Posted on 11/02/2005 3:35:41 AM PST by PatrickHenry
A school board member who was questioned by a federal judge about discrepancies in his testimony on the purchase of "intelligent design" textbooks was expected to return to the witness stand Wednesday.
Dover Area School Board member Alan Bonsell was to undergo redirect questioning by an attorney representing the board in a landmark trial over whether intelligent design can be introduced in high school science classes.
Bonsell testified Monday that he had received an $850 check from fellow board member William Buckingham. The check was made out to Bonsell's father, who volunteered to donate copies of "Of Pandas and People" to the district.
U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III asked Bonsell why he never shared that information in a January deposition when he was repeatedly asked under oath about who was involved in making the donation. Bonsell, who served as the board's president in 2004, said he misspoke. [Note to school board lawyers: When the judge asks your client why he's lying, it's usually not a good sign.]
Buckingham testified Thursday he collected $850 in donations to help purchase the books during a Sunday service at his church.
The board is defending its October 2004 decision to require students to hear a statement about intelligent design before ninth-grade biology lessons on evolution. The statement says Charles Darwin's theory is "not a fact," has inexplicable "gaps," and refers students to the textbook for more information.
Eight families are suing to have intelligent design removed from the biology curriculum because they believe the policy essentially promotes the Bible's view of creation, and therefore violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
Intelligent design supporters argue that natural selection, an element of evolutionary theory, cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms.
The trial began Sept. 26 and is expected to conclude on Friday.
great tagline
reckon s/he/it's a penetrator/ageant-provocateur?
I personally think most creationists are phony. It's a scam to control people and lighten their wallets without breaking laws. With luck you don't even have to pay taxes.
well... I think of Creationist Movements in much the same way I think of Leftist Movements: The *leadership* is phoney, a bunch of power/money-grubbing liars, thugs, and pimps; The *grass-roots* are sincere, but dangerously ignorant.
I'm sure this is true of big organizations like AIG and DI. They probably laugh at their customers while counting their money.
Perhaps he's running for school board?
I am inclined to suspect this of all "movements" - including the conservative "movement".
it is my baseline assumption that movement leaders consider their followers to be "suckers".
This assumption can be confirmed or falsified by empirical evidence.
So far as I can tell, NO movement is entirely free of this, and few movements are not dominated by this.
And so... my contempt for "groupthink" and "identity politics" and "movements" grows ever more set.
It seems to be true for the Institute for Creation Research:
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Well, Dembski's Filtre shows no essential difference between RWC1, Bonsell, & Buckingham.
Quantum entangled?
Note that "Sendero Luminoso" manages quite well without having the words: "people's" or "movement" or "democratic" or "front" in their name.
ICR are the guys who fear Darwinism leads to Capitalism.
splitters!
besides, the name "Shining Path" references directly the old Maoist/Marxist populism, so calling it the "People's Democratic Front of the Shining Path Movement" would be a bit redundant, no?
Darwin's Influence on Ruthless Laissez Faire Capitalism. ICR links Darwin to good ol' capitalism.
Well, at least they don't pay taxes.
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