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Kevin Dorner · 08-14-2002, 07:18 PM

<a href="http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0802/15creationism.html" target="_blank">Cobb mulls teaching evolution alternatives</a>

Sent to the Wire...

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All students in Cobb high schools already have biology texts that carry disclaimers saying biological evolution is theory, not fact.

Wonderful job they are doing of teaching proper scientific terminology there...

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Albion · 08-14-2002, 07:57 PM

I'd like to see their reasons why Raelianism and Planet X reptilians aren't to be included. THey're also theories about origins that are alternatives to evolution. Pity about not including God, but then this isn't a religiously motivated movement at all, right? So the creation scientists should welcome these other alternatives.

wildernesse · 08-14-2002, 08:18 PM

<a href="http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~schoolimprovement/curriculum/science/hsbio.htm" target="_blank">Curriculum guide for high school biology</a>

Here are the objectives for Cobb's high school bio class--presumably the scientists are atheists idea is covered in the "Science is a Human Endeavor" section.

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scientists are influenced by societal, cultural and personal beliefs

--tibac

RufusAtticus · 08-14-2002, 08:24 PM

Dang it! I serious hope I can convince Wyatt Anderson to have a discussion with the Cobb County School Board. Not only is he the foremost Evolutionary Biologist in the state, but he is also the Dean of UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Basically he is the man that gets most of the Cobb graduates that go to college. I'd hope he'd have some weight.

CRDbulldog · 08-14-2002, 08:25 PM

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Evolution may be on the way out as the only theory on the origin of life taught in Cobb County's schools

Well, it should be. Evolution is a theory about the origin of species not about the origin of life.

But seriously, I hope somebody there grows a brain and stops this nonsense. I have some friends who live there.

Kevin Dorner · 08-14-2002, 08:34 PM

Rufus: Nice! Small world indeed...

monkenstick · 08-14-2002, 08:34 PM

I don't think I could stand living in america, i'd blow a gasket.

Vorkosigan · 08-15-2002, 05:44 AM

Why do you think I live in Taiwan? I explained creationism to a group of student nurses I am teaching this summer, all females between the ages of 18-20. They laughed their heads off. A description of the Rapture brought another round of laughter. Only one girl in the class is a Christian, and the Xtian missionaries make very little headway here.

Of course, there are three or four who are currently trying to convince me that ghosts are real. Can't have everything, I guess.

Vorkosigan

hezekiah jones · 08-15-2002, 05:58 AM

Board member Teresa Plenge agreed. "There is validity in creation science theory as well. Both should be presented."

When the f*uck are these people going to get it through their heads.

tgamble · 08-15-2002, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by Kevin Dorner:
All students in Cobb high schools already have biology texts that carry disclaimers saying biological evolution is theory, not fact.
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And those assholes at AIG have the nerve to call it a strawman argument and accuse Rennie of dishonesty!

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08-14-2002, 07:57 PM	#2
Albion Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: US east coast. And www.theroyalforums.com Posts: 2,829	I'd like to see their reasons why Raelianism and Planet X reptilians aren't to be included. THey're also theories about origins that are alternatives to evolution. Pity about not including God, but then this isn't a religiously motivated movement at all, right? So the creation scientists should welcome these other alternatives.

08-14-2002, 08:24 PM	#4
RufusAtticus Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NCSU Posts: 5,853	Dang it! I serious hope I can convince Wyatt Anderson to have a discussion with the Cobb County School Board. Not only is he the foremost Evolutionary Biologist in the state, but he is also the Dean of UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Basically he is the man that gets most of the Cobb graduates that go to college. I'd hope he'd have some weight.

08-14-2002, 08:34 PM	#6
Kevin Dorner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 762	Rufus: Nice! Small world indeed...

08-14-2002, 08:34 PM	#7
monkenstick Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 214	I don't think I could stand living in america, i'd blow a gasket.

08-15-2002, 05:44 AM	#8
Vorkosigan Contributor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Barrayar Posts: 11,866	Why do you think I live in Taiwan? I explained creationism to a group of student nurses I am teaching this summer, all females between the ages of 18-20. They laughed their heads off. A description of the Rapture brought another round of laughter. Only one girl in the class is a Christian, and the Xtian missionaries make very little headway here. Of course, there are three or four who are currently trying to convince me that ghosts are real. Can't have everything, I guess. Vorkosigan

08-15-2002, 05:58 AM	#9
hezekiah jones Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: WI Posts: 4,357	Board member Teresa Plenge agreed. "There is validity in creation science theory as well. Both should be presented." When the f*uck are these people going to get it through their heads.

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