Scopes II trial starts today
September 26th, 2005A high profile court case, being dubbed Scopes II, begins today in federal court in Harrisburg, Pa. The issue at stake is whether a high school board can require its biology students to hear about alternatives to the theory of evolution, such as intelligent design. That’s what the Dover, Pa., school board voted to do, and it set off a frenzy from evolution supporters scared to death that students might actually see the flaws in evolutionary theory.
Some parents in Dover are thrilled with their school board’s decision.
“But 11 other parents in Dover were outraged enough to sue the school board and the district, contending that intelligent design - the idea that living organisms are so inexplicably complex, the best explanation is that a higher being designed them - is a Trojan horse for religion in the public schools.”
Of course, it’s perfectly OK for the religion of naturalism to be taught in schools. And yes, naturalism is a religion.
The legal battle came to a head on Oct. 18 last year when the Dover school board voted 6 to 3 to require ninth-grade biology students to listen to a brief statement saying that there was a controversy over evolution, that intelligent design is a competing theory and that if they wanted to learn more the school library had the textbook “Of Pandas and People: the Central Question of Biological Origins.” The book is published by an intelligent design advocacy group, the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, based in Texas.
All this furor over what amounts to a one-minute statement students will hear in their biology classes. Evolutionists are so outlandishly paranoid they’re willing to spend thousands of dollars to protest a one-minute statement. Seems to me that evolutionists wouldn’t be so threatened if they had any confidence at all in their belief system, no?
Well, this is actually a topic I am very passionate about. To be honest, I don’t see exactly why everyone makes a big deal out of it, but because they do, I will use it as an opportunity to teach others about God.
I have been known in my high school, Richmond Hill High School, in Richmond Hill, GA for doing many things to stand up for my beliefs no matter what the cost. I have made a DVD-video for a class about prayer in schools. It was actually a very big blessing. It spread across the school rapidly, and actually across the eastern seaboard. Thanks to an assignment I was given by my fourth period teacher, a video that I made spoke to people in Maine. I’d estimate that there are around 30 copies of it floating around 5 or 6 states.
But anyway, last year I wrote a paper against evolution, although I knew it would come with resistance. It was very persuasive and I was pleased with how it worked. I would like to post it as a reply under this topic, but, I want to ask for your permission first, Tim. It is slightly long…. I’d like you to read it and tell me what you think.
Scott,
Why don’t you just e-mail me the paper, and I’ll put it up under a separate post. You can get my e-mail address under the “contact” page to the right.
I am also very passionate about this issue. Evolution is more than a scientific theory. It is a worldview unto itself. A worldview that had serious, catastrophic results in the 20th century.
What makes me mad is that people take it as a proven fact. When in reality it is a scientific theory, as is intelligent design. Unfourtunantly, intelligent design can’t really be proven….. nor can it be disproven.
Oh, I forgot to tell you, Tim, I emailed that paper to you a little while ago. When you get a chance, read it if you would, I’d like to hear what you think. No big deal though, there’s no rush. Thanks.