I can see an argument to criticize aspects of evolution in schools. Things aren't aswered unless they're questioned. However, I think the reasoning behind this thing in Kansas goes beyond the simple "critique" of evolution.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.
Snowdog_KC here.....not sure why my account is still pending.....maybe Dennis can help....anyway..the prob with the State of Kansas' Board of Education is that the majority on the board are creationists. In what Ive read here on the Missouri side of the state line is that most of the creationist on the Kansas school board believe the Earth is only about 5000 years old....dinosaurs didnt exist...no ice age....etc......Im glad my sons didnt have people like that determining their science standards....and yet Kansans say that Missourians are the more backwards of the two states....hahahahaha !!
quote: Originally posted by: Anonymous "Snowdog_KC here.....not sure why my account is still pending.....maybe Dennis can help....anyway..the prob with the State of Kansas' Board of Education is that the majority on the board are creationists. In what Ive read here on the Missouri side of the state line is that most of the creationist on the Kansas school board believe the Earth is only about 5000 years old....dinosaurs didnt exist...no ice age....etc......Im glad my sons didnt have people like that determining their science standards....and yet Kansans say that Missourians are the more backwards of the two states....hahahahaha !!"
Fish here.
Dennis/Cory must not know how to run this site...Dennis is the only one that has an account. Either that, or they don't want others to have an account...weird.
As for the creationists, my understanding is that they think the Earth is about 7000 years old, regardless of what science says. However, they offer no evidence outside of the Bible, and their only other rebuttal is "the science is wrong."
Whatever. I don't quite understand it. As far as I know, this is the only country in the world that has a somewhat large anti-evolution sentiment.
2000 years ago, things could not be explained within reason, so things we explained due to a higher power. Through time, this "things" have been corrected, but some people don't want to believe, because they think it makes their faith fallible. I don't see it that way, but I'm not the one with the problem. Right now there are things that are unknown that humans can only speculate on, and more than likely many of those things will eventually be able to be explained. Knowledge is a progressive thing, not static.
I was really hoping Dennis and Cory would get in on this. Whether I agree with them or not, I like hearing opposing viewpoints so that I can understand where the other side comes from. Actually, I'm not sure if they're creationists or not...but going on past experiences here, I think there's a good chance they are.
