The second deception is in the headline "Antievolution legislation stirring". What is being proposed is NOT, I repeat, NOT, "antievolution" --- it is PRO-truth. Read the Bill for yourself - nowhere does it say "Stop teaching evolution" ... it's objective is to promote a greater truth with other facts brought into evidence (something that the NCSE for some odd reason objects to).
No, that is not correct. How can it be "PRO-truth" to advocate the teaching of biased religious ideas in a public classroom that are clearly false and merely dressed up enough to convince a lazy minded and scientifically illiterate layman? Why should science teachers be forced be legislative fiat to teach lies? They shouldn't.
Creationists don't want the "greater truth" you mentioned, unless it is their "greater truth". That is the whole problem.
Again, I know of not a single creationist that would say, "Teaching evolution should be banned from our schools." There is undoubtedly some science in the ToE and this should be taught. It's when Naturalism is tossed into the mix and passed off as "science" that we creationists object to.
I do. Lots of them. Don't kid yourself about the totalitarian nature of some of the people you have philosophically allied yourself with.
What people such as these are trying to do is make 'bogeymen' out of us ... to make it appear like we're anti-science, anti-progress, anti-knowledge. To the uninformed we are thereby vilified as "religious fanatics".
Creationism is inherently anti-science. It is the act of taking belief in a given mythology and accepting it rather then the findings of science. I think that's a pretty good definition of "anti-science". Further, since the the vast majority of real progress in the history of man has been by people using the principles of science, I think "anti-science" and "anti-progress" go pretty much hand in hand. Finally, if one defines "knowledge" as "the state or act of knowing", as the American Heritage Dictionary does, and considering that science is the only way humanity has found to get real information about the world, then those who deliberately turn their backs on that information may rightly be called "anti-knowledge". So, yes, creationists are anti-science, anti- progress, and anti-knowledge. Creationists who want their views taught in the public schools in any way are also pretty much anti-The United States Constitution.
Folks, this is deception of a very wicked kind. Don't take my word for it. I encourage you to seek the TRUTH about these things. People such as the NCSE are deceiving many. These people -- materialistic Naturalists -- have a religious agenda while hiding behind the guise of science.
This just laughable. Naturalism is part and parcel of science, one of the pillars on which it stands, and all the advances that it has provided are reliant upon it. Yet, now, when a disgruntled minority of believers in one mythology find they do not like it's findings, we are supposed to start doing science differently, in a way that suits them and their worldview.