Re: Utah anti-evolution bill filed

Robert J. Kolker wrote:
> 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

Or certainly, I would suspect, any branch of science that provides any
evidence which conflicts with YEC Biblical literalism.

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