Louisiana legislature passes 'creation bill' -- Opponents: "The Bible was never intended to be a science textbook"
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Despite earning a biology degree from a prestigious university, Gov. Jindal is likely to sign the bill given his association with the Religious Right.
The Louisiana Coalition for Science is hoping Gov. Jindal will remember his biology degree from Brown University when he decides whether or not to veto SB 733, the “Louisiana Science Education Act.”
(That seems unlikely, according to the national watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Chruch and State which highlighted Jindal's association with the Louisiana Family Forum, a religious organization with strong conservative politics shortly after the governor took office.)
In its letter to Jindal, the Louisiana Coalition for Science called SB 733 “a thinly disguised attempt to advance the “Wedge Strategy” of the Discovery Institute, a creationist think tank that is collaborating with the LA Family Forum to get intelligent design (ID) creationism into LA public school science classes....Creationism, which includes both young-earth creationism and ID, is not science but a sectarian view based on the Bible. Young-earth creationism is based on Genesis, and ID is based on the Gospel of John, as was established in federal court in the case of Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District (2005). The Bible was never intended to be a science textbook.”
The coalition also points out that passage of the bill would be a clear violation of the Establishment Clause contained in the Constitution which prohibits sectarian doctrine. The proposed law attempts to sidestep that violation with a disclaimer that the law “shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.”
The bill, if signed into law, is certain to be challenged.
Prior to its passage in the Louisiana House, the world’s largest scientific society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), expressed its opposition to the bill in a letter to Louisiana Speaker of the House Jim Tucker.
Alan Lesher, AAAS CEO and executive publisher of Science journal, wrote that the bill disingenuously implies there is a controversy about evolution among scientists. “But there is virtually no controversy about evolution among the overwhelming majority of researchers,” Lesher wrote. “The science of evolution underpins all of modern biology and is supported by tens of thousands of scientific studies in fields that include cosmology, geology, paleontology, genetics and other biological specialties.”
Lesher, who leads an organization representing 10 million scientists worldwide, reminded Tucker that the U.S. Supreme Court already declared a Louisiana “creation science” law unconstitutional in 1987.
In its June 13 letter to Jindal, the American Institute of Biological Sciences and seven other societies and scientific organizations appealed to the governor to consider Louisiana’s economic future: “The future educational, employment, and economic growth of Louisiana and the United States depends upon a scientifically literate workforce and a population capable of making informed decisions. A strong foundation in science that includes an understanding of evolution is required to fuel the advances in research, development, and innovation that will help Louisiana increase economic growth from new jobs and opportunities arising from science and technology.”
The Louisiana Coalition for Science asks: “With our state still recovering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, does Louisiana need the expense and embarrassment of defending – and losing – another lawsuit in federal court?”
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No.
Will they get it?
Absolutely.
That statement is contrary to the in-depth investigation published in The Quest for Right, a 7-book series based on phyiscal science, the old science of cause and effect. The scientific account of creation will amaze all who read it. For example, the Bible records that the earth accreted from a watery nebula. A gravity crystal was placed in the great surging mass to collapose it into planet earth. Although greatly detailed in the several volumes, the accretion method explains the earth's great supply of water without any undue quantum mysticism. Read more:
THE BIGGER PICTURE IN THE DEBATE ON DARWINISM IS NOT INTELLIGENT DESIGN.
The reason is elementary: the Discovery Institute and other ID proponents leave out the Triune God, Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Hence, Richard Dawkins can make the case for “aliens†seeding the earth.
The Quest for Right, a series of 7 textbooks created for the public schools, represents the ultimate marriage between an in-depth knowledge of biblical phenomena and natural and physical sciences. The several volumes have accomplished that which, heretofore, was deemed impossible: to level the playing field between those who desire a return to physical science in the classroom and those who embrace the theory of evolution. The Quest for Right turns the tide by providing an authoritative and enlightening scientific explanation of natural phenomena which will ultimately dethrone the unprofitable Darwinian view.
"I am amazed at the breadth of the investigation - scientific history, biblical studies, geology, biology, geography, astronomy, chemistry, paleontology, and so forth - and find the style of writing to be quite lucid and aimed clearly at a general, lay audience." ― Mark Roberts, former Editor of Biblical Reference Books, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
The Quest for Right series of books, based on physical science, the old science of cause and effect, has effectively dismantled the quantum additions to the true architecture of the atom. Gone are the nonexistent particles once thought to be complementary to the electron and proton (examples: neutrons, neutrinos, photons, mesons, quarks, Z's, bosons, etc.) and a host of other pseudo particles.
To the curious, scientists sought to explain Atomic theory by introducing fantastic particles that supposedly came tumbling out of the impact between two particles, when in fact, the supposed finds were simply particulate debris. There are only two elementary particles which make up the whole of the universe: the proton and electron. All other particles were added via quantum magic and mathematical elucidation in an attempt to explain earthly phenomena without God.
Introducing the scheme of coincidence, which by definition, "is the systematic ploy of obstructionists who, in lieu of any divine intervention, state that any coincidental grouping or chance union of electrons and protons (and neutrons), regardless of the configuration, always produces a chemical element. This is the mischievous tenet of electron interpretation which states that all physical, chemical, and biological processes result from a change in the electron structure of the atom which, in turn, may be deciphered through the orderly application of mathematics, as outlined in quantum mechanics. A few of the supporting theories are: degrading stars, neutron stars, black holes, extraterrestrial water, antimatter, the absolute dating systems, and the big bang, the explosion of a singularity infinitely smaller than the dot of an “i†from which space, time, and the massive stellar bodies supposedly sprang into being.
The Quest for Right is not only better at explaining natural phenomena, but also may be verified through testing. As a consequence, the material in the several volumes will not violate the so-called constitutional separation of church and state. Physical science, the old science of cause and effect, will have a long-term sustainability, replacing irresponsible doctrines based on whim. Teachers and students will rejoice in the simplicity of earthly phenomena when entertained by the new discipline.
The Quest for Right. http://questforright.com
Almost time to get out my pirate regalia. This will be fun!
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So who is Bobby Jindal and why is he here? http://www.236.com/news/2008/06/17/i_want_to_be_number_two_bobby_7194.php
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