http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071210/od_nm/evolution_lawsuit_dc
2007-12-10 07:17:28 · 10 answers · asked by slopoke6968 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If I got a job as a car mechanic and told my employer that my religious belief is that cars run on divine power and not gasoline, would it be unfair to fire me? Would YOU want your car to be 'repaired' by someone who didn't believe in mechanics?
The fact of a matter is that an employer who does NOT get rid of such a person is operating at a serious liability. People will not want products produced by such an employee and you are losing a certain value if they even perceive that he is there.
A person is free to believe what they like... but that is no excuse for failing to do a job they've agreed to do. If it were, I'm sure we'd see all kind of new religions pop up. "Sorry, boss, but I've just been converted and now every day is a holy day where working is prohibited for me. But you can't fire me or anything. Too bad for you."
2007-12-10 10:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The simple facts first, before we jump head long into the big divide.
If his beliefs did not prevent him from doing his required job in the way that was expected of him.
Then they absolutely had no right to kick him out because he didn't fit in. This is called Mobbing!
Though some of this may be due to the intolerance being felt on both sides as lines are being drawn.
On the other hand as it has already been pointed out if he is not doing the job he is being paid to, then there's no reason that he should continue being paid for not doing his job. Under what ever circumstances.
We should not be goaded into taking sides until we know exactly what those sides are.
2007-12-10 10:40:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sly Fox [King of Fools] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It matters how balanced one is when teaching students. I might hold the opinion that capitalism is morally wrong, but if all my lessons were to revolve around pressing this opinion I ought to be removed. I can't say either way how this person taught.
I think creationism is a naive little theory and if it obstructs the movement of gathering knowledge it has no place in education.
2007-12-10 10:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you read the entire story, you see that the case was already dismissed once. The work that he did needed someone who could operate within the theories of evolution. I think it was justified and I think "religious discrimination" is just a red herring. It has the potential to make a case and money that way... not to mention headlines.
2007-12-10 08:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suspect you really don't want to hear opposing views, but, here it is.
First, we do not know all the facts. What we do know is that he did not want to do part of his job because he did not believe that what that work was had any validity to it. Makes it tough to do your job. Must they hire another employee to do the job he would not? Can they afford to do that?
If he had been willing to do the job, and do it the way that was required, then he should have been allowed to keep the position.
I knew a person in my Geology class. He told me he was a creationist. I asked how he made it through the class where we had to deal with million year old rocks and such. He smiled and said, he just answered what the prof wanted to hear. Not what he believed in personally.
Most of us have to do things we don't want to do in our jobs. We do them to keep on working. Fact of life.
2007-12-10 07:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's perfectly justified. He was fired because his beliefs got in the way of him doing his job properly.
How he could have even become a biologist whilst believing in creationism is a bit beyond me in the first place.
I don't see why it should be a problem that someone can get fired for not being capable of performing their job to the standard required by the employer.
I can't imagine the church hiring me as an ArchBishop, but i'm not going to sue on discriminatory grounds am I?
2007-12-10 07:26:32 · answer #6 · answered by Jules C 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I strongly disagree. Was evolutionary biology not the specific focus of the job, it would be a different case entirely. the fact remains, however, that his refusal to accept the tenets on which his entire job revolved was a gross deception of the employers.
2007-12-10 07:27:27 · answer #7 · answered by rahlim89 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Since it is a basic understanding of biologic science, if he does not believe in science, he should not be allowed in the field.
2007-12-10 08:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by glenn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's indicative of what we can expect in the future as Christians isn't it?
I think that the release of an employee because he believes in the Bible in a literal sense is discriminatory. Regardless of what the company says, it is a discrimination.
2007-12-10 07:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think its wrong. I hope He wins.
2007-12-10 07:22:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