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« Guest Bloggers Sought | Main | Words Fail » November 20, 2005Intelligent DebateDonald Sensing is right, Charles Krauthammer's column in the Washington Post on intelligent design is a must-read. So go read it. I have an intelligent and workable compromise for the battle over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design in our public schools, if anyone cares to hear it - though it won't satisfy the absolutists on either side. It goes like this: Require public school teachers to inform their students that evolutionary theory addresses the science of the process by which life adapts and changes, but says nothing about the ultimate origin of life and, therefore, is not ultimately in conflict with either the notion that it arose spontaneously without a creator or that it arose only at the behest of a creator. Teach students how life changes and evolves - but inform them that science has not answered how the process got started. Inform students that when evolution posits that the universe started in a "Big Bang," it does not state the cause of that Big Bang - and that students are free to rely on their religious beliefs or non-religious beliefs to fill in that blank. Tell them that believing the universe and life were created by a creator who exists outside of space and time does not preclude the existence of evolutionary processes, and believing in evolution does not preclude that the process was begun by a creator who exists outside of space and time. And then teach the science. Posted in Faith & Culture
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Shorter Bill; God making a universe WOULD make a rather large bang, wouldn't it? Good approach Posted by: Bob K at November 21, 2005 6:50 AMIt won't fly. As you say, it won't satisfy the absolutionists. They're not inclined to be reasonable over this issue. They can't even agree on those life 'changes'. And they won't allow legitimate criticism of their 'science'. The problem with much of school is that 'the right answers' are too often subjective and based on the teacher/tester's worldview. When students and teachers aren't allowed to question the status quo regarding anything--whether that be a Shakespeare sonnet or the conclusions of a scientific process--we haven't taught them the skills these students need to live full lives and protect our nation. We've only indoctrinated them and told them that success equals agreeing with your authorities. The result is effective droans not logically thinking citizens able (and allowed) to come to their own conclusions and prepared to recognize and throw off tyranny if the time comes. Posted by: Kay Brooks at November 21, 2005 9:05 AMIn other words, "Mission Accomplished!" ;o) Posted by: Eric Holcombe at November 21, 2005 12:20 PMKay, I think you mean "absolutists," not "absolutionists!" Bill, you are right on here. I wonder how we can promote this? Posted by: Donald Sensing at November 23, 2005 9:44 PMPost a comment
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