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Tennessee Bill Helps Teachers Challenge Evolution

Posted by Soulskill on from the dueling-with-zombie-darwin dept.

sciencehabit writes "In a 70-28 vote yesterday, the Tennessee House of Representatives passed HB 368 (PDF), a bill that encourages science teachers to explore controversial topics without fear of reprisal. Critics say the measure will enable K-12 teachers to present intelligent design and creationism as acceptable alternatives to evolution in the classroom. If the bill passes, Tennessee would join Louisiana as the second state to have specific 'protection' for the teaching of evolution in the classroom."

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  1. Re:And I pray the opposite... by kent_eh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You can be religious and think ID is a bunch of hooey. This isn't an either-or proposition.

    True.
    But what happens when someone moves from absolutely believing that the Bible is an infallible document that is absolutely the correct un-tainted word of God, to discovering that it's full of errors, omissions, inconsistencies, and has been changed in thousands of places over time.
    Changes that are both accidental and intentional. Changes made for reasons both innocent and manipulative.

    It's a big deal to discover that something you thought was infallible has errors.
    Then what? If it has one big error , how many more are there?

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