Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

[heyjupiter678]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/...ution_debate_2

Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

TOPEKA, Kan. - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

The board's 6-4 vote, expected for months, was a victory for intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.

Critics of the proposed language charged that it was an attempt to inject creationism into public schools in violation of the separation between church and state.

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[DavidMn]

Remember, Topeka is where that freak, Reverend Fred Phelps is from

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/...ution_debate_2

Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

TOPEKA, Kan. - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

Sigh. Public schools have gone straight into the ****ter in the last 20 years.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/...ution_debate_2

Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

TOPEKA, Kan. - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

The board's 6-4 vote, expected for months, was a victory for intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.

Critics of the proposed language charged that it was an attempt to inject creationism into public schools in violation of the separation between church and state.

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What's the matter with Kansas indeed. This is simply a disgrace. And if it were just some nominal issue, like displaying the ten commandments or something, I'd probably just roll my eyes and move on, but these people are taking the first steps toward destroying the education of millions of children here, and that's just despicable.

I'd like to believe that primary education should be left in the hands of local and state officials, but if this is the **** they're gonna be pulling, there needs to be some kind of federal override option in place. We need to have some kinds of standards here.

[amber]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

"Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power."

Your tiny, simple brain notwithstanding.....

[dissention]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/...ution_debate_2

Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

TOPEKA, Kan. - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

The board's 6-4 vote, expected for months, was a victory for intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.

Critics of the proposed language charged that it was an attempt to inject creationism into public schools in violation of the separation between church and state.

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If I ever had spawn, they'd be homeschooled.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Sigh. Public schools have gone straight into the ****ter in the last 20 years.

Can we get rid of the Department of Education already?

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by dissention

If I ever had spawn, they'd be homeschooled.

God bless you! (or "primordial ooze" bless you…which ever)!

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Can we get rid of the Department of Education already?

Uh, take note, kiddo, this was a state decision. Perhaps if the federal Department of Education had more of a say in dictating educational standards, this kind of idiocy wouldn't be occurring.

[stargazer99]

Originally Posted by heyjupiter678

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051108/...ution_debate_2

Kansas School Board OKs Science Standards

By JOHN HANNA, Associated Press Writer 23 minutes ago

TOPEKA, Kan. - Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.

The board's 6-4 vote, expected for months, was a victory for intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.

Critics of the proposed language charged that it was an attempt to inject creationism into public schools in violation of the separation between church and state.

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... that's about all I have in me!

[BombaySapphire3]

I actually had to live in Kansas albeit Kansas City for a few years and pretty much loathed every minute of it .I had to pull off the freeway just after passing Candlestick park north from SFO when I came back here .The tears of blessed reilef were that copious.

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

What's the matter with Kansas indeed. This is simply a disgrace. And if it were just some nominal issue, like displaying the ten commandments or something, I'd probably just roll my eyes and move on, but these people are taking the first steps toward destroying the education of millions of children here, and that's just despicable.

I'd like to believe that primary education should be left in the hands of local and state officials, but if this is the **** they're gonna be pulling, there needs to be some kind of federal override option in place. We need to have some kinds of standards here.

I never thot I'd say this but Im seriously thinking that homeschooling might be the answer if this keeps up.....
That stupid school board keeps flirting with disaster and asking for more and more lawsuits....they've already been shot down before, you think they'd learn.....

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

Uh, take note, kiddo, this was a state decision. Perhaps if the federal Department of Education had more of a say in dictating educational standards, this kind of idiocy wouldn't be occurring.

not with born again Monkey Boy at the helm........

[dissention]

Check this out.

Evolution in the bible, says Vatican
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

THE Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.

Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the Genesis description of how God created the universe and Darwin's theory of evolution were "perfectly compatible" if the Bible were read correctly.

His statement was a clear attack on creationist campaigners in the US, who see evolution and the Genesis account as mutually exclusive.

"The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim," he said at a Vatican press conference. He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator".

This idea was part of theology, Cardinal Poupard emphasised, while the precise details of how creation and the development of the species came about belonged to a different realm - science. Cardinal Poupard said that it was important for Catholic believers to know how science saw things so as to "understand things better".

His statements were interpreted in Italy as a rejection of the "intelligent design" view, which says the universe is so complex that some higher being must have designed every detail.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by dissention

Check this out.

Evolution in the bible, says Vatican
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html

THE Vatican has issued a stout defence of Charles Darwin, voicing strong criticism of Christian fundamentalists who reject his theory of evolution and interpret the biblical account of creation literally.

Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, said the Genesis description of how God created the universe and Darwin's theory of evolution were "perfectly compatible" if the Bible were read correctly.

His statement was a clear attack on creationist campaigners in the US, who see evolution and the Genesis account as mutually exclusive.

"The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim," he said at a Vatican press conference. He said the real message in Genesis was that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator".

This idea was part of theology, Cardinal Poupard emphasised, while the precise details of how creation and the development of the species came about belonged to a different realm - science. Cardinal Poupard said that it was important for Catholic believers to know how science saw things so as to "understand things better".

His statements were interpreted in Italy as a rejection of the "intelligent design" view, which says the universe is so complex that some higher being must have designed every detail.

Josh honey, haven't you learned that the Catholic Church doesn't run middle American!!!??? Those crazy protestant churches do.