Comments on: We know what one vote will be now …

By: S.Scott

S.Scott — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:04:26 +0000

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By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:48:32 +0000

Don’t be fooled to indoctrinate the children in a religious creator or a scientific theory as a Religion is just the same thing wrapped differently - teach the Truth known scientific truth - not a theory (a partially verified idea) as a Law!

Oh 1 more thing teach children that there nothing more than advanced apes (without the data or skwed data) and see where they end up - If I’m an ape and it’s survival of the fittest what moral limit can you put on a society why not murder or steal or lie - we’re just apes survival of the fittest nautral selection - Business for the most part has accepted this (theology - theory ology) and see where it has gotten us

By: Albert

Albert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:42:06 +0000

Evolution (micro) as changes within the species is well documented fact - but Macro Evolution changes from one species to another has not been proven, observed, or has any evidence at all to show it ever happened or is happening now! To teach something you’re not sure or have any evidence of is a Religion not a Science if you’re going to teach it as a fact and you can’t prove it not science! - If you’re going to teach Macro Evolution teach creation as well! To say teaching evolution in the class will bring up science test scores is absurd! Please teachers teach science and it’s methodology Evolution is just one theory and a flawed one at that! Chemistry and Physics does not need or merit an evolutionary theory to be taught - it’s just a smoke screen to take away or to say that those who believe in a creator or creation are not informed, stupid, etc… Not so! As a Scientist and a Science teacher (15yrs) - I know scientifically the Macro Evolutionary theory is flawed to the point of making and classifying it as a Religion -

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:08:34 +0000

RE: What Smith and Callaway don’t understand is that those other theories of origin of life are not science.

I think they understand this all too well. They may not say so in public, but what they want is to indoctrinate children in the public schools with their sectarian religious theology. They are taking baby steps in that direction.

It is time for the educated, intelligent segment of socity to fight back. The science standards should explicitly and exactly state what is to be taught: EVOLUTION.

By: Florida Citizens for Science » Blog Archive » Those not in favor of good science education, raise your hand.

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:58:16 +0000

[...] Donna Callaway, member of state BoE who does not believe evolution should be taught “to the exclusion of other theories of origin of life,” as stated in the Florida Baptist Witness, Nov. 30. (Contact information on our Call to Action addresses page.) [...]

By: Florida Citizens for Science » Blog Archive » I’ll be on the radio

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:00:57 +0000

[...] The show’s host, Mark Simpson, originally told me that Polk County school board member Kay Fields would be on with me. But then a few days later Mark said that perhaps state board of education member Donna Callaway would be a guest. Mark phrased the guest list as being “fluid.” [...]

By: John M

John M — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:34:28 +0000

Prof Mac,

As a fellow Southern Baptist (and youth Sunday school teacher), I disagree that evolutionary theory is compatible with Christian doctrine (especially evangelical doctrine). My reasoning is as follows:

Evolutionary theory, to my understanding, holds that modern man exists in his present state due to small, beneficial changes in the biological structure of prior organisms (e.g., neanderthals, and others, onwards back to primates). Now clearly, according to evolutionary theory, these prior organisms all perished BEFORE modern man arose. But the Bible teaches that nothing perished before the entry of sin into the world in the Garden of Eden. And, of course, Adam existed (for however long) before he sinned, which implies that Adam could not have arisen from the death of prior organisms (because there was no death). So, in summary, here is the concise contradiction:

The Bible’s Account: (1) Man exists. (2) Living things die.
Evolution’s Account: (1) Living things die. (2) Man exists.

Thus, I hold that it is impossible to subscribe to the fundamental Christian doctrine of sin (and thus, likewise, salvation from it’s effects–death), and evolutionary theory.

By: Prof Mac

Prof Mac — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:29:51 +0000

I am an ordained Southern Baptist minister and a scientist with degrees in both theology and science. I am certified to teach both in Florida. Evolution theory is the only widely accepted scholarly explanation of how the universe, and all that it contains, has, does, and will behave. Therefore I am confused as to the “other theories” that provide a widely accepted scientific explanation. Science does not address the who and the Bible does not address the how. From the pulpit I preach that God created the heavens and earth (matter) and all that is therein. In the laboratory I seek answers as to the how. Two different concepts in two different settings; neither concept excludes the other. God created me with an inquiring mind and it would be poor stewardship on my part to not inquire into the universe around me and how it functions. Evolution happens, get over it. Don’t let a word become a stumbling block to knowledge.