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TV station Bay News 9 ran a piece on the state science standards, choosing to make the story a dueling quotes war between FCS member Johnathan Smith and Polk County school board member Kay Fields.

“To me, just showing evolution is not fair to the students,” Fields said. “I am not encouraging preaching religion. All that I am encouraging, again, is that allowing students to learn the concept of intelligent design as they will the concept of evolution and let them make their decision based on the information.”

Smith disagrees.

“Yes, teach it in a comparative religion class,” he said. “Yes, teach it in a theology class. But you can’t teach religion.”

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3 Responses to Latest news story

  1. Michael E. Suttkus, II says:

    I love all the comments about evolution being so weak that it can only stand one side. After all, what other reason for not allowing ID into the classroom could there be?

    Similarly, it’s a sign of the weakness of gravity theory that we don’t allow schools to teach about the devils that grab people and hold them down to the ground. I won’t even get into how the stork theory of reproduction is supressed!

  2. John Osmond says:

    “I am not encouraging preaching religion. All that I am encouraging, again, is that allowing students to learn the concept of intelligent design as they will the concept of evolution and let them make their decision based on the information.”

    Then why not allow the “scientific theory” of intelligent design to stand on it’s own merits within the scientific community? Why bypass normal scientific acceptance practices and go right for young people in high school?

    Ms. Fields, you are a bold liar.

  3. Thomas says:

    I looking for Josh Krupnick / Krupnik. I saw him in Orlando in my vacation. I think so 1999. Can you help me?

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