Because Kansas doesn't look foolish enough....

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Kansas Board of Education member calls evolution an "age-old fairy tale".

Whee. And in rebuttal to one of her quotes, it's not "anti-God contempt," it's anti-"religious-idiot" contempt.

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[finback.livejournal.com]

Heh, but post-Kansas Monkey Trial, as the recent debacle is known, it's impossible for creationists.. sorry, "intelligent design theorists" to be treated seriously. After the first half dozen "witnesses" claimed that not only did they have no experience in the sciences, but that they had failed to even read the education criteria they were there to trounce, it was pretty much a case of assisted suicide.

Assisted in that we gave them enough rope to hang themselves.

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Last week, Morris and two other board members endorsed proposed science standards that would expose students to more criticism of evolution.

Hey, I don't mind that. There should be more criticism of established theories. THEORIES. That's why they're THEORETICAL. Grr. I do mind that they're focused on Christian mythos versus other forms of religion as their basis of "criticism." But wait, isn't thinking for yourself both terrorism AND heresy?

ahem. sorry, tired. long day. Plus I just spent the last two weeks with a PhD in Chemistry trying to explain to me how the theory of evolution was scientifically inaccurate (and not being able to defend himself when questions were asked) and that God did indeed create the world in seven days.

Anyways, thanks for getting me riled up before bed ;-) I have had a friend in the KC area ask if he could ask for political asylum in my state...then I reminded him about the liquor laws here!

[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

ahem. sorry, tired. long day. Plus I just spent the last two weeks with a PhD in Chemistry trying to explain to me how the theory of evolution was scientifically inaccurate (and not being able to defend himself when questions were asked) and that God did indeed create the world in seven days.

Six actually. 'Cause on the Seventh he rested. Though why an omnipotent being needs to "rest" is beyond me. Probably my lack of omniscience...