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I played sports in the same conference as the Freeport Pretzels (mentioned in the article). I could never figure out why their uniforms weren't brown and white (instead they were orange and black). They weren't very intimidating and not surprisingly, did usually break under pressure.
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It is strange. I once knew a woman who believed in creationism to a fault. When I asked her about archaeological finds that gave us a better understanding of evolution, she just said that the devil put them there to keep us off-track.
I've also heard of people who fervently believe (this is off-topic, sortof) that no one has ever landed on the moon--and that everything we've seen was produced by the government à la Hollywood.
I'm a Believer--practicing, active Christian believer--and one with a fairly broad conception of how things may have moved along--and scientific inquiry, theoretical or otherwise, just makes the whole proposition of the universe that much more remarkable, miraculous, and, finally, spiritual.
And I wouldn't want the woman I mentioned in the first paragraph here teaching any children of mine her creationist views. Fine in her church among her friends who interpret as she does--but not in the classroom. Science is based largely on physical evidence that backs up theory. Sure, science takes a few steps seemingly forward, and then a few back when new facts cancel out the old ones....but it is a movement based in part on what can be observed and tested. What about fundamental, literal creationism? It's not a science. Seems like an apples and oranges way of organizing a science curriculum in order to teach creationism, which isn't even a science.
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What I always liked was that creationists use, as their evidence, a book, written by men; the evolutionists use as theirs, the world, created by God.
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Don't lose the 'faith'(!!!)
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It's always been a worry to me when the boundaries between faith and science get blurred. And of course it will become political, especially in the US' bible belt and other similar places.
It's a sad indictment of the misuse of power that school boards are actually asked to consider such things. I agree with Faldage; you can use the creation myth as an exemplar of how scientific evidence beats out unfounded belief every time ...
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creationists use, as their evidence, a book, written by men; the evolutionists use as theirs, the world, created by God...both of which, of course, are open to interpretation.  But I like your point, Fal, and will most certainly reuse it (heh heh, you neglected the copyright  )
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neglected the copyright
Consider it public domain.
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