Thursday, January 13, 2005

Most of you have probably seen this, but I find this interesting:

Wisconsin
The fight in the town of Grantsburg, Wisconsin (population 1,008) continues over the School Board's decision to encourage the critical evaluation of evolutionary theory in the science classroom. While the new policy rules out explicitly teaching creationism or Intelligent Design theory, it does seek to have students understand both the strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. The school board has been flooded with letters, including one signed by 188 pastors arguing "that the theory of evolution is a foundational scientific truth" and that to question evolutionary theory is "to deliberately embrace scientific ignorance and transmit such ignorance to our children."
Joni Burgin, superintendent in Grantsburg, responded to the letters by saying, "The amount of letters and the number of signatures does not matter... The school board feels that they must do what is right for Grantsburg students and the Grantsburg community."


Finally a school board takes a stand for truth and its the pastors who write the letters to condemn the decision. Another sign that the apocalypse is upon us! The full article is linked below:

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/10435565.htm

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