a disclaimer on evolution
Georgia school district adopts a creation policy, relegating evolution to “a theory, not a fact” in a disclaimer in science books.
As usual, “loud voices of the extremist few have drowned out the voice of the moderate majority”.
Chad Miller wrote them an interesting letter, with this most quotable piece:
Remember your middle-school math that taught you that in a right- triangle, the square of the length of the longest side (hypotenuse) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other sides? That principle is called the Pythagorean _Theorem._ Would the Board consider altering Math texts if a vocal group of constituents offered a conflicting “theory” based on faith to rival Pythogoras’s triangle theory? I suppose not, but why would the same board treat another threory with prevarication?
Indeed, had the Bible talked about geometry, I’ll let you imagine the state of architecture in today’s Christian States of America.
2 responses
*sigh* And you know that ish would be true, too, damn.
#1 Tek — 2002/08/27 at 7:14
I’d love to see some claim along the lines of “Jesus taught us that there is no hypothenuses, only crossing lines, so Pythagore is only a theory !”.
#2 michel v — 2002/08/28 at 2:14
Your words