems to be (oddly enough) the same as the porcelain god's. Its other possible habitats include concrete, tarmac, carpeting and cars. In either case, the flying spaghetti monster usually will return to it's ancestral homelands within 24 hours through a "water disposal system".
~S
Hey, everybody knows that one white American is worth a planet full of space niggers.
IIRC, In the UK, the official difference between biscuits and cakes is that, when left out for a while, biscuits go soggy, whereas cakes dry out.
Because they're biscuit-sized and shaped, it had to be proven to the authorities (whomever they may be) that Jaffa Cakes were in fact cakes - they were threatened with a name change to "Jaffa Biscuits". I believe that this is because it's not a common occurance for Jaffa Cakes to last more than a few minutes after the packet has been opened...
Mmmmm....
But they're fairies, they have special wings.
Europe has the USA
I fixed your spelling for you.
Only because you can't think up anything we didn't come up with first
What books are they going to use as reference when teaching ID? Däniken? Oh please, let it be Däniken! But I guess that wont fly, since his "teachings" are not compatible with the religious status-quo.
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
I think our dear considerate friends in Kansas have missed a few points - so long as they are busy re-writing the curriculum, and all that:
1) Humans are important, humans live on earth => earth is more important than anything else => in particular, more important than the sun => sun revolves around the earth. Isn't that what an Intelligent Creator would do? This is the theory of Intelligent Spin.
2) The Intelligent Falling Theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Falling
3) Intelligent Mathematics. Math is complicated. Therefore it must have been Intelligently designed. In particular, irrational numbers can't exist. An intelligent creator wouldn't invent them. After all, can you hold pi apples in your hand? No? Didn't think so. Therefore they don't exist
4) Intelligent Quantum Mechanics - all them particle things - see, they're not doing quantum mechanics. No electron shall decay to a stable orbit unless God's finger pushes it there.
5) Intelligent Chaos. Chaos is complicated. Hence it must have been Intelligently Designed.
6) Walking and chewing gum at the same time is complicated (for a proponent of ID). Clearly then, walking/chewing gum were Intelligently Designed activities.
7) Intelligent Thermodynamics - heat doesn't just "flow". It is "pushed" along by Angels of the Lord.
8) Intelligent Osmosis - particles are pushed through a cell membrane by the finger of the Lord.
*sigh* This is too depressing. I don't want to give those *string of contemptuous expletives deleted* any more new ideas.