creationist bill has been shelved

[pokerfan]

For now, anyway. The God People are easily startled but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.

NDIANAPOLIS – The leader of the Indiana House is shelving a bill that would have specifically allowed public schools to teach creationism alongside evolution in science classes.

Republican House Speaker Brian Bosma is using a procedural move to kill the proposal for this legislative session. The bill approved by the state Senate would have permitted local school districts to teach creationism as long as it included origin of life theories from multiple religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Scientology.

Bosma said Tuesday that he considered the proposal a lawsuit waiting to happen since the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled before against public schools teaching creationism.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120214/LOCAL04/120219722/-1/LOCAL11

[muntrv]

1. Teach it in theology class, not science.

[Thats my opinion]

4. Hell no!

Don't teach it in a theology class.

[laconicsax]

9. It should totally be taught in a theology class.

How do you show the evolution of theological thought without it?

Physics classes often talk about pre-scientific beliefs on the structure of the solar system, it seems only natural that a theology course would include Biblical literalism.

[Thats my opinion]

13. Bad supstitious science has no place in science class. Bad theology has no place ina theology clasS

[cleanhippie]

14. How does one distinguish bad theology from good theology?

I mean, science has hard and fast rules called the scientific method to distinguish good science from bad science.


By what means does theology differentiate?

[laconicsax]

15. How do you teach the evolution of a concept without including where it started?

For example: If you start teaching planetary motion without the Ptolemaic and Aristotelian models, you'll have a pretty tricky time explaining the strong opposition to the Copernican model.

[1ProudAtheist]

2. They Teach

fables and fairy-tales in kindergarten

[cbayer]

3. Good for the speaker. This was a ridiculous bill, imo.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. What exactly is the difference between Jewish and Christian creation stories?

Would it be something like:

The Holy Bible tells us that God created the universe in 6 days and then took a nap. The Torah on the other hand tells us God created the universe in 6 days and then took a nap.

Now, let's spend the rest of the semester talking in detail about those multiple creation theories of Judaism and Christianity and a week on the equal "theory" of evolution that the "scientists" conjured up!

[monmouth]

6. The Christians don't speak Yiddish...n/t

[rexcat]

7. Good thing...

they would lose the law suit. What a bunch of idiots. Of course here in Ohio they would like to do the same thing but no one is stupid enough in the State legislature to do it, yet.

[darkstar3]

8. +1 for the absolutely true tweak of a good quote. ;)

[pokerfan]

10. I was

hoping someone would pick up on that.

[uriel1972]

11. That's no moon. nt

[pokerfan]

12. That's a telecommunications company

[MarkCharles]

16. These people have no business running for elective office!

They are too dumb to know what they are doing. Heck, they probably should even be driving cars.