Opinion: , Some Thoughts:

...on the theory of evolution

It's as much a FACT as our THEORY of gravity.

Unless you don't believe in that one, either...

As I wrote to someone who commented to a previous post, "I wish this were satire...":

Actually, we have a better understanding of evolution than we do of gravity. Gravity is the only one of the four fundamental forces we have not been able to unify together in the elusive "Theory of Everything", the electromagnetic force, and the nuclear/atomic strong and weak forces have all been unified, but gravity refuses to cooperate on that.

Saying "creation science" is on the same level as the theory of evolution is calling something "science" that is inherently unprovable. Science is all about proving or disproving hypothoses using the available evidence, and seeking out new evidence by defining and performing experiments. "Creation science" is religion, not science, and using the word "science" to make it an acceptable alternative to a widely accepted scientific theory is simply an attempt at framing the argument using Orwellian newspeak.

Neither evolution nor any other widely accepted scientific theory that I am aware of deny the possible existence of a God or gods. However, that should be kept in the arena of faith, and out of the public schools, unless you want a special, comparative religion class taught that gives ALL religions equal time and equal weight. Just don't call it "science" because it is not.

I thought my English literature teacher was full of shit, but I still had to regurgitate what she wanted.

Where are our evangelical saviors on that issue?

Be realistic.

Regarding "theories" versus "laws" versus whatever else, let me explain a little recognized fact. Newton's Laws of Motion are WRONG. They are merely approximations that have since been corrected by Einstein's THEORY of Relativity. In other words, something we still call a set of natural "laws" are not entirely correct, and instead are a special case of a more fundamental set of rules (aka equations).

So, don't get caught up on the "theory" label. Evolution is MORE of a fact than many so-called "laws" that are not in dispute.

Unless of course, we are going to say all of science is full of shit.

Then throw your computer out the window, tell your diabetic friends to not take that new insulin substitute that can be taken by a nasal inhaler that was made by genetically engineering some bacteria, and stop eating anything you don't grow yourself, because we now have genetically modified foods in EVERYTHING, even Doritos.

Science works, and our lives are better for it.

I resent being told that "creationism" is a "science" when the BASIS of science is to make hypotheses that are provable or disprovable. "Creationism" and "God" are NOT provable NOR disprovable and BY DEFINITION do NOT belong in a science class.

In other words, Church and State SHOULD BE SEPARATE, and GOD should NOT be in science class.

Science does not deny the existence of a God or gods. It merely tries to explain how the universe works. God can be present or absent.

However, God should NOT be discussed in a science class, or it BECOMES a religious class, and THERE is your defying of separation of Church and State.

One final warning, our idiocy on this matter endangers the future of our nation, for the greatest existential threat to the future of the United States is not Islamist terrorism (which coincidentally uses religious faith to enforce a discipline on its followers) but China.

The United States was not always pre-eminent in science and technology, and we are in serious danger of losing what lead we have left.

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