Debate over evolution now allowed in Tenn. schools

[SniperFire]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable.



'NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A bill that encourages classroom debate over evolution will become law in Tennessee, despite a veto campaign mounted by scientists and civil libertarians who say it will reopen a decades-old controversy over teaching creationism to the state's schoolchildren.'

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

Imagine the lively debate and opening of minds which can now flourish in the previously flat-earther science rooms across Tenn, and hopefully the rest of America!

 

[konradv]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable.



'NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A bill that encourages classroom debate over evolution will become law in Tennessee, despite a veto campaign mounted by scientists and civil libertarians who say it will reopen a decades-old controversy over teaching creationism to the state's schoolchildren.'

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

Imagine the lively debate and opening of minds which can now flourish in the previously flat-earther science rooms across Tenn, and hopefully the rest of America!

What's next, astrology and alchemy classes?

 

[SniperFire]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable.



'NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A bill that encourages classroom debate over evolution will become law in Tennessee, despite a veto campaign mounted by scientists and civil libertarians who say it will reopen a decades-old controversy over teaching creationism to the state's schoolchildren.'

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

Imagine the lively debate and opening of minds which can now flourish in the previously flat-earther science rooms across Tenn, and hopefully the rest of America!

What's next, astrology and alchemy classes?

I think students should freely be able to debate the merits of astrology and alchemy.

What are you afraid of?

 

[occupied]

Well there goes any Tennessean ever becoming a scientist ever again. Maybe they can turn the science departments of their universities into more seminaries, lord knows preachers contribute more to society than stupid scientists.

 

[SniperFire]

Well there goes any Tennessean ever becoming a scientist ever again. Maybe they can turn the science departments of their universities into more seminaries, lord knows preachers contribute more to society that stupid scientists.

Seriously. Permitting a mere additional topic in high school debate will change the career path for all potential Tennessean scientists?



Gawd, that is hilarious..

 

[konradv]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable.



'NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A bill that encourages classroom debate over evolution will become law in Tennessee, despite a veto campaign mounted by scientists and civil libertarians who say it will reopen a decades-old controversy over teaching creationism to the state's schoolchildren.'

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

Imagine the lively debate and opening of minds which can now flourish in the previously flat-earther science rooms across Tenn, and hopefully the rest of America!

What's next, astrology and alchemy classes?

I think students should freely be able to debate the merits of astrology and alchemy.

What are you afraid of?

Wasting time on a phony subject. Aren't people already saying how crappy the schools are and now you want them to discuss non-science in a science class?!?!

 

[SniperFire]

What's next, astrology and alchemy classes?

I think students should freely be able to debate the merits of astrology and alchemy.

What are you afraid of?

Wasting time on a phony subject.

That is your opinion. Not shared by the vast, vast majority of Americans.

 

[Old Rocks]

So, you advocate the teaching of one religion's mythology in a science class. There is zero evidence for creationism, and huge volumes of evidence against it. And that idea affects the disciplines of geology, biology, and astronomy. Essentially, creationism denies the whole of modern science.

 

[occupied]

Well there goes any Tennessean ever becoming a scientist ever again. Maybe they can turn the science departments of their universities into more seminaries, lord knows preachers contribute more to society that stupid scientists.

Seriously. Permitting a mere additional topic in high school debate will change the career path for all potential Tennessean scientists?



Gawd, that is hilarious..

No, it's sad and not the least bit funny. Only religious fanatics who are outraged that science refuses to validate bronze age campfire stories see this as a victory, it's embarrassing and a step back into ignorance and superstition. Next they will want the flat earth theory discussed on equal terms with Newton's laws of physics.

 

[Old Rocks]

But what else are we to expect of the willfully ignorant 'Conservatives'. Their idea of advancement is a fast track to 1890.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well there goes any Tennessean ever becoming a scientist ever again. Maybe they can turn the science departments of their universities into more seminaries, lord knows preachers contribute more to society that stupid scientists.

Seriously. Permitting a mere additional topic in high school debate will change the career path for all potential Tennessean scientists?



Gawd, that is hilarious..

What is hilarious is that people like you think this kind of crap belongs in any schools carriculum.

 

[starcraftzzz]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable. ca!

No its a victory for ignorance and stupidity which in turn means a victory for republcians

 

[Old Rocks]

Depending on the people doing the ranking, Tennessee ranks between # 36 and # 46 in the 50 US states in education. Looks like they are working for # 50.

 

[Seawytch]

Hooray! This opens up TN schools to much needed debate about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

[konradv]

I think students should freely be able to debate the merits of astrology and alchemy.

What are you afraid of?

Wasting time on a phony subject.

That is your opinion. Not shared by the vast, vast majority of Americans.

But it's not science, so shouldn't be in a science class. Social studies maybe, but not science.

 

[BreezeWood]

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

- and it protects teachers from punishment if they teach creationism.

... if they "teach" creationism

and using their Bible for text in a science class ??? - that will not be the debate they are planning for.

 

[SniperFire]

Wasting time on a phony subject.

That is your opinion. Not shared by the vast, vast majority of Americans.

But it's not science, so shouldn't be in a science class.

Sure it is. Their all all sorts of probabilities and theory worthy of a discussion.

Plus, it enables young minds to examine, challenge and expel current mythologies, such as the flat-earth scientific assumptions that a cell somehow achieved a spontaneous irreducible complexity.

Open your mind.

 

[SniperFire]

Hooray! This opens up TN schools to much needed debate about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

There you go! Open your mind and don't be afraid of debate!

 

[Mr. Shaman]

A victory for freedom of thought and individualism in the school, and a stinging defeat for the secular mind police. We enjoy freedom of speech, not freedom from speech you find disagreeable.



'NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A bill that encourages classroom debate over evolution will become law in Tennessee, despite a veto campaign mounted by scientists and civil libertarians who say it will reopen a decades-old controversy over teaching creationism to the state's schoolchildren.'

Tenn. governor allows evolution debate bill to become law

Imagine the lively debate and opening of minds which can now flourish in the previously flat-earther science rooms across Tenn, and hopefully the rest of America!

Crankin'-Out The
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April 11, 2012​

"On Tuesday, Tennessee adopted a law “to prevent school administrators from reining in teachers who expound on alternative hypotheses” to the scientific theories of evolution and climate change.

The National Center for Science Education has said of the primary alternative to evolution — creationism — that “students who accept this material as scientifically valid are unlikely to succeed in science courses at the college level.”

Non-Snobbery Career-Track​

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[konradv]

That is your opinion. Not shared by the vast, vast majority of Americans.

But it's not science, so shouldn't be in a science class.

Sure it is. Their all all sorts of probabilities and theory worthy of a discussion.

Plus, it enables young minds to examine, challenge and expel current mythologies, such as the flat-earth scientific assumptions that a cell somehow achieved a spontaneous irreducible complexity.

Open your mind.

Not somehow, but because of physical and chemical laws. That's what they need to be studying. Open my mind? You're the one that's branding things "mythology". I just said it wasn't science. Lying with statistics maybe, but not science.