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 GD> As it is, BYU often has to fight hard to keep creationism from
 GD> being included in their curriculum.

 EH> Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

 EH> You are an idiot.

You really are an ignorant asshole.  

Let's look at what's transpired in Utah:  

Evolution debate hits Utah Senate
By Jens Dana Daily Universe Staff Reporter - 28 Nov 2005
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The evolution debate is about to surface in Utah as a local senator drafts a
legislative bill to revamp The State Board of Education's pro-evolution
position.

Sen.  Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, said he is tired of concerned parents
calling him to ask why their children are only being taught about evolution.
That's why he is drafting a confidential bill to challenge the way evolution
is taught in Utah schools.  The current science curriculum is a form a
censorship because students are taught nothing but evolution, he said.

"There are several theories of how life began," Buttars said.  "Yet the only
one [schools] teach is evolution. That's censorship."

When asked if the bill would require teaching intelligent design, the idea
that a designer directs life and creation, he said he would decide to include
it or not at a later date.

Buttars said he is keeping the details of his bill confidential because he has
a few issues he would like to address first.  He wouldn't say what those
issues are, but he said he would unveil his bill Jan.  14 at the Utah Eagle
Forum convention.

Although he said intelligent design shouldn't be taught in science class,
Buttars said he agrees with President Bush that intelligent design should have
equal footing in school because evolution is an incomplete theory.

"Why don't [scientists] plainly say `We don't know how man has become'?"
Buttars said.  "All they want to do is tell you that [man] has evolved as
fact, and they have no fact that man evolved from any other species.  The
missing link is still missing, in fact the whole chain is missing."

Duane Jeffery, BYU professor of integrative biology, said it is unfair to use
intelligent design as an alternative to evolution because it is not a theory
in the scientific sense.

"Intelligent design claims to be an alternate theory to evolution," Jeffery
said. "It cannot qualify as a theory."

A scientific theory, Jeffery said, is a broad summation that pulls together
massive amounts of data and gives direction for future testing.  The problem
with intelligent design is it cannot be tested for validation, he said.

"You can't test anything with intelligent design," he said.  "There's no way
you can do science with it. Nobody has been able to."

Jeffery said it is essential to continue to distinguish between hard science
and speculation so students become competitive on the international level.

"There's no question that science is the radical force in society," he said.
"It's the only thing we have for conserving our natural resources; it's the
only thing that pushes progress.  If we teach young students that science is
inimical to their religious beliefs then we will fall behind, and we already
have."

Marta Adair, an integrative biology professor with 21 years experience
teaching all grade levels, said proponents call intelligent design a theory
when it is more appropriately termed a hunch.

She also said she supports the Utah Board of Education's position on evolution
as it stands, which states, "As a fundamental scientific concept, evolution is
a necessary part of science classroom instruction."

"I support it completely because it uses science as we currently understand
it," she said.  "It uses the model for good science, that it is testable, and
it's not speculative."



Copyright Brigham Young University 28 Nov 2005





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