Unbelievable
Even more bad news for Texas students and teachers, this time from the New York Times. Board Chairman Don McLeroy brings teh burnin' stupid.
Dr. McLeroy believes that Earth’s appearance is a recent geologic event — thousands of years old, not 4.5 billion. “I believe a lot of incredible things,” he said, “The most incredible thing I believe is the Christmas story. That little baby born in the manger was the god that created the universe.”Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
But Dr. McLeroy says his rejection of evolution — “I just don’t think it’s true or it’s ever happened” — is not based on religious grounds. Courts have clearly ruled that teachings of faith are not allowed in a science classroom, but when he considers the case for evolution, Dr. McLeroy said, “it’s just not there.”I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.
“My personal religious beliefs are going to make no difference in how well our students are going to learn science,” he said.
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Ah, clearly this blithering idiot politician with no science education is far more qualified to judge "the case for evolution" than the scientists and science teachers.
What a toolbox. Was he elected? Is there any way to get rid of him? I mean, between him and Gov. Perry, it seems like Texas can't go eight days without getting some kind of stupidity in the news. My condolences, Bob.
McLeory was first elected to the Texas SBOE in 1998, and re-elected in 2002 and 2006. He was appointed to the Chairmanship in July 2007 by Governor Perry. McLeroy isn't up for re-election until 2010.
We can start by unseating Vice Chairman David Bradley and board members Terri Leo, Barbara Cargill, and Gail Lowe, all of whom are up for re-election in November 2008.
Discussing weaknesses and limitations of any theory should be encouraged, and should already be a part of science education. It's this lack that can lead to kids believing science has an answer for everything, now. This can lead to a disillusionment with science and an uneducated popular backlash against it.
As long as weaknesses were taught in the framework of teaching the scientific method for all science, and as long as they're real weaknesses, as understood in any current field, and not some bogus weaknesses.
And, would creationists allow the same principle of covering weaknesses to apply to their religious studies program? Doubt it.
Hi Bob,
Just come to your blog and look forward to reading more. You may have these covered, but just in case, or for any of your readers, here are a couple of sources:
http://www.pointofinquiry.org/ - great mp3 interviews, including authors of some of the books you mentioned in an earlier post of yours.
http://www.youtube.com/user/potholer54 - Good 10 minute clips that even the short attention span creationists might be able to follow.
Howdy, Ron.
Well said. And thanks for reading. I'll do my best to keep posting.
>>We can start by unseating Vice Chairman David Bradley and board members Terri Leo, Barbara Cargill, and Gail Lowe, all of whom are up for re-election in November 2008.<<
Unfortunately (as far as I can tell), Bradley and Lowe are the only ones who face a Democratic challenger: Laura Ewing (District 7) and Edra Bogle (District 14), respectively.
We have to wait til 2010 to put up challengers against Mercer and Dunbar (Districts 5 and 10, both of which cover Travis county). But it's not too early to start thinking about that election, either.
"Unfortunately (as far as I can tell), Bradley and Lowe are the only ones who face a Democratic challenger: Laura Ewing (District 7) and Edra Bogle (District 14), respectively."
I was afraid of that.
nothing original to say
except science and religion are offshoots of the same ideology
you cannot have one without the other
it is the yin and the yang of the brained and the brainless
the hardest part is figuring out which one is which
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