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bluegenes Member (Idle past 2504 days) Posts: 3119 From: U.K. Joined: |
Taq writes: Besides, everyone already knows that E. coli are the supreme beings. Just look at how the universe had to be fine tuned just for them. It required a universe with specific laws that could give rise to perfectly adapted host organisms like H. sapiens. Without the specific features of the H. sapiens gastrointestinal tract the E. coli species could not exist. I think this is very obvious evidence that H. sapiens were designed just for E. coli. Of course, if both life itself and any complex features that have arrived in the course of its history require the intervention of the Designer, the physics of the universe must have been rather clumsily fine tuned initially to make it sterile. Such metaphysical ramblings are off topic here, unfortunately. On Behe and his sharpshooting problems, I can remember trying to explain them at length to a creationist on this thread over two years ago.
Message 1 Adequate revived the thread the other day with this very good post on the consequences of and contradictions in some of Behe's ideas. Message 149 It occurred to me when I first heard Behe's ideas described many years ago that he would have as many theological problems as he would have scientific ones.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4256 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
Another Discovery Institute Bill Fails... You don't think the Discovery Institute is actually promoting science, do you? no. though the academic freedom link did not sound that bad. the model bill definitely did.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4256 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
Hi GM,
The problem is that the wording of the bill lends itself to abuse by the creationist/ID lobby. Given the history of creationist attempts to get their nonsense taught in science class, it's hard to interpret this as an honest attempt to teach kids about the scientific method. so.
For example, the bill mentions "scientific controversies". But what does it choose as an example of such a controversy? Evolution. In fact that is the only example, despite the fact that there is no appreciable scientific controversy over evolution, only a public and religious controversy. Amongst actual biologists, the ToE is simply the standard model. They could have chosen another example if they were genuinely interested in teaching kids about the scientific method. It is Missouri, and it is their business not ours.
No mention of any other controversy. They are only interested in evolution. Clearly, this is a coded way of saying that teachers should be allowed to blast evolution in the classroom and teach creationist/ID material. They're only being cagey about the language because they know that they are on such thin legal ice. maybe they don't have the time or the space to write down all the controversies, and just picked evolution due to its popularity, and how well known it is. Do you realize how you sound trying to convince me that this is some conspiracy theory?
This bill wouldn't be quite so suspicious if it weren't for the repeated attempts by US creationist to bypass the Establishment Clause and sneak religious dogma into schools. I think you are being overtly suspicious, and a tad paranoid.
Mutate and Survive Repent and be Saved.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3990 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 6.9
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Artemis Entreri writes: I think you are being overtly suspicious, and a tad paranoid. And you are being disingenuous. Why bother with that? Why not debate straight up? Proposed: Missouri has the right to keep their kids ignorant because Missouri folk mostly worship a long gone Jewish zombie--or for any other reason. Abusing your kids' brains is an American right. There. Everything is back on track."If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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Taq Member Posts: 10077 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1
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It is Missouri, and it is their business not ours. Violation of an American's constitutional rights is my business as an American citizen.
maybe they don't have the time or the space to write down all the controversies, and just picked evolution due to its popularity, and how well known it is. There is no controversy where it concerns evolution and science. The theory is accepted by >99.9% of biologists. The only place where any controversy exists is in religious circles.
I think you are being overtly suspicious, and a tad paranoid. We are working from precedent, starting with the Scopes trial.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4256 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
no court case was needed there was this thing called evidence ALL OVER the place, that lead people from many different fields of study to similar and even the same conclusions.
if ID had any of that one stuff what did i call it...oh yeah evidence, then we would not have a debate here. ID does have some evidence, evidence that it is some BS made up by the same people who have 5 baptists churches in my town, yes the same people who can't even agree enough about God to have one church!!! and they want me to buy into this ID!?! no thanks, I'll take the strongly supported stuff instead.
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4256 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
LOL
everything you just typed in response to me was disingenuous, and you want to call me names. ::Rolls Eyes::the joke that this place is...LOL
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Artemis Entreri  Suspended Member (Idle past 4256 days) Posts: 1194 From: Northern Virginia Joined: |
Violation of an American's constitutional rights is my business as an American citizen. SHOW ME We are working from precedent, starting with the Scopes trial. oh I wasn't aware that took place in Missouri?
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Granny Magda Member Posts: 2462 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 3.8
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so. Is that a question or a statement? If you meant to ask "So what?", then I think that it should be self-explanatory; I don't think that nonsense should be taught in science classes.
It is Missouri, and it is their business not ours. I know you like to talk about state rights and such, but that is not the topic here. Please let's not get dragged off onto a side issue. Until such time as the US abandons its constitution, Missouri is still bound by the Establishment Clause.
maybe they don't have the time or the space to write down all the controversies, and just picked evolution due to its popularity, and how well known it is. Do you realize how you sound trying to convince me that this is some conspiracy theory? It's not a conspiracy, just a simple lie. Are you seriously going to argue that creationists don't try to get shit in under the radar? Really? The whole history of "creation science" has been one attempt after another to relabel their dross and avoid the Establishment Clause. Just read the link that Trixie provided at the start of the thread;
quote: The bill's originator and four of its cosponsors all took part in a completely separate bill that also took aim squarely at evolution. Do you think that is a co-incidence? That they just pulled it out of a hat? I find it hard to believe that you are that naive. I particularly like the idea that they didn't have the space! What, is the Missouri legislature run on Twitter or something?
