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Stickers Put in Evolution Text Are the Subject of a Federal Trial
By ARIEL HART
The New York Times
November 9, 2004
ATLANTA, Nov. 8 - A federal judge began hearing testimony on Monday about whether the Cobb County School District should be allowed to leave stickers in biology textbooks saying that evolution was "a theory, not a fact" and should be "approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."
In a lawsuit against the district, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing on behalf of five parents that the stickers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
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See - this is indicative of a major problem with Creationists and how they persuade seemingly rational people to accept Creationism in school - Americans are not learning science comprehensively enough in schools to know what a "THEORY" is, and that it does not mean "unproven." The problem is that kids aren't learning ENOUGH SCIENCE, not enough religion!
Creationists focus on the last definition listed here, when evolutionary theory is best described by the first definition:
the·o·ry
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.
6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
By ARIEL HART
The New York Times
November 9, 2004
ATLANTA, Nov. 8 - A federal judge began hearing testimony on Monday about whether the Cobb County School District should be allowed to leave stickers in biology textbooks saying that evolution was "a theory, not a fact" and should be "approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."
In a lawsuit against the district, the American Civil Liberties Union is arguing on behalf of five parents that the stickers violate the constitutional separation of church and state.
( Read More )
See - this is indicative of a major problem with Creationists and how they persuade seemingly rational people to accept Creationism in school - Americans are not learning science comprehensively enough in schools to know what a "THEORY" is, and that it does not mean "unproven." The problem is that kids aren't learning ENOUGH SCIENCE, not enough religion!
Creationists focus on the last definition listed here, when evolutionary theory is best described by the first definition:
the·o·ry
1. A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
2. The branch of a science or art consisting of its explanatory statements, accepted principles, and methods of analysis, as opposed to practice: a fine musician who had never studied theory.
3. A set of theorems that constitute a systematic view of a branch of mathematics.
4. Abstract reasoning; speculation: a decision based on experience rather than theory.
5. A belief or principle that guides action or assists comprehension or judgment: staked out the house on the theory that criminals usually return to the scene of the crime.
6. An assumption based on limited information or knowledge; a conjecture.
