Limiting God in Kansas in QUOTIDIEN
- Feb. 15, 2014, 5:22 p.m.
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From MSNBCAnti-evolution activists have pushed a variety of measures over the last several decades, hoping to either eliminate or water down science-class curricula, though nearly all of the efforts have been struck down in the courts. The efforts nevertheless persist, even now in the 21st century, with state lawmakers weighing new science restrictions in several states.
Missouri, however, is breaking new ground. A Missouri lawmaker has proposed what ranks among the most anti-evolution legislation in recent years, which would require schools to notify parents if “the theory of evolution by natural selection” was being taught at their child’s school and give them the opportunity to opt out of the class. […]
State Rep. Rick Brattin (R), who sponsored the bill, told a local TV station last week that teaching only evolution in school was “indoctrination.”
As a Christian, I find the notion that there are those of my faith who, believing in the same God that I do, cannot manage to wrap their minds around the notion that if (S)He is the author of all creation, (S)He must also - necessarily - be the author of science........and......just maybe.....set that whole sciencey/creationy thing in motion.
I prefer to have matters of faith taught at home - certainly so if school-taught faith insists that the God of my understanding is to be limited through the teaching of creationism.
Kansas/Missouri schools definitely do NOT have permission to limit my children's understanding of God.
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