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.'"

Comments

Not surprising

[Phoenix666]

That they believe in Creationism. After all, living in Kansas they're probably convinced the world is flat, too...

Hey Kansas!

[Anonymous Coward]

We're becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!!!!

-- The World

Thank God

[MarcusX]

Thank God we'd never elect a fundamentalist like this to a high government office; the do enough damage in the schoo.... fuck.

Re:Mind-boggling

[hunterx11]

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.

Re:Darwinism

[Council]

"Going for a science degree, huh? From Kansas, are you?"

"Okay, you're gonna want to sit down for this."

New bumper sticker

[beforewisdom]

New bumper sticker:

"If you can read this, you are not from Kansas"

Re:Jesus?

[RaistlinN16]

It's at times like these that I thank God that I'm an atheist.

Re:You are only hurting yourself you know....

[tomhudson]

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)

Montreal, Quebec
Tuesday, November 8, 2005

A Ste-Rose resident plans to appeal a ruling by the Canadian government denying his group tax-exempt status. Monsieur Maurice Duplessis, who now insists on going by the name "Chef Boy-R-Dee", has stated that unless the government reverses its decision, his so-called "Pastafarians" will sue the government for infringing their constitutional right to freedom of religion.

Apparently, M. Duplessis claims that his sister-in-law saw the face of Jesus as she was finishing a plate of spaghetti. She said, jokingly, that they should offer it on eBay. M. Duplessis claims that when he saw the plate, he felt "an epiphany, a revelation", and that a quick search on the internet revealed the Cult of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

"They were offering a reward of $1,000,000 if someone could prove that Jesus was not the son of FSM, so I knew that I was not the only one," said M. Duplessis.

When asked about his new title, he said "I was named after one of the worst premiers in the history of this province; nobody would take me seriously with a name like that. I had another revelation while we were shopping at Provigo - so now I am Boy-R-Dee".

Apparently, M. Duplessis has had several meetings with supporters, including their first "church service", held in their home. "Think about it - even the Catholic Church acknowledges the central importance of the breaking of bread and drinking of wine, and the communion by eating of the body of Jesus; these are all elements of pastafarianism"

When asked how many supporters he had, he declined to give an exact figure, saying it was "more than 10, less than 20".

Government sources had no comment, citing privacy legislation.

Is there no end to this, [tt]abernac?!?

Re:Religions don't even back ID

[jcr]

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

Re:You are only hurting yourself you know....

[theshowmecanuck]

You are absolutely correct. So correct in fact that I think I'll re-define 'genius' to mean: "a rube who doesn't understand that you can't just redefine words that the rest of the world has agreed as to the meaning of, just to suit your own agenda."

You sir, are a genius.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster Does Exist

[Soporific]

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