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Old 08-23-2002, 09:22 AM   #1
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/education/23EVOL.html" target="_blank">Georgia School Board Requires Balance of Evolution and Bible</a>

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Board members said they were not restricting the teaching of evolution or encouraging the teaching of creationism. The policy, they said, was simply a reflection of the district's philosophy of teaching a wide and objective range of ideas, particularly in discussing "disputed views of academic subjects, including the origin of species."

After the vote, Gordon O'Neill, a board member, led his colleagues in a prayer: "Heavenly father, we ask that you provide to all of us a clear understanding of our fellow man and an acceptance of a diversity of thinking. Amen."

Many parents at the board's packed meeting said the policy was a backdoor route to teaching religion in schools. They implored the board members not to adopt the policy, saying it would dilute the quality of science education and make graduates of the district, which is north of Atlanta, the laughingstock of college admission offices.

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But others urged the board to open the classroom to religious points of view.

"To deny there is a God is to stand on a building and deny there is a building," said Russell Brock, who described himself as an insurance salesman and a minister.
That makes the ACLU's case so much easier, with a record like that.
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Old 08-23-2002, 10:44 AM   #2
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I wish we could trust all the science teachers in the US to actually teach CS from a true scientific perspective (exposing it for the fraud and joke that it really is) and contrasting that with TOE.

Unfortunately...
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Old 08-23-2002, 11:51 AM   #3
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which school district is this? i couldnt read the article.

stupid ny times registration and all
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Old 08-23-2002, 12:19 PM   #4
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found it myself... Cobb County

<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&ncid=536&e=6&u=/ap/20020823/ap_on_re_us/schools_creationism_1" target="_blank">AP Story here</a>
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Old 08-23-2002, 12:22 PM   #5
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Cobb Co. Here's another article that makes them sound a little better:

<a href="http://apt.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=7&CategoryID=268&StoryID=10 076975&show=localnews" target="_blank">Cobb welcomes evolution option</a>
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There is also a <a href="http://iidb.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=58&t=001240" target="_blank">thread</a> on this topic over in the E/C forum.
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Old 08-23-2002, 02:09 PM   #7
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Fah. Next week's headlines, "Georgia requires balance between history, Grimm's Fairy Tales."

Morons.
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"To deny there is a God is to stand on a building and deny there is a building," said Russell Brock, who described himself as an insurance salesman and a minister.
And what does this have to do with evolution, Russell?

Damn theist's and their flimsy faiths.
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<a href="http://www.ncseweb.org" target="_blank">The National Center for Science Education</a> reports that

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Eugenie C. Scott will appear on CNN's Crossfire show tonight, Friday August 23, 7 pm (eastern), to discuss the creationism controversy in Cobb County, Georgia; see <a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/crossfire/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/crossfire/</a> for details.

Note that the article about the controversy in the New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/education/23EVOL.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/education/23EVOL.html</a> is not completely accurate. First, the policy in question has not been adopted; it is still under consideration by the Cobb County School Board. Second, if adopted, the policy would not explicitly give "equal weight to evolution and biblical interpretations," and the Board has publicly disavowed any intention of "requiring, permitting or promoting the teaching of creationism or other faith-based ideas of origin of the species in science classrooms.”
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Old 08-23-2002, 03:58 PM   #10
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Man I really wish I was in that science class. Raising my hand and asking a few carefully worded questions, and with some luck I'd have the teacher contradicting herself in fifteen minutes flat!
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