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I am so pleased with the new statement as it allows both sides to continue searching for truth in evaluating science.

As usual it is a bunch of wordy language with no direct way truly measure leqarning.

Wishy Washy…What does our Constitution say, hmmmm something about being endowed by our Creator. As usual the Anti American crowd keeps making lawmakers into namby pambys. Is it just too hard to stand up for the foundations of our country?

People believe what they want to. They teach their children what they want to. Why is it always a problem for government to reinforce the tenants of our country’s founding instead of patting people on the head and just going along to get along?

This country was founded ON Judeo Christian principles but for some reason government is always acting apologetic for it. The inability of government to back up our Constitution instead of always watering it down is why this country has so many horrendous problems today.

Life Long Texas
Lura Helms

Round and round we go. Darwin proposed his evolutionary theory that was not very well received by the scientific community of his era in the “Origin of the Species”. Mid-century geologists dismissed plate tectonics as a whim. Technology later demonstrated plate movements.

Now to introduce our students entering the 21st century with skepticism over evolution. More should be devoted to the how and why and not whether it was or wasn’t.

Our legislators eloquently stated the scientific method in their own words.

I agree with Lura! But history really isn’t studied or even presented in the factual way it was and should, in regard to our founding fathers! There seems to be new SCIENTIFIC evidence that now seems to SUPPORT intelligent design. The hardcores are just like our media and only present their ideology as fact and not the truth. Certain scientists are even being ostrasized because of the PROOF suppporting God created mankind. ( Not from some spore.) Check out Ben Stein “EXPELLED”. It says it all.

Many polls shown on the internet indicate that 92% of Americans believe in God. The percentage of those who believe in evolution is very small. Also indications are that most who believe in evolution are Liberals, (who would have thought?) Since the majority of Americans believe in God, why is it so intolerable to allow the Bible to be taught as well?

Maybe this is why there were so many accusations regarding the removal of weaknesses being an attempt to indoctrinate…….. you think?

Texans should not allow Californians or other “loser” states’ radicals come tell us what should be in our school-childrens’ curriculum or anything else for that matter. They need to solve their own problems since they have so many.

Do most people believe in “evolution”? When put to the test, I believe most accept a degree of evolution in all living matter just as we accept erosion as a form of evolution in inorganic matter. The real issue deals with “origin of the species” which is what the name implies. When and where did life and the universe originate? Scientist can no more prove where “the big bang” came from than a Christian, Jew, or Muslim can say where God came from. Both groups are working on “faith”, but “evolutionists” try to start someplace after the “origin”, and that is simply not scientific.

Why do we have to “appease” evolution skeptics? What about people who are skeptical that the earth is round? Or that it isn’t the center of the solar system? How many people does it take to choose not to believe in something to have these things happen? Is there a magic number? If I believe pink unicorns created the universe, can I lobby to have that “theory” also taught in schools? This is utterly ridiculous and shameful; how many people who choose to not believe in evolution have actually read “On the Origin of the Species”? The wording in the statement is ironic, however, because if people actually would:

“analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations”

then they would realize what a joke it is to even need votes like this.

“Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.” – Plato

Pat Boyd – I think you need to be very carefully with your sweeping “facts” such as 1) the percentage of people who believe in God AND believe in evolution theory to be very small and 2) that most who believe in evolution are Liberal.

Both of your statements are doubtfull at best and are not backed up by any scientific poll that I have seen or heard.

I am a very religious person that believes in God, and I am very politically conservative and still strongly believe that evolution does happen in the natural word. And as such is a reasonable explanation as to how God created Man, just as is the story in Genisis.

The “how” and the “why” will always be life mysteries, the fact that He did create us is the only important fact in this discussion.

Much to do about nothing.
Christian are secure………………….think what you will.
That’s Free Will.
I feel sorry for anyone that counts apes in their family tree
but that is their problem.
At the age of reason we all make a choice to go it alone or join the family.

I’m not impressed with the article separating the two camps as the “scientific community and evolution skeptics”. The point of the battle is that there is a growing voice of thinkers: evolution skeptics within the scientific community.