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Getting Evolution In Science Textbooks For Texas Schools

Posted by samzenpus on from the monkey's-uncle dept.

First time accepted submitter windwalker13th writes "Recently the New York Times ran an article highlighting the pull that a State Board in Texas holds over that state and rest of the Nation. Because of the unique way in which Texas picks school textbooks (purchasing large volumes of textbooks at once to be used for the next decade) publishers pander to this board to get their books approved. The board currently holds several members (6 of 28 who are known to reject evolution) who hold creationist views and actively work to ensure that the science textbooks do not use as strong language or must include "critical thinking" about possible alternate explanations for evolution."

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  1. ya know... by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any old God can do speciation. But a TRULY awesome God? He automates it.

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    1. Re:ya know... by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, they were married - the first couple, wed by God. In fact, the passage in Genesis refers to the "man" (Adam) and his "wife" (Eve) for a long time before ever mentioning her name as being Eve!

      'Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.'

      http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202:23-25&version=ESV

      Then God was pleased, for he could cast the sinning Eve as the first human that the kind and loving God tossed into the lake of fire, to be tortured forever and ever, Amen.

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  2. Re:News for Nerds... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    How do you know that you weren't created 10 minutes ago, with your knowledge already in place?

  3. Yeah, evolutionary is just a theory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks to modern genetics, it's right up there with the theory of gravity. I want to see these bozos go roof-side and test that one out for us. After all, it's just a theory.

  4. Rename it.. by craznar · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. just like the Christians renamed 'creation' to Intelligent Design, maybe it is time to rename 'evolution' to something else.

    Note - that just like the Christians renamed their's to 'sound' more scientific, we have to rename Evolution to sound more 'religious'.

    Maybe "God and Nature's Excellent Adventure" or something.

    Suggestions anyone ?

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    1. Re:Rename it.. by SJHillman · · Score: 4, Funny

      For every creature you can argue in favor of intelligent design because of some cool, complex and very useful trait, there are a dozen species that make you go "What in the bloody hell? How is that thing still alive?"

      The State Board in question is known to contain at least six of the latter creatures.

  5. Re:Double standards... by jfbilodeau · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Is a pair of double-standards called quadruple standards?"

    If you can't make Creationism a science, then make it a standard. AIG should go to ISO instead of the Texas school board.

    ISO-6000BC, here we come!

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  6. Re:Double standards... by weilawei · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is no such thing as 6000BC. The world was created on January 1, 1970 at midnight, a little more than 1385424985 seconds ago.

    Poe's law? I'm not sure whether the parent is serious or not. (I'm not.)