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Posted By Neophile 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyThe strategy being employed in Louisiana by proponents of ID - including the Seattle-based Discovery Institute - is more subtle and potentially more difficult to challenge. Instead of trying to prove that ID is science, they have sought to bestow on teachers the right to introduce non-scientific alternatives to evolution under the banner of "a
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ForrestPhelps2 months, 4 weeks ago
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"The LFF approached Ben Nevers, a state senator, who agreed to introduce the Louisiana Academic Freedom Act on their behalf. "They believe that scientific data related to creationism should be discussed when dealing with Darwin's theory," Nevers told the Hammond Daily Star in April. The bill was later amended and renamed the Louisiana Science Education Act."
So, the name of the bill evolved.
Apparently it couldn't survive the first name, since the acronym it formed was LAFA.
As in laughable.
Unfortunately, it's still laughable.
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MereMortal2 months, 4 weeks ago
"They believe that scientific data related to creationism should be discussed"
Scientific data related to creationism should absolutely be discussed...just as soon as there is any.
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MereMortal2 months, 4 weeks ago
This is the Science channel. The Religion channel is down the hall.
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djn3nunez32 months, 4 weeks ago
"so what are evolutionists so afraid of... possibly free thinking?"
Being told that you (or I) were created by some supernatural creature is hardly an excersise in 'Free thinking'........
Just a thought.
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ForrestPhelps2 months, 4 weeks ago
To L8again:
Scientists generally have most of the usual fears non-scientists have. As applied to science, however, most scientists welcome free thinking - that's how science progresses. Again, in the realm of science, all that scientists ask is that the free thinking being done follows the scientific method.
What if a math teacher decided to bring in outside material that said 68 divided by 8 is "about" 8? How would you feel if one of his students became a carpenter and built your 68 foot deck 64 feet long so that it fell short of your back door?
Or a music teacher who said a B note is like a B-flat, so play whichever one you like?
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tkyrchncs2 months, 4 weeks ago
There is a place in every field for free thinking, and that place is at the edge. No public school approaches the edge in any field. The children need fundamentals. Accurate fundamentals. Creation myths are entirely appropriate fundamental materials in a religion class. Go there with it, and kindly allow the schools to prepare their students for advanced science studies without your religion.
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