Utah Votes 'No' to Darwin's Critics

NewbieV writes "An article in Tuesday's New York Times notes that proposed legislation which would have 'stress[ed] that not all scientists agree on which theory regarding the origins of life, or the origins or present state of the human race, is correct;' has failed by a 46-28 vote in a Republican-controlled state House of Representatives."

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Re:Good Riddance To Yet More Bad Rubbish

[IdleTime]

And if he wants to look at superior beeings, look to cockroaches, sharks and crocodiles. They have outlived almost every other spieces on the planet.

Re:Butt-ars?

[fishybell]

Well, listening to the morning radio here one comes to realize that Buttars is pronounced Butters, much akin to the poor chap living in Southpark, CO. He is, of course, not known here for Just the anti-darwin bill, but essentially Every horrible bill that is put before the state legislature. Everything from anti-gay bills to anti-hate crime bills to anti-video games bills all start with, or are strongly supported by, Chris Buttars. If he did not attend, I'd say roughly 50-75% more actual work would get done (note: this of course, would still not be a lot, this is Utah we're talking about).

For more Chris Buttars, please read through his various appearances as a nominee for "Boner of the Day" (morning show, daily moron contest).

Some of his great quotes include:

• "A great deal of my political stands come from my faith. I represent the values that have always been America's morality." - Chris Buttars
• "If you read the homosexual rule book, you'll find their greatest target is your kids." - Chris Buttars
• "I don't think the conservative side of the aisle understands incrementalism and the liberal side does, and that is one way we got beat." - Chris Buttars
• "The [government] has become totally hostile to moral and religious ideals." - Chris Buttars
• "They're everywhere. They're getting into everything, The homosexual community is going to undermine society." - Chris Buttars

Re:Good Riddance To Yet More Bad Rubbish

[Momo_CCCP]

Once again some people are deforming the Evolution theory to make their point.
The theory doesn't say man evolved from the ape but that man and ape once had a _common ancestor_. But I guess we can't expect everybody to be well-informed, even those who hold the power to decide...

*sigh*

Re:Good Riddance To Yet More Bad Rubbish

[Harry Coin]

However, "evolution" with respect to the origin of life is a theory.

Evolution does not concern itself with the origin of life. Evolution is the fact that organisms reproduce, mutate, and change. Evolution by natural selection is an important biological theory that is widely midunderstood. Abiogenesis is the theory that life on earth came from primordial ooze, and it has a lot less evidence for it than does evolution. This does not mean that is it neccessarily incorrect.

Of course, many theists just lump them all together because they are either confused or deceptive.