Posted on 01/20/2005 10:22:21 AM PST by Tamar1973
As opposed to the "militant minority" of atheists who want to force their anti-G-d doctrines down the throats of the vast majority of Americans who do believe in G-d?!
Ditto!
> "militant minority" of atheists who want to force their anti-G-d doctrines
Amazing. Simply amazing. Apparently, not putting "God did it" on everything is an act of militant atheism.
"Evolution is a theory"
Of course! That is why it is call the Theory of Evolution. Creationists are finally finding out what we were taught 50 years ago.
That ruling will be over-turned. There is no mention of "God" there, and in no way should "evelution" be a forced theory which in effect excludes all others.
Aliens brought us here. Probably because when they created us they found that we wouldn't obey their moral rules, had a tendancy to embrace stupid leftist marxist ideals which litered their nice planet with corpses so they kicked us off their planet.
I have an acronym and two words for you: ACLU & Michael Newdow. That is all you need to know about how militant atheists feel about freedom of religious speech in the public sphere.
And how about the Militant Theists who want to impose religion onto the public sphere? This goofy sticker is a mild, yet amusing example. As there are no scientific theories that oppose evolution to explain biodiversity, all that's left is religion.
This sticker doesn't mention G-d,Buddha,Mohammad, Allah, Ganesh, etc. even once. It's simply a disclaimer stating that they are not imposing evolutionary propaganda (which is more faith than real science anyway). If atheists are so insecure about their beliefs that they have to fight tooth and nail against a sticker which never mentions religion or G-d at all, that means that atheism will go the way of the dinosaur--extinct.
But nobody thinks its a big deal if they don't talk that way in public schools. How come it's such a big deal that children be taught that "God created the separate living species". That's all Evolution is, a description of how species adapt over time. Why is THIS so important that we must say in public school that God did it?
When it rains, science classes are told that evaporation caused there to be water vapor and make clouds, and it condensed and fell as rain. Why aren't Christians howling that they must teach that "God made it rain"?
I just don't get how come people can't get it through their heads that God certianly has the power to have created Evolution, as all the massive amount of evidence collected in 200 years shows happened.
I think your statement is somewhat of an over-reaction.
"Apparently, not putting "God did it" on everything is an act of militant atheism."
Yep. You can smell the fear in posts like this.
God has no religion.
"religion" actualy means 'to re-unite, re-link, create a tie with God.
"Do Democrats really have any sort of argument... concept... idea that makes sense?"
I'm a lifelong Republican who agrees with evolution and doesn't want my tax dollars to support the forced teaching of Protestant Christianity (since Catholicism has no issues with evolution) to my kids.
"As there are no scientific theories that oppose evolution to explain biodiversity, all that's left is religion. "
Good luck trying to introduce logic to Creationists...
Isn't the theory of evolution a 'religion' of sorts? it's a belief isn't it?
Why am I being forced anothers belief?
"Isn't the theory of evolution a 'religion' of sorts?"
No. Nothing is worshipped.
That was my take when I first heard about the froufrah. Then I had second thoughts and now I side with the school board. I say that education is a local matter and we don't need some Clinton appointed federal judge deciding how a state approved curriculum should be presented.
The book's author had a responsibility to explain a controversial subject in a manner that took local sensibilities into account. He failed. It can be done and there're others that can do it. In the mean time the board was right in adding to the presentation as they found necessary to fit local conditions.
It would be so simple to disprove Evolution, or at least give it headaches. All you've got to do is find a fossil in the wrong place. Find a fossil of a new species buried with an old one, or a new species in an old layer, or vice versa. Perhaps you could show that nearly identical species had drastically different DNA, or many other biological problems. There are many many ways that Evolution could be proven wrong.
The reason I feel so confident in evolution, over almost any other scientific theory, is that it has been mercelessly attacked by people who have brains and money and time. It has been attacked for virtually it's entire existence. Yet in all that time, not one fossil out of place, or DNA sequence in error can be confirmed. Alleged, yes. Confirmed, no.
That is why I believe in Evolution.
How you square that with Genesis is your problem. But being as how there are two different creation stories with different sequences and time lines, I submit that it would be no problem for someone with an open mind.
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