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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:49 PM
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Cobb Evolution "Theory" Stickers Ordered Removed...
...by a federal judge <http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/01/13/evolution_stickers/index.html>, who ruled that the stickers convey "an impermissible message of endorsement and tells some citizens that they are political outsiders while telling others they are political insiders."

Wheeeee!
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:53 PM
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 01:58 PM
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2. Good!
Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 02:01 PM by TlalocW
I am so sick and tired of these mental midgets falling back on the "it's a theory, not a fact" argument. When someone says they have a theory about something, unless it's backed up by research and experimentation and other people have verified your results, you don't have a damn theory. You have a hypothesis. Theory essentially equals fact in the scientific world. Other theories cover such things like how things thrown in the air always come back down and that the Earth goes around the Sun.

Science classes should be teaching the fundamental principles that actual scientists use to do their work. Biological sciences USE evolution - not just for filling in gaps in species development but also for creating cutting-edge treatments in genetic research. No serious scientist looks at a dinosaur fossil in the hopes of figuring on which of the six days God worked manufacturing the universe it was created on.

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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 02:13 PM
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3. The school district pretty clearly revealed their intent...
... with this statement:

"Science and religion are related and they're not mutually exclusive," school district attorney Linwood Gunn said. "This sticker was an effort to get past that conflict and to teach good science."

Slippery little liars, these creationists, but not quite slippery enough in this instance, thankfully.
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kevinam Donating Member (475 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-13-05 11:59 PM
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4. that is a great...
thing for the students of Cobb county. What is NOT a great thing is how much school board money (tax-payer's money) was wasted on this case and any appeals. Shameful Cobb County.
Kevin.
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