In the News: A Texas-Sized Battle: Evolution vs. ID

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By Gailon Totheroh
CBN News Science & Medical Reporter
March 17, 2008

CBNNews.com - No state in the country has remained untouched by the
controversy over the teaching of evolution in public schools.

Most states have squelched criticism of the theory and the alternative
theory of Intelligent Design. But the issue just will not go away --
in places like Texas.

When Texas chooses a textbook, the rest of the nation listens and
other states often follow their lead. Even California, a traditional
textbook bellwether, has lost influence because their education funds
are depleted because of misspent tax funds.

This means national attention in the looming state battle over science
and health textbooks that teach evolution. Attorney Cynthia Dunbar is
serves on the Texas State Board of Education.

"What we want is for our students to be taught critical thinking
skills, to be taught the scientific method," Dunbar explained to CBN
News. "And what rises to the level of being deemed a theory -- teach
the strengths and weaknesses of any and every theory."

However, most scientists say evolution has no weaknesses.

"Evolution is probably the most successful and impressive scientific
theory of all time," said Dr. Lawrence Krauss, a physicist at Case
Western Reserve. "It has been tested over and over and over again."

New Movie Challenges Darwinian Theory

A new motion picture will be released in April that challenges that
idea. The movie is titled Expelled. It stars actor Ben Stein.

In one scene from the movie, Dr. David Berlinski talks about Darwin's
theory. "One of my prevailing doctrines about Darwinian theory is:
'Man, that thing is just a mess. It's like looking into a room full of
smoke," he says.

Berlinski is a mathematician and philosopher. He has taught at
Stanford, Rutgers, and the University of Paris.

"Nothing in the theory is precisely, clearly, carefully defined and
delineated," he said. "It lacks all of the rigor one expects from
mathematical physics. And mathematical physics lacks all the rigor
one expects from mathematics. So we're talking about a gradual descent
down the level of intelligibility until we reach evolutionary
biology."
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