--Big Magilla wrote:The big bang theory does not disprove the existence of God. It can be interpreted as the way He did it.
Agree.
Tracy: "You believe that Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel and that Cain slew Abel and went out into the world and begat the rest of the human race from which all of us are descended".
March: "Yes".
The Matthew Brady character can't be much of a Biblical scholar to answer "yes" to that question.
On the surface it seems harmless enough, but these Intelligent Design theorists are crackpots.
The big bang theory does not disprove the existence of God. It can be interpreted as the way He did it. However, the Intelligent Design theorists want us to take the Judao-Christian bible literally and go back to believing that the world was created in seven days, that dionosaurs roamed the Earth with early man.
They all need to sit and watch teh monkey trial unfold in Inherit the Wind, in which Spencer Tracy as a thinly ficitonalized Clarence Darrow questions Fredric March as thinly disguised three time Presidential candidate and theological expert William Jennings Bryan :
Tracy: "You beleive that God created the world in seven days."
March: "Yes."
Tracy: "You beleive that God created Eve out of Adam's rib"
March: "Yes".
Tracy: "You believe that Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel and that Cain slew Abel and went out into the world and begat the rest of the human race from which all of us are descended".
There was a time when I might have defended him, but I read this article and realized that for all his brains, he sure as hell doesn't know a damned thing.
Intelligent design bill author wants debate
Camdenton legislator says teachers should have an alternative to theory of evolution.
Chad Livengood • News-Leader • April 5, 2008
Missouri lawmakers who want intelligent design taught in public schools as an alternative to evolution hope a documentary starring actor Ben Stein will prompt new debate on the subject.
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Rep. Wayne Cooper, R-Camdenton, introduced legislation Tuesday that would give teachers academic freedom to offer alternative evidence to Charles Darwin's 19th century theory of evolution.
"I believe what is packaged and sold under the label of science is not science, but is people's personal world view," Cooper said Thursday during a press conference with Stein, who was in the state Capitol promoting his new movie challenging Darwinism.
Past attempts by Cooper to get intelligent design -- the assertion that an intelligent designer or God created the world and organisms -- have failed.
With the governor's office up for grabs, where do the three major party candidates stand on presenting the controversial intelligent design theory to Missouri's schoolchildren?
Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof, a U.S. congressman from Columbia, favors teaching intelligent design, according to campaign spokesman Scott Baker.
"He believes students should be presented a range of views of the origin of life," Baker said.
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The campaign for state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, Hulshof's Aug. 5 Republican primary opponent, did not return phone calls seeking comment on her stance on the issue.
Attorney General Jay Nixon, the lone Democrat in the race, believes teaching intelligent design blurs the line of separation between church and state, his spokesman said.
"Jay Nixon believes there is time and a place for religious discussion, but we should stick to teaching science at public schools," said Nixon campaign spokesman Oren Shur.
On Wednesday, Stein gave lawmakers a free screening of his documentary, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," in the Capitol Rotunda.
His film debuts April 18.
Wesley Lovell
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