Comments on: Kansas Repeals Evolution Ruling

Education Board Repeals Science Guidelines Questioning Evolution, A Blow To "Intelligent Design" Advocates

[nynative1340]

"Thomas Jefferson believed that the ethical system of Jesus was the finest the world has ever seen. In compiling what has come to be called "The Jefferson Bible," he sought to separate those ethical teachings from the religious dogma and other supernatural elements that are intermixed in the account provided by the four Gospels. He presented these teachings, along with the essential events of the life of Jesus, in one continuous narrative."

http://www.angelfire.com/co/JeffersonBible/

[nynative1340]

"God has been thrown out of this country's morals and beliefs, and principles, ... Our founding fathers would be devastated if they were to jump in a time machine to the future and see this...
Oh well....still doesn't change the truth. Congrats atheists....ya happy now? Posted by singinrick

With singinrick the world is either white or black; no shades of gray, no color. Either you are a (fundamentalist) Christian, or you are nothing. singinrick suffers from the "Christian nation myth" that pervades the Christian religion.

Many of our founding fathers espoused Deism, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Ethan Allen, James Madison, and James Monroe.

So, singinrick, our founding fathers would be quite 'pleased' to see that our Great Nation has resisted the "Christian right" pressure to infuse their beliefs into our government.

Have you never heard of the "Jefferson Bible," singinrick? Obviously not, otherwise you would not have said "Our founding fathers would be devastated..."

Stay in your 'mythos' world and don't try to understand the secular world; you'll be a lot better off.

[fizzal-2009]

When are you gona pay back your Easter and Christmass holiday pay with interest and a customary late fine on tax fileings since you think your from a monkey,and you might as well throw in memorial day holiday pay cause in a visit to the cemitary not all the veterans graves had a decoration there!

[partyguy51]

was tom cruise involved???

[speedyclick]

I'm a Christian and a scientist, and I have to say that this decision is a great relief to me, as I've always thought that people who believe God needs us to defend faith AGAINST science seem to have a poor grasp of both. Mary Ostrem, DrPH

[susanhelit]

Happy, happy, happy! But it's got nothing to do with religion - science is SECULAR not atheist nor theist.

As it happens, most evolution scientists, most scientists period, believe in God. By a substantial margin. Science and god are not incompatible.

Some might well believe that if you want to know God, studying his works, with a completely open mind about how and why they came about, is a good thing. That's what a scientist does. Without regard to who, they just try to understand how things work. If you believe in God, you see a marvelous architect who set up a system of rules (physics), and set things in motion, creating a wonderful complexity, and many self-guiding rules.

Evolution is solid, it's the scientific, unbiased either way, theory of how everything evolves. It's been tested, challenged, and found true over and over. Religious leaders, such as the Pope, say it is good. It doesn't say God exists, and it doesn't say he doesn't. It doesn't even say that the Bible is wrong, just that maybe it's an anaology for more primitive times for how God really did it.

I'm always glad to see the forces of anti-science, anti-truth beaten down. Religious stories belong in church.

[rokchok88]

As a humanist and a Kansan, I have to say this is GREAT news... now if only Governor Sebelius would get involved and take this issue out of the hands of the State BOE.

If you want to believe in god or buddha or allah, more power to you.
But science is science.
If you TRULY believe in god, then you have to believe that god created the world and all in it-- as well as science.

Evidence of evolution has been seen time and time and time and time again.
Evidence of a non-corporeal being has NEVER been seen let alone proved.

Please, right wing morons, keep your stupidity away from me or my kids school.

[formrusmcsgt]

Congrats atheists....ya happy now?
Posted by singinrick at 07:56 PM : Feb 13, 2007

Science will always win over fairy tales among the non-brainwashed.

[nothappyatall]

VICtory for the normal people who believe in provable repeatable, see-with-your-own-EYES peer reviewed SCIENCES and chemistry, a BLOW for those halucinating bibull thumpers who want to shove THEIR murderous blood thirsty god and jezus down everyone's throats under the guise and hidden branding of "intelligent design"

"intelligent design" is bibull thumper doublespeak.

Idiots may fall for "intelligent design" as a new wrapping paper for the package, but the rest of us know a snow job when we see it.

[jimbo554]

It's so silly to hear people say "God has been thrown out." It's the religious extremists who put God in the science class. This merely puts the study of God back to where the study of God belongs -- in churches, seminaries, and religion classes.

Who knows, maybe one day science will discover God acutally exists. Now wouldn't that be better, to think that science discovered God, rather than to force science to cower before the religious extremists who require them to adopt something they cannot physically prove?

[formrusmcsgt]

Congrats atheists....ya happy now?
Posted by singinrick at 07:56 PM : Feb 13, 2007

Where does the athiest slam come from? These are people who are subscribing to science, not atheism, preacherman.

[scott4261]

singinrick,

Not all people of faith dismiss evolution. Some of us actually believe that the theory of evolution is the best scientific explanation and want that to be taught in the science classrooms. We also believe that creationism or -as we would call it now- intellegent design is best taught in church or - if it is taught in school - an elective philosophy course.

But then, not all people of Christian faith are fundamentalist Chrisitans. Some of are even *gasp!* Episcopalians!

[johnshaft4]

Hey, if the enlightened Kansas folks want to believe in Jewish mythology (and the Easter Bunny) more power to them. Kansas has proven that they are comprised of a bunch of morons as long as they have Sens. Sam Brownback and former intel chairman 'cover up boy' traitor Pat Roberts representing them. It is apparent that there exists an evolutionary lag in Kansas. (Too much Deliverance in breeding...)

[recallgwbush]

This (and the Legislation telling the Supreme Court of Kansas it would legislate it out of decisions against the legislation) was the last straw for me, I moved out of Kansas after the State BOE embarrased the entire state saying that evidence based laws were non-factual. Its good to see they have changed course, but Im not moving back. Kansas needs help but is to rectal-cranial inverted to realize and accept it needs help. Too bad Menninger's left Kansas also, Kansas needs Menninger's advise!

[scott4261]

Finally! Reason is starting to prevail - even in Kansas!

[Syndicate]

Good for them.