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Intelligent design mandated in the curriculum in Dover, PA

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RAZD
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11-13-2004 12:58 PM

lose some win some ...
however
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Suit challenges textbook evolution disclaimers
School officials: Stickers encourage students to have open mind
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Monday, November 8, 2004 Posted: 1:05 PM EST (1805 GMT)
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ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A warning sticker in suburban Atlanta science textbooks that says evolution is "a theory, not a fact" was challenged in court Monday as an unlawful promotion of religion.
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The disclaimer was adopted by Cobb County school officials in 2002 after hundreds of parents signed a petition criticizing the textbooks for treating evolution as fact without discussing alternate theories, including creationism.
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They keep trying. They keep losing in the courts.
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we are limited in our ability to understand
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11-14-2004 3:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 9 by bob_gray
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Re: lose some win some ...
I don't have any problem with a sticker that omits the "only" -- a creationist give-away, and then goes on to describe exactly what a scientific theory is and why evolution qualifies.
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And that anything else needs to meet that standard to be considered in each "unique opportunity for critical thinking."
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And that states that there are observed instances of evolution.
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11-15-2004 7:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by arachnophilia
11-14-2004 4:26 PM

Re: lose some win some ...
and I can suggest some experiments to test gravity ...
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actually gravity is a very good example ...
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Newton's gravity works on earth, but not in space.
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Einstein's gravity works in space as long as you don't worry about galaxies ...
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... gravity doesn't work at the level of galaxies without adding fudge factors of dark matter and energy ...
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... and there has been no "graviton" found ...
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so we have theories that come close, but are not perfect. that's science.
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11-16-2004 7:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 18 by arachnophilia
11-15-2004 9:19 PM

personal gravity test ...
one can always take the personal gravity test when in doubt: a short step off the empire state building should suffice to gather lots of personal data on the effect.
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I've done it.
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(mind you it was just a "short" version ... off the first step ... but it worked.)
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11-18-2004 9:25 PM 		Reply to: Message 21 by arachnophilia
11-17-2004 1:08 AM

Re: personal gravity test ...
that depends on what level you start from.
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take it one step at a time?
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we are limited in our ability to understand
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