The New Road

Update on the ID stuff

I got some responses back from school board members about my emails. A few informed me that they do, in fact, teach Chinese, which impresses me. But overall the tone was; "All we are asking for is to say that evolution is not a fact. We shouldn't get sued for that." I beg to differ. On it's face what they are saying is true, evolution is not a fact. No scientific theory is a fact. The theory of gravity is not a fact. But I think we would all agree that testing the theory of gravity on ourselves would end badly. So on it's face, it's not only true, but redundant.

Which brings me to the intent. Why, if it's redundant, is it important to tell kids that evolution is not a fact? And that's where the legal problems start for these counties. Just like in Dover the courts can assess the intent behind the notification. And if the intent is, as it is in this case, to undermine the teaching of evolution in favor of a religiously based alternative, then they have a problem.

One of the things that ticks me off is that people who 'believe in ID' (whatever that means) still use pharmaceuticals developed in the last twenty five years. All of which were developed either using animal testing, which only works because we know we share large parts of our genome with other species, or genomic research. Like the Amish, people who don't believe in evolution should refrain from using medicines derived from that research. I'm not trying to be snide, I'm just trying to illustrate just how important and vital the role that evolution plays in science is.

Another example is Einstein's general theory of relativity. It will tell you that the age of this planet and the universe. It will also help you stay up in the sky when your in a plane. So if you believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old, which Einstein's theory directly contradicts, you shouldn't be flying in planes because they will most certainly crash.

That being said, I don't expect anyone to stop taking drugs or flying in planes. But unfortunately I do expect that people will keep spitting on the science that keeps this world running.