I'm willing to bet that all of you have heard of the Discovery Institute. Well, for those of you who do not know who they are, the Discovery Institute is a think-tank based in Seattle which has been one of the (few) "scientist" groups which spoke at evolution vadality hearings in Iowa, Dover, and Kansas. Essentially, they were founded to "discover" new ideas.
However, essentially, they are given money to push "scientific" ideas like ID and speak in favor of these theories. Know where their dough comes from? Christian science organizations and church groups. The Dover, Penn. board had its evolution hearings some time ago. The prime speakers for ID at these hearings were members of the Discovery Institute. That's fine.
But, in the subsequent Kansas evolution hearings in May, the same members of the Discovery Institute spoke in favor of ID. Coincidence? Of course not.
Now, this is what I think, based on what I have seen and heard, is what is going on, and by this statement, as one man told me, the fundamentalists, who previously lost out because of their blatant and strong push for the revomal of evolution, have caught a case of the clevers. "Scientific" organizations like the Discovery Institue and law firms are paid off. The Discovery Institute members speak in favor of ID by using words such as "science as it is today is narrow-minded" or "teach both theories" or "the kids need to learn something else besides evolution" or "remember, Jesus loves you." (Just Kidding about that last statement.) And then the law firms or just independent lawyers try to come up with the correct terminology to make room for ID in science and not be sued for inserting religion into government-run schools. This time around, they decided that removing the phrase "based on observable, natural phenomena" was the best way to do it.
And I think you know the rest. Connie Morris, the board member of Kansas District 5 (basically all of West Kansas) was elected on a margin of 10% voter turnout. That small amount of people makes it easy for Special Interest Groups to raise up their base to vote and since no one else votes, they win. And with that, the conservatives gained control of the board. That's how things are.
What do you all think about this?
Wiseman45
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