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Kansas Adopts New Science Standards
porcupine8 writes "The Kansas State Board of Education has changed the state science standards once again, this time to take out language questioning evolution. This turnaround comes fast on the heels of the ouster given this past election to the ultra-conservative Board members who originally introduced the language. 'Science' has also been re-redefined as 'a human activity of systematically seeking natural explanations' (the word 'natural' had been previously stricken from the definition). If you'd like to see the new standards, a version showing all additions and deletions is available from the KS DOE's website (PDF)."
Quick... queue the "But science doesn't explain everything, there has to be a designer" kooks.
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Fundamentalists are, by definition, incapable of learning. They keep doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how many times it fails. Some other group of fundamentalists will fool the people of Kansas into electing them and, being utterly incapable getting it through their thick skulls that the people of Kansas don't want creationism in their public school science classes, they will try to get this crap pushed through again. And they will subsequently be utterly shocked when they are voted out of office in the following election, just like the last two groups of fundies were when they pulled the same thing.
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According to the powerful chairman of the Texas House Appropriations Committee, Warren Chisum:
The non-moving Earth & anti-evolution web page of The Fair Education Foundation, Inc.
Exposing the False Science Idol of Evolutionism, and Proving the Truthfulness of the Bible from Creation to Heaven...
Levitating Globe
"An electromagnet and computerized sensor hidden in its display stand cause the Earth to levitate motionlessly in the air."
Could God have engineered something like that for the real Earth?
The Bible and all real evidence confirms that this is precisely what He did, and indeed:
The Earth is not rotating...nor is it going around the sun.
The universe is not one ten trillionth the size we are told.
Today's cosmology fulfills an anti-Bible religious plan disguised as "science".
The whole scheme from Copernicanism to Big Bangism is a factless lie.
Those lies have planted the Truth-killing virus of evolutionism in every aspect of man's "knowledge" about the Universe, the
Earth, and Himself.
Take your time.
Check it all out.
Decide for yourself.
The Non-Moving Earth & Anti-Evolution Web Page
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All of the evidence that is required to expose and destroy the counterfeit Copernican Model of a rotating and orbiting Earth--and the entire evolutionary paradigm resting upon that counterfeit--is set out in this book (HERE) & in scores of links on this web page.
Those who read some or all of these links will quickly realize that this is no idle claim. Rather--as will become evident with each subject listed--there is abundant hard proof that both the Copernican Counterfeit and the Big Bang Evolutionary Paradigm that is built upon it are factless frauds from start to finish.
Indeed, the diligent reader will be astonished at the level of demonstrable hi-tech fraud, baseless assumptions, occult mathematics, etc.,--all part of a religious conspiracy!--that has been at work over many centuries implanting the incredible evolution myth about the origin of the Universe, the Earth, and Mankind.
On this web page the Bible is not used to prove anything scientific. Instead, the scientific facts--along with historical and religious facts-- prove the Bible to be precisely what it claims to be, namely, the infallible Word of God.
Those who like what they read here--and are eager for more evidence in book form--will want to go HERE & HERE, and then: HERE, & HERE, and also: HERE to order The Earth Is Not Moving, The Truth About Evolution, and any of a dozen other book-length studies on Bible Doctrines.
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Let me address a couple of points you raise:
1. the reason they hate abortion has nothing to do with fetuses and everything to do with hating young, promiscuous girls
Nope. Not even close. The issue for me, as a Bible-believing, "fundamentalist" Christian is that human life is sacred - that is - set apart and special according to God. Science teaches us that once the sperm penetrates the egg, all that is necessary for the birth of a human baby is food and shelter. All of the genetic information is present at conception, and there is no scientifically identifiable magic moment when a fetus "becomes" a person. Legally the standard is birth, but that's a legal distinction, not a scientific one. As far as I am concerned, there is no moral difference between ending the life of a fetus and me killing my six year old son. To be sure, there is a legal difference, but that does not make either morally right.
This view has *nothing* to do with the sexual activity of girls or anyone else.
2. Evolution complaints, near as I can tell, are about it undermining the authority of God and the Bible
Evolutionists and hard-core creationists have the same data. We differ as to the cause of the data, but we share the same facts. There are scientific challenges to the evolutionary position, and scientific challenges to the creationist position. In the end, neither the evolutionist nor the creationist was able to observe the mechanism of speciation, and so neither has a scientifically-verifiable or testable theory about speciation. You may not like my explanation, but frankly my non-testable theory is as valid as evolution's non-testable theory.
Standard disclaimer - of course variation and natural selection affect the characteristics of animals. This is observable - testable, and one would be a fool not to acknowledge that this is factual. Simple acknowledgment that this is a fact does not mean that speciation occurred according to the evolutionistic theory.
It's true that I reject evolution as a means of speciation on the basis of my philosophy, but there's more than pure religious reason to reject it as well. Just because many people unquestioningly accept speciation through time natural selection and genetic mutation does not make it true. I submit to you that it's my belief that people with an a priori commitment to philosophical naturalism hang on to evolution fundamentally because they don't want to believe that there's a supernatural explanation. Evolution is essentially a terrible means of speciation, but it's more palatable than admitting that we all may have emerged through supernatural means.
3. treat the creation story as metaphorical
There is a view called theistic evolution which essentially does this. It does not wash from a Christian perspective. It cannot work logically. Please bear with me while I explain.
Whether you agree with it or not, this is what Christians believe:
a) God created the earth, animals, and two people
b) God gave those people the opportunity to choose between obeying Him and pleasing themselves in the one area where He set a boundary for them.
c) Those two people chose their own way rather than God's, and lost their relationship with Him because of it.
d) God so loved the world (mankind) that He gave His only Son so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but will have everlasting life.
Whether or not you agree with it, the Bible is clear that mankind needed Jesus Christ to make a way to restore man's relationship with God. The relationship for all men was broken because of the sin of a literal person in a literal place. The Bible also says very clearly that death came to earth as a result of sin. The first recorded death biblically is when God killed animals to make a covering for the naked Adam and Eve. The Bible teaches that "without the shedding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sin. Evolution teaches that death preceded mankind by centuries.
Also, if you make Eden a
But Herr Heisenberg, how does the electron know when I'm looking?
Well, thinking that evolution is part of a Satanic plot to drag your children into the very pit of hell is somewhat motivational. I'd say that's more motivational than being merely interested in education for education's sake. They're envisioning the creation/evolution debate as a battle between God and Satan, with themselves being soldiers in God's army. Megalomania may make for more active citizens, but it still isn't healthy.
Remember what I said about flip-flopping? You're flip-flopping again!
-Don
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You know my questions are loaded because you know the contradictions in your own beliefs with reality, and you don't want to discuss them, because the topic is TABOO. You SHOULD be embarassed about believing in that supernatural stuff. If you aren't embarassed, then why don't you tell us what you believe in the bible that's supernatural? Or do you reject all parts of the bible that are supernatural, and still call yourself a Christian? Do you really believe in Heaven and Hell? Or just one or the other? Or neither? Simple question! Why won't you answer?
-Don
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