Judge rules against intelligent design |
| *mipadi* |
 Dec 20 2005, 02:11 PM
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QUOTE HARRISBURG, Pa. - "Intelligent design" is "a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory" and cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said Tuesday, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since the 1925 Scopes trial. Dover Area School Board members violated the Constitution when they ordered that its biology curriculum must include the notion that life on Earth was produced by an unidentified intelligent cause, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III said. “We find that the secular purposes claimed by the Board amount to a pretext for the Board’s real purpose, which was to promote religion in the public school classroom,” he wrote in his 139-page opinion. Source |
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Dec 21 2005, 05:27 AM
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 Don't wake ghostie.  Group: Official Member Posts: 3,546 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,405 |
Shouldn't people be taught all angles and decide for themselves? That's what I was taught in a Christian school.
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| *mipadi* |
Dec 21 2005, 10:31 AM
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QUOTE(Retrogressive @ Dec 21 2005, 5:27 AM) Shouldn't people be taught all angles and decide for themselves? That's what I was taught in a Christian school.  The problem is that the school district wanted to teach intelligent design as part of their biology curriculum, I believe. Intelligent design, aside from its lack of merit, is not a science, as it does not put forth a testable, provable hypothesis (the basis of science). It might be appopriate in a philosophy curriculum, but not a science curriculum. |
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mipadi Judge rules against intelligent design Dec 20 2005, 02:11 PM
nightmare4taki I had to do a paper over this some while ago.
LOL... Dec 20 2005, 07:15 PM
Stately Lover QUOTE(nightmare4taki @ Dec 20 2005, 4:15 PM)I... Dec 20 2005, 07:27 PM
Spirited Away QUOTE(Stately Lover @ Dec 20 2005, 7:27 PM)Do... Dec 21 2005, 02:22 AM mipadi QUOTE(nightmare4taki @ Dec 20 2005, 7:15 PM)L... Dec 21 2005, 12:01 AM Frankie QUOTE(nightmare4taki @ Dec 20 2005, 6:15 PM)L... Dec 21 2005, 02:23 AM yo pusha good job judges Dec 20 2005, 07:29 PM Stephire I don't really understand. =X
Did the school b... Dec 20 2005, 07:31 PM digital.fragrance QUOTEDo all the other religions believe in a creat... Dec 20 2005, 07:31 PM Stately Lover QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Dec 20 2005, 4:31 P... Dec 20 2005, 08:25 PM yo pusha maybe introducing the idea of intelligent design t... Dec 21 2005, 02:25 AM yanners YAY good for him :D Dec 21 2005, 05:26 AM krnxswat what the hell's up with everyone posting artic... Dec 21 2005, 10:55 AM vash1530 wtf is intelligent design?(retorical) It's not... Dec 21 2005, 11:10 AM Kristinaa I'm assuming that Intelligent Design = God and... Dec 21 2005, 12:25 PM not_your_average Good for them. Intelligent design is not science, ... Dec 21 2005, 12:34 PM disco infiltrator Yay. *waves flag*
Errr yea not science ok that... Dec 21 2005, 01:39 PM kryogenix I don't like intelligent design, because it... Dec 21 2005, 06:32 PM yummy_delight I believe in intelligent design, but I do think th... Dec 21 2005, 06:47 PM Smoogrish Personally, I'm all for Darwin's Theory of... Dec 21 2005, 08:31 PM dreamergirl Someone tell me what viable evidence do evolutioni... Dec 22 2005, 03:43 PM mipadi QUOTE(dreamergirl @ Dec 22 2005, 3:43 PM)Can ... Dec 22 2005, 06:16 PM kryogenix My problem with intelligent design is that it does... Dec 22 2005, 03:51 PM |
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