I think you are being overtly suspicious, and a tad paranoid. No. If you genuinely believe that the idea of creationists trying to attack science education is far fetched, you haven't been paying attention. At least, if I am deluded, the judge at Kitzmiller vs Dover shared my delusion. Mutate and Survive
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Taq Member Posts: 10077 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1
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no court case was needed there was this thing called evidence ALL OVER the place, that lead people from many different fields of study to similar and even the same conclusions. This is why >99.9% of biologists accept the theory of evolution. It is not a controversial theory. It is the foundational theory of modern biological research.
if ID had any of that one stuff what did i call it...oh yeah evidence, then we would not have a debate here. If ID supporters were arguing from evidence instead of religious dogma then there would be no debate since they would have no argument. If ID supporters had evidence they would be publishing ID research papers. They are not. If ID supporters had evidence they could show us the research they are doing based on ID. They are not. The debate over ID is really about a larger debate, that between secular and religious influence on society. Some people see science as a secular tool for inserting secularism into society. They see it as a threat. It doesn't take long before an ID supporter starts using phrases like "scientific materialism" or the "evils of naturalistic this-or-that". This same language is littered throughout the Wedge Strategy, the internal memo from the Discovery Institute. IOW, the real controversy is about society's movement away from religion and towards a more secular worldview.
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maybe they don't have the time or the space to write down all the controversies, and just picked evolution due to its popularity, and how well known it is. That's retarded. Didn't you see the model bill this was written after? Don't you realize the DI wants to spread creationism? That they do that by opposing evolution? This is obviously a pro-creationism-in-science class bill. Its shit.
It is Missouri, and it is their business not ours. What does that have to do with this?
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Taq Member Posts: 10077 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1
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SHOW ME
Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)Lemon v. Kurtzman - Wikipedia The more recent decision in the Dover case clearly indicated that teaching of ID in public science classrooms violates the Lemon test as spelled out in Lemon v. Kurtzman. It is a violation of the Establishment clause as found in the US Constitution. You can not use religious motivations to screw around with science education in public schools. It's a big no-no.
oh I wasn't aware that took place in Missouri? You are aware that it took place in the United States.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3990 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 6.9
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AE writes: everything you just typed in response to me was disingenuous, and you want to call me names. No, it was all perfectly ingenuous. It just sounded that way to you because you're a __________. P.S. A free tip from your Uncle Omni: posts that start and stop with "LOL" make you sound like a 15-year-old ____________..\ AbE: What names? Edited by Omnivorous, : Just curious."If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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Taq Member Posts: 10077 Joined: Member Rating: 5.1
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Other cases that are important for this discussion:
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education (1982): Arkansas passed a bill calling for the equal treatment of evolution creation science. It was found to be unconstitutional. "The application and content of First Amendment principles are not determined by public opinion polls or by a majority vote. Whether the proponents of Act 590 constitute the majority or the minority is quite irrelevant under a constitutional system of government. No group, no matter how large or small, may use the organs of government, of which the public schools are the most conspicuous and influential, to foist its religious beliefs on others."McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education Edwards v. Aguillard (1987): Louisianna law forbids the teaching of evolution unless it is accompanied by equal time for creation science. Again, this is found to be unconstitutional. "The Louisiana Creationism Act advances a religious doctrine by requiring either the banishment of the theory of evolution from public school classrooms or the presentation of a religious viewpoint that rejects evolution in its entirety. The Act violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because it seeks to employ the symbolic and financial support of government to achieve a religious purpose."Edwards v. Aguillard I could keep going, Artemis. Just tell me when to stop.
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Granny Magda Member Posts: 2462 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 3.8
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Representative Rick Brattin (R, natch) is cosponsor of Bill 1276 and was the sponsor of House Bill #1227. Now it's pretty easy but to see the stealth creationism at work in bill 1276, but honestly, there is nothing stealthy about 1227. It's a real doozy.
quote: Um, no it's not. No matter how many times creationists insist that the ToE is a theory about the origins of life, it's not going to make it true.
quote: Nope. No more or less so than any other scientific theory operating under methodological naturalism. If an alternative theory were to include the action of a supernatural entity, then it wouldn't be science. I wonder what such a theory might look like...
quote: Forget I asked. My favourite bit of this bill;
quote: You know that you're dealing with quality legislation when a bill feels the need to define destiny. Does anyone still want to deny that Rick Brattin wants to teach ID in science classes?
quote: Ooh! I can think of one!
There's little doubt at this point that Brattin is a creationist vandal out to screw with the science curriculum.
In fact, I would go as far as to say that if you don't believe that Brattin and the other sponsors of these crazy bills are creationists, you're being obsurd. Via Hemant Mehta AKA the Friendly Atheist Mutate and Survive
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