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- From: jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann)
- Newsgroups: soc.history
- Subject: Evolution and Religion (Was: Re: [ACLU] Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union)
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:06:16 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.190547.573@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article <1992Nov20.190547.573@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) writes:
- > In article <JMC.92Nov20090453@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
- jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU writes:
- > >There isn't time to give all theories equal weight, and like it or
- > >not evolution dominates scientific thought and also general
- > >intellectual thought. However, there are a large number of people
- > >who adhere to creationist doctrines of one kind or another.
- >
- > That is, the majority feels that evolution is correct, and certain
- > common religious views are wrong. Since public education is a
- > matter of indoctrination (in effect), the current policy is for
- > the government to indoctrinate all children that a particular
- > religion is wrong. That sounds quite clearly like a violation of
- > the First Amendment.
-
- No, it's not simply that the majority feels that evolution is
- correct. It's that the vast majority of evidence we have says
- that evolution is correct.
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- If some religion decided the world was flat, would we violate the
- first ammendment by "indoctrinating all children" in the belief that
- it is round?
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- Jim Mann
- Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
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