Creationism
Nov. 9th, 2004 11:11 amI was doing the procrastination job and reading my daily dose of blogs when I tripped over an entry by Maud Newton on creationism. The warning sticker for biology textbooks in Cobb County, outside Atlanta seems so sensible:
I'm not the one for saying facts exist in a realm somewhere outside this world and we can't contest them, but there is a general consensus about what a scientific fact is. Namely a theory that finds its proof through research, and Darwin's theory has proof. You don't have to "believe" in evolution, you have to know. This isn't faith we're talking about, it's science.
Shouldn't we put stickers like that on bibles as well, then?
This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
I'm not the one for saying facts exist in a realm somewhere outside this world and we can't contest them, but there is a general consensus about what a scientific fact is. Namely a theory that finds its proof through research, and Darwin's theory has proof. You don't have to "believe" in evolution, you have to know. This isn't faith we're talking about, it's science.
Shouldn't we put stickers like that on bibles as well, then?