This really is not that surprising: Lawrence, (for those of you who don't know, that is the seat of KU) is probably the most liberal/secular town in Kansas, because you've got all the sophisticates and educated people living there, due to the university. Okay, got the most obvious fact out of the way.
I think the good professor has every right to have a course like this: if they (fundamentalists) want to impose their beliefs in science, and criticize an established scientific idea, then scientists can certainly fight back. Its about time someone did this: a lot of people who think like me have been saying this for a long time, but this is the first time in Kansas that someone on an administrative or educational level has launched an investigation into the flaws behind creationism. And they say evolution is flawed.
Why are they allowed to say that God or "something else" (God) created the universe? Should we continue the search for this all-powerful designer (God). Maybe we should go the local church for answers, to find more about this "designer." (Face it folks, we're really talking about God.) This all is at best an assumption, but no its really something like dogmatic belief. And really, religion is okay, I'm no aethiest, as I've made clear before. You just can't teach religion as science. And by inserting criticisms of creationism into KU, this professor is doing the right thing, of that I am confident. Creationism, Intellegent Design, and other Relgious myths. Ha Ha Ha.
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