Creationists sending Texas to the Dark Ages?

Question

Chris Comer has been fired as head of the Texas Education Association's Director of Science for promoting good science.

http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2007/TX/270_barbara_forrest_on_chris_comer_12_5_2007.asp

Linda J, move to Texas before your kid learns good science!

Nothing to do with opinion. Do you think opinion got us to the moon or your car starts because you're of the opinion it will?

Answer 1

As a Christian, I consider the politicization of science to be tragic and needless, both for science and Christianity.

It brings our religion into disrepute, and makes a mockery of one of science's most well-founded facts, demonstrated by acres of fossils, decades of DNA decoding, and years of laboratory experiments. Not to mention the field evidence that, in our own lifetimes, animals have speciated:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=our-evolving-present

Four hundred years from now - mark my words - people will look back on us as dark age hillbillies for subscribing to something our own science told us was clearly untrue. And it is so needless! Christianity is not about creationism. It is about CHRIST! By making an idol of creationism we build our faith on a house of cards, and make it far more fragile than it ever needed to be.

Even 1700 years ago, Augustine wrote:

"It very often happens that there is some question as to the earth or the sky, or the other elements of this world — respecting which one who is not a Christian has knowledge derived from most certain reasoning or observation, and it is very disgraceful and mischievous and of all things to be carefully avoided, that a Christian speaking of such matters as being according to the Christian Scriptures, should be heard by an unbeliever talking such nonsense that the unbeliever perceiving him to be as wide of the mark as east from west, can hardly restrain himself from laughing..."

Answer 2

Texans enjoy thumbing their nose at many mainstays of normal culture.

I saw so many things in Texas that just were beyond belief, but I SAW them, so I know it to be true.

From the misspellings on billboards to pictures posted in a grade school telling "Yankees to go back where they came from" (In a grade school where I was taking an aerobics class. Garland TX)

They are quite proud of their "rebel" ways but they shouldn't be. They only succeed at showing how truly ignorant they really are and how immature they really are. G.W. is the epitome of the average Texan. Immature, pretentious, undereducated and so damn SMUG.

Living in Texas was an education, one I did NOT want. I'd rather be sitting in Yankee land just thinking Texans are ignorant than actually have lived there and KNOWING it to be a true.

Don't get me wrong, I made some wonderful friends in Texas, but most of my friends were transplants, not native to the state. I am so grateful that I was able to move out of that state, I just can't tell you how grateful I am.

Good question.

Peace.

Answer 3

Texas may be the first real test of the Creationist movement. I suspect there will be some very strong challenges made and I also anticipate that Creationism will find out that it's a big, big loser. Take a look at what European educators suggest: http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/Randall_Fleck/Report_GIF.gif
And, have a look at what the Vatican has to say: http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/Randall_Fleck/Not_Science_GIF.gif
The handwriting is on the wall for religion's influence over political issues --- Rational people don't trust God and I stand right with them.
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Answer 4

I'm from an older generation. One that didn't push the ASSUMPTION of evolution. We said the pledge of allegiance every morning, with God included. We never complained that "IN GOD WE TRUST" was on our money. Now during my adult life we sent people to the moon, in the beginning were a creditor nation, invented the microprocessor and etc.. You have seen at least one of my projects on TV if you watched the anthrax scare. Some other projects have been used in several nations around the world. So don't say the belief in God has taken us to the dark ages. But it is the other way around. As we have forced God out of our society, we can't get crap done in America, we are umpteen trillion in debt and going downhill fast. If you want to point the finger, look in the mirror and say God is confusing this nation because of people such as me.

Answer 5

That's nauseating. If there is any continuing evidence that religions have no problems lying for their personal agendas, creationism is it.

I for one will uphold science. We all know what happens to a society where science slows to a crawl, due to religious fundamentalism...

Answer 6

Ms. Comer was fired for her attitude of refusing to allow evolution to be scrutinized. Science is supposed to be all about an honest evaluation of what evidence is available. Any scientist who stands in the way of all the pros and cons of the theory of evolution being seen has absolutely NO place teaching our children.

Answer 7

Forcing Chris Corner's resignation is all sorts of bad.

Answer 8

I don't know,but,Texas sounds like Hell,I'm never going there!

Answer 9

It looks like we're living in the, "dark ages," now. Just wake up and watch the news.

Answer 10

And people wonder why American students are falling behind world-wide in mathematics and science - this is a prime example of why.