Anyone want to read the article put forth by Answers in Genesis go to this link:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2007/0327or-teacher.asp
To get the secular paper, a link is listed at the bottom of the article from the The Oregonian.
By sticking to the "goal" of the Oregan public school system of "any genuinely scientific evidence for or against any explanation of life may be taught", Mr. Helpinstine merely gave articles that showed how bias affected science. He used two articles from a Creationist author BUT removed anything speaking about God or the Bible in the article. As such, he never taught Creationism, but was setting out to show how some modern science can be molded by bias rather than pure scientific observation. He was also bashed for showing slideshows that shows how Nazi's and eugenics were linked to evolution (which there is a strong connection between the two). Science is not perfect because man is behind the interpretation. The Nazi's were huge advocates of evolution. ONe doesn't have to look far as to why when they know the actual WHOLE title of Darwin's book, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life." Did Darwin say "favoured" races? Evolution is definitely a racist theory.
In any case, it is a tragedy and an outrage that this teacher was fired as a result of all of this. There are vastly MORE FACTS AND EVIDENCES on the process of human history and origins than just the THEORY of evolution presented in school textbooks. There are brilliant works. Anyone hear of Biochemist Michael Behe's book Darwin's Black Box? It's awesome!
Bottomline:
Science is the pursuit of truth. Brilliant Christian SCIENTISTS (believe it or not) have actual SCIENTIFIC reasons for claiming Creationism over evolution. How about people be more "open-minded" towards the facts and theories presented by the other side???????
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Regardless of what he was teaching, the school couldn't afford and/or didn't want to deal with the pressure it could bring. The quick and easy out was to fire the teacher.
You asked about Michael Behe and his book Darwin's black box. Although I haven't read it. I am convinced that creationists would like it in their arsenal of literature.
He posits the idea of irreducible complexity when looking at the nature of cells (the black box) Irreducible complexity can be summed up with the analogy of a mechanical watch.
If you take the parts of the watch you can see that many serve absolutely no function by themselves but rather only when they are assembled can they then serve a purpose. As such a grouping in a structure is required.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Well I've actually read the book and I am aware of his powerful argument of irreducible complexity. But I do appreciate your brief summary on the subject. It definitely will give more weight to the post.
Thanks!
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