Comments on: Florida Poll: Only 22 percent say teach evolution only

By: Kevin Calhoun

Kevin Calhoun — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:48 +0000

Not at all.

He’s just saying that in today’s more secular world (compared to the time of the Scopes trial) that the roles of evolutionism and creationism have been juxtaposed. Where teaching evolution was once heretical–and a proponent of same would suffer repercussions, now it’s the teaching of creation (or ID) that has been demonized and its proponents could face similar consequences.

Tex, pipe up if I got this wrong.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:50:42 +0000

Kevin,

I know what the scopes trial is, of course, but I don’t get what “Scopes has now been turned on its head in our secular world.” … I’m probably just being thick.

By: Kevin Calhoun

Kevin Calhoun — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:08:07 +0000

Greg: Tex was referencing the Scopes trial. Scopes stood trial for teaching evolutionism where it was forbidden to do so. Now creationism has been banned in much the same way. Pointing out the many flaws (gaping holes, really) in evolutionary “theory” and proposing alternative hypotheses can get you black-balled in the scientific and educational communities. I know, I’ve seen it first-hand.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:39:28 +0000

Tex: I don’t get your last comment about Scopes.

By: Tex Taylor

Tex Taylor — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:58:47 +0000

Well, I wish they would ask me because I have both a minor and biology and chemistry, am in medical school, and I think most of evolution is crock…it’s speculation at best; then it requires huge leaps that defy both mathematics, thermodynamics and logic.

In fact, most of the medical school students I reside with believe as I do that evolution does a very poor job of explaining life. So this lie that only dummies believe that evolution is farce is mostly from evolutionists afraid to be challenged about their so-called “theories”.

Scopes has now been turned on its head in our secular world.

By: David Syzdek

David Syzdek — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:20:50 +0000

Maybe other states should stop accepting college applicants from Florida because the Florida science standards aren’t acceptable.

By: wrpd

wrpd — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:05:27 +0000

sailor: 100 years is 100 more years of stupid. I bet if the same Floridians were asked if long division should be taught in school, 20% would say yes, 30% would say no because it’s not in the bible, 30% would say no because it hurts when they try, and 20% would say “What’s long division?”

By: sailor

sailor — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:05:42 +0000

“It has been suggested that with very little engineering, we could cut Florida off and watch it drift away.”
No need for action. Just wait a hundred years or so and much of it will be covered in water thanks to global warming. See global warming is not all bad.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:32:09 +0000

Fool:

Exactly. It’s been done, sort of. Have a look at this:

http://tinyurl.com/24ytwv

By: decrepitoldfool

decrepitoldfool — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:05:14 +0000

I’d like to have the survey contain a section in which they try to explain what evolution is. (For most it would be the equivalent of saying that plumbing consists of “pipes and stuff” but that the Bible really had the last word on plumbing by mentioning the fountain at Siloam.)

Then their answers about whether to teach evolution would be multiplied by a factor determined by their score on explaining what evolution is. Inability to explain even the most basic thing about evolution, would result in your answer being 0.01 times as important as the answer of someone who could explain fully.