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Course Debunking Intelligent Design Canceled
Thib writes "As widely reported everywhere, University of Kansas chairman of religious studies Paul Mirecki has withdrawn the "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and Other Religious Mythologies" course that he was preparing for the upcoming Spring semester. From the AP: "Mirecki recently sent an e-mail to members of a student organization in which he referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course depicting intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face." He later apologized, and did so again Thursday in a statement issued by the university." Mirecki was inspired to offer the course after the Kansas Board of Education moved to back intelligent design in state science standards in November."
Better cancel every philosophy department in every public university then. Philosophy's primary goal is to teach people how stupid religion is.
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If a professor had made similar comments about an African-American studies course debunking the civil rights movement or a Jewish course debunking the Holocaust he would have been fired on the spot. Promoting intolerance and hatred is not acceptable at a university. Kudos to the university for putting this asshat in his place. If you don't believe in Intelligent Design then fine, that's your opinion, but don't go around bashing people's beliefs and calling them names. That kind of trash talk has no business in an academic setting.