Re: Louisiana: Origins of life education law prompts debate
- From: urillan <urillan@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 29, 6:20 pm, Jason Spaceman <notrea...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From the article:
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Louisiana College's Wade Warren, assistant dean of the college and associate
professor of biology, supports the law.
He said he thinks people who are upset by the bill have not read it. Warren
said opponents argue that the new law pushesintelligentdesignand
creationism into the classroom, and it doesn't.
The professor at the private Baptist college in Pineville said he liked the
bill because it allows teachers to teach current science information in a
field that moves fast.
Controversy exists
Warren was among three LC professors who testified in Baton Rouge on the
bill.
Gee, this Louisiana College is not just a LITTLE hyper-religious --
this is from their published literature :
"The mission of Louisiana College is to provide a liberal
arts education characterized by academic excellence,
a commitment to the preeminence of the Lord Jesus,
an allegiance to the authority of the Holy Scriptures,
and a passion for changing the world for Christ by the
power of the Holy Spirit." AND
"The Holy Bible is truth without any mixture of error.
The college seeks to view all areas of knowledge from
a distinctively Christian perspective and integrate Biblical
truth thoroughly with each academic discipline."
So it would strongly seem that the Baptist college and it's staff are
probably not entirely trustworthy when it comes to their
portrayal of the lack of bias.
Then Wade goes and hangs himself with the quote
“Not all evidence does that [support Evolutionary Theory or
Darwinism],”
So, he must have discovered evidence that does not support Evolution.
That would be the find of a century, but since he doesn't mention it,
we can file it with Fermat's Proof.
While there, he said some in the science community testified after the LC
professors that there was no controversy aboutevolution.
But a senator pointed out that there was controversy just in the room among
the science educators.
The state's Grade Level Expectations - or GLEs - for science shows that
students are to learn how to analyze, critique and be objective, Warren
said, but also that teachers are to give DNA and fossil evidence that
supports Darwinism.
"Not all evidence does that," Warren said.
He said he sees where teachers would be fearful to bring up evidence that
does not support the Darwin model.
Warren said he does not understand why some in the science community are
upset with the bill.
"I don't know what they are afraid of," he said.
Warren said it gives students information and allows them to make their own
decisions.
The bill also opens the door for science teachers to be cutting-edge faculty
members, he said.
Tell them to buy a Porsche. What faculty members are more cutting
edge than science? English, poetry, Studies in Blake.
The Louisiana Family Forum, a conservative Christian organization, and the
Discovery Institute, a self-described think tank based in Seattle that is
critical ofevolutiontheory, supported the bill.
LOL, glad you posted all that. This is so reminiscent of the blind-
leading-the-blind. I needed the laught.
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