Thanks to Leaning Right, I now know about Joseph Farah over at WorldNet Daily. He has two articles in particular, I believe in Creation and Why I believe in Creation, which bring up some interesting points.
Leaning Right has commentary here and here on this subject, and brings up another valid point about the ACLU (referring to another article from Mr. Farah) really promoting its own "religion."
As Mr. Farah states in "I believe in Creation,"
Last month, the ACLU helped several disgruntled parents in suburban Atlanta sue their school district over a simple label on its science textbooks that states: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."
The suit claims the school board is "doing more than accommodating religion. They are promoting religious dogma to all students."
Let me contradict that statement. When people accept the theory of evolution as an article of faith and teach it as a matter of fact and permit no dissent whatsoever from their doctrine, they are the ones who are promoting religious dogma to all students.
So, as one of my favorite ministries, Answers in Genesis, says, "Destroy the foundations, and eventually the rest of the building will fall." [paraphrased] Creation is an important foundation to our society, and evolutionary theory and its supporters have done a "good" job destroying it. It's time to force the evolutionists to admit the many failings of their theory and make them confront other theories honestly.
UPDATE: It occurs to to me that I may not have been clear in my last paragraph.
Yes, I will be frank: I would LOVE it if Creationism were taught in schools. I believe that it has many valid responses to evolutionary theory, and that it is far closer to the truth. However, I realize that this is probably not very realistic.
In any case, I am not advocating that evolution is removed from the classroom. The theory has its strong points in explaining micro-evolution. My real wish is that it is taught honestly, with all its problems and difficulties, and not as "absolute fact." There are other well supported theories out there which need to be acknowledged and taught, such as Intelligent Design.
And, no, ID does not require teaching "religion."
I guess I'm just tired of being treated like an idiot when I say I don't believe in evolution, and try to point out its problems and the biases of its proponents.
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