Commentary: They tried to teach my baby science!

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Science "faith" on life's origin

When my seventh-grader brought home his Life Sciences textbook, I was
astounded to read this statement in a chapter, "The Nature of Life": "Could
life have arisen from nonliving things on early Earth, even though it does
not occur on Earth today? The answer is yes!"

There is no scientific evidence to support this assertion, so I must
conclude the authors of this textbook make this statement "by faith." Is
there any evidence life began from nonliving matter? Of course not. The
scientific evidence we have to date shows life cannot arise from nonliving
matter. The Miller-Urey experiments of the 1950s, which hinted that
spontaneous generation might be possible, are now considered irrelevant by
the scientific community. No one can say with any certainty what the
atmosphere of early Earth was like, or what the "primordial soup" consisted
of, unless, of course, they are speaking by faith.

This textbook assertion is a "leap of faith."

Charles Darwin himself admitted, "I am quite conscious that my speculations
run beyond the bounds of true science." I would welcome a bit of this
humility in today's science curricula. Seventh graders generally are not
equipped to offer a critical analysis of their textbooks, so speculation
must not be touted as fact. Presumption and theory should be clearly
identified and distinguished from fact.

What these textbook authors and many science teachers are really saying
is, "Hey, kids, we have no proof life can arise on its own and have proof
that it can't, but that doesn't matter. We believe it simply must have come
about on its own, because unlike the great scientific minds of the past, we
cannot make room for the possibility of a creator or an intelligence behind
this marvelous world we live in."

This is one parent who is completely annoyed with this kind of hypocrisy in
public education. Will someone please remind these educators that faith is
strictly forbidden in the public school classroom.

Peter Cardillo

LITTLE EGG HARBOR
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