Yesterday, January 13th 2005 an Atlanta, GA Judge ordered that previous stickers that were applied to the science textbooks for the Cobb County school District were unconstitutional and be removed. The judge said the disclaimers are an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
It seems quite evident that the only reason for this group of parents to demand something like these stickers for the books is to push their creationist "propaganda" onto our youth. By placing this sticker on the cover it only serves to confuse the children by muddying the difference between the common usage of the word theory (aka. hunch) and the scientific meaning. It seems that the term theory has been coopted by religious fundamentalists, and twisted it to mean something it's not.
Also, evolution is a theory regarding changes of the genes of a population over time, resulting in new specie. Evolution however, does not explain the ultimate origins of life on earth, which these parents seem to be concerned with. If they claim the sticker should stay because it points out that this theorie is not ultimate truth, then where are all the other stickers pointing out that every other scientific theory is not ultimate truth. Remember gravity? Last time I checked it's still a theory? Heliocentric theory, Atomic Theory, and Electricity Theory are all only theories, we cannot in our current state prove that they are ultimate truths.
Anyways, didn't you find the title a tad funny?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
View the online world with Firefox!
No comments:
Post a Comment