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October 7, 2005
- 1987— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public schools cannot teach creationism in science classes.
- 1987 (few days later) — The book titled Biology and Creation changes its name to Of Pandas and People and also changes all references to Creationism to Intelligent Design.
"The early drafts of the book Of Pandas and People, were used as evidence to link the book to creationism, which it is illegal to teach in government-funded US schools." &mdashBook thrown at proponents of Intelligent Design
For those not in the know, here's the short and dirty of the Intelligent Design case going on in Dover right now.
Some parents are suing their school board for mandatory inclusion of Intelligent Design in their school's science curriculum. The text book which is offered as a source for all things Intelligent Design is called Of Pandas and People.
Here's where things get interesting in court. Intelligent Design proponents insist their ideas are not Creationism and they they simply offer an alternative explanation beyond Darwin's theory of evolution. We saw the following in court recently.
Forrest compared early drafts of Of Pandas and People to a later 1987 copy, and showed how in several instances the word “creationism” had been replaced by “intelligent design”, and “creationist” simply replaced by “intelligent design proponent”.
So here is a brief timeline for those that are still confused:
Come on...I mean, guys...
Full Article: New Scientist Breaking News - Book thrown at proponents of Intelligent Design
(Via New Scientist)
Posted by MostlyForMe at October 7, 2005 9:38 PM