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Louisiana, Intelligent Design, and Science Classes

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oil-already-seeped-into-brain dept.

rollcall writes "The Livingston, Louisiana public school district is considering introducing intelligent design into its science curriculum. During the board's meeting Thursday, several board members expressed an interest in the teaching of creationism. 'Benton said that under provisions of the Science Education Act enacted last year by the Louisiana Legislature, schools can present what she termed "critical thinking and creationism" in science classes. Board Member David Tate quickly responded: "We let them teach evolution to our children, but I think all of us sitting up here on this School Board believe in creationism. Why can't we get someone with religious beliefs to teach creationism?" Fellow board member Clint Mitchell responded, "I agree...you don't have to be afraid to point out some of the fallacies with the theory of evolution. Teachers should have the freedom to look at creationism and find a way to get it into the classroom."'"

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  1. African American person evolve from white person? by nacturation · · Score: 5, Informative

    Enough said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Prm_vQQcM

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  2. Nope. by khasim · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll assume you meant there's no way to prove any of its claims. The same is true for vertical evolution.

    Nope. I mean that there is no way to set up an experiment to show that its claims are false.

    And you're going to have to define "vertical evolution" if you want to start making claims about it.