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Utah Votes 'No' to Darwin's Critics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sanity-reigns dept.

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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  1. Re:Enough Tolerance by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Troll

    Evolution and speciation are science, as abundantly demonstrated all over the place. Complaints that they're not, from someone called "Marxist Hacker 42", whose logic promotes nonsense like

    "If you're losing, you have two options: lose or don't compete. If you're winning, you have only one option."

    in every post, are about as useless as your implication that science is a way of being certain.

    Have you stopped beating your wife?

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  2. Re:Good Riddance To Yet More Bad Rubbish by wclacy · · Score: 0, Troll

    The bill failed only because it was an issue that most felt should not be decided through legislation, but by the board of education.

    "We should leave this up to the State Office of Education -- they've been tasked to do this, not us,"

    http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635188017,00 .html/

    If something as complex as humans can evolve on their own, then how many years do we have to wait for something simple to evolve on it's own....Light bulb....telephone.....pencil....Microsoft Windows....Ice Cream.....Chocolate Milk.

    I think Evolution is just too unbelievable. It is right up their with the Toothfairy and the Easter Bunny.

  3. Re:I'm not really surprised by krappie · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think I have a moral responsibility to give my child the benefit of something that has done so much good for my life, and the lives of so many others I know.

    The Muslims and the Scientologists are saying the same thing about their children.

    All religion causes people to disregard logical thinking and follow a certain set of someone else's beliefs as truth. It causes people to believe in things so strongly that you end up with people believing stupid warped and twisted things that science has already disproven (Intelligent Design for example).

    Please, think of the children.
    Dont raise an idiot.