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Richard A. Knopp (rknopp@prairienet.org)
Thu, 05 Sep 1996 08:51:03 -0700sgooch@general2.asu.edu wrote:
>
> >"Clarence Darrow once argued in the 1925 Scopes Trial that it is "bigotry
> >for public schools to teach only one theory of origins." Now that
> >evolution is entrenched in public education, the American Civil Liberties
> >Union, despite its own cries on behalf of pluralism, insists that only
> >one theory of origins be taught. Bigotry has returned to the public
> >classroom.
> >
> >To settle for evolution or "the big bang" theory without God begs a
> >thousand scientific questions. Where did the original energy and matter
> >come from? What caused the explosion? How could impersonal forces acting
> >randomly construct a universe whose planets rotate with such precision
> >that we set our clocks by them? It is preposterous to believe that
> >"nothing times nobody equals everything!"
> >
> >-Myths that could destroy America by Erwin Lutzer
>
> The ACLU insists that creation mythology not be taught in public schools
> not because there is bigotry in public schools. They insist this because
> creation mythology can only be taught in a academic form in a public
> school. To do so would be to teach it without its faith based premise.
>
> If creation mythology is introduced into the classroom, all creation
> mythologies must be included - not just Christian. All forms of African,
> Asian and others would need to be taught. The premise of all these is
> faith (they cannot be proven or disproven). If they were
> taught as faith, a school would have to have a representative from all
> of these religions. This would not be very cost-effective also it would
> upset many people - having there children taught other religions in school.
> But when creation mythology is taught without faith it produces a secularizing
> effect on the students. This would do more to destroy the teachings of any
> creation mythology then only teaching common origin theory in public schools.
>
> Evolution on the other hand is not based on faith. It is based on observation.
> Teaching evolution in schools and not creation mythology is not anti-pluralism.
> Evolution has nothing to do with religion.
>
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Dear Stephen:
Thank you for your expression of faith.
-- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Richard A. Knopp, Ph.D.Prof. of Philosophy & Christian ApologeticsLincoln Christian College & Seminary100 Campus View DriveLincoln, IL 62656"If God didn't exist, He would want us not to believe in Him." (As far as I know, this statement is original with me.)
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