Louisiana is the only state in the nation to enact a law that will likely change the way science is taught in public schools, The Advocate reported today. Opponents have repeatedly charged that the law is designed to inject religious views — Christian creationism and intelligent design — into long-settled science issues.
“It has definitely been a topic in states,” said Heather Chikoore, education policy specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver. Lawmakers in four other states, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri, debated similar bills this year, but they all failed to pass. A proposal in Michigan has thus far failed to gain support. The measure here, however, won final Senate approval 36-0 and cleared the House 94-3. Gov. Bobby Jindal signed the bill into law.
Backers claim the new rules will spark wide-open classroom debates, including arguments on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
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Compare the amount of interlocking data from every applicable scientific field including geology, physics, and even molecular biology, all having observational experiments done, that test and prove the hypotheses of evolution occurring, with the DISCREDITED FAIRY TALE - A BIG INVISIBLE MONSTER THAT NOBODY HAS EVER SEEN OR HEARD DID IT.
Hopefully the truth will win out rapidly, causing religion to dramatically wither.
George Carlin was an atheist. He had great routines ridiculing religion that can be seen on youtube. Let me elaborate why this may be his greatest contribution to society.
It is frightening that mass delusions of supernatural beings still exist today. It is the same thing as saying that my invisible fire breathing dragon is more powerful than your multi-headed fire spewing sea monster. So, come around to my way of thinking or I will commit atrocities for it.
How could anybody worship a fictional being whose story is outlandishly absurd. Everything from the murderous blood stained father who drowned virtually all humanity and other life, sentenced everyone to die after eve (persuaded by a talking snake) ate a magic apple, had Jonah take a ride in the belly of a whale, ruined the life of Job, told Abraham to murder his own kid, killed all the first born of Egypt, had his chosen people commit genocide on the original inhabitants of Palestine, and demanded his own son be nailed to a tree to allow mankind to party with a ghost - is a fairy tale that humanity needs to reject if we are to see many more generations.
With the coming proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, religion must be ended or we will be.
By the way if you are dumb enough to believe that this fable is real - in the Bible, how many people did the devil kill? Whom would you rather spend time with - a vengeful monster or a fallen angel who thought he had a better way?
Hopefully if you were previously deluded, after reading this you will see how foolish you have been. Belief in religion is profanity.