Re: Utah anti-evolution bill filed

APOCALYPSE wrote:

> They should knock it down just on legislative incompetence.
>
> Why is it that evolution is singled out for critical thinking? And if
> the bill's purpose is to get kids to think critically, why is a bill
> forcing this stuff down their throats? The only reason evolution is
> singled out is because of the Creationism/Evolution debate putting it
> at the forefront. If evolution can be questioned, then round-Earth-ism
> can be called in for questioning the spherical shape of Earth.

That is the entire point. An attack on the theory of evolution is part
of an attack to descredit all of physical science.

Bob Kolker

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