the world just gets weirder

As an alternative, the statement mentions “intelligent design”, an updated form of creationism which argues that life on earth is too complex to have developed at random.

...good call. It isn't right to teach children one without the other. It automatically will legitimize the Theory of Evolution since Creationism isn't taught in public schools. People should be able to hear both ends of the argument and decide which one they prefer.

I think Theory is the key word here. Neither one is based on hard evidence and one could poke holes in either one.

 “Religion has nothing to do with intelligent design,” said Carl Jarboe, a former chemistry professor and school board supporter. “I am alleging there is not one piece of scientific evidence that supports evolution."

It is perfectly reasonable (if not desirable) that the Creationist theory of life be taught in class, but only in religious education.
As for the so-called holes in  Evolutionary theory can anyone explain to me why the bones of human beings are not found alongside dinosaur bones. For that matter can anyone explain how humans could have co-existed with dinosaurs?
Why are dinosaurs never mentioned in the Bible?

gdub411 wrote: Reed Lover wrote: It is perfectly reasonable (if not desirable) that the Creationist theory of life be taught in class, but only in religious education. As for the so-called holes in  Evolutionary theory can anyone explain to me why the bones of human beings are not found alongside dinosaur bones. For that matter can anyone explain how humans could have co-existed with dinosaurs? Why are dinosaurs never mentioned in the Bible? Actually Reed...it is a stretch...but the Bible does mention leviathons in the Book of Job. The word dinosaur doesn't exist during the writing of The Bible. Perhaps the mentioning of leviathons is actually a reference toward dinosaurs.

So why havent human bones been found near dinosaur's. After all we'd just be a meal to them.......

Reed Lover wrote: gdub411 wrote: Reed Lover wrote: It is perfectly reasonable (if not desirable) that the Creationist theory of life be taught in class, but only in religious education. As for the so-called holes in  Evolutionary theory can anyone explain to me why the bones of human beings are not found alongside dinosaur bones. For that matter can anyone explain how humans could have co-existed with dinosaurs? Why are dinosaurs never mentioned in the Bible? Actually Reed...it is a stretch...but the Bible does mention leviathons in the Book of Job. The word dinosaur doesn't exist during the writing of The Bible. Perhaps the mentioning of leviathons is actually a reference toward dinosaurs. So why havent human bones been found near dinosaur's. After all we'd just be a meal to them.......

Maybe....being intelligent creatures and them being really stupid we ran and hid when the meat eaters came around and we lived in harmony with the plant eaters. Perhaps we herded them....I don't know.

Their bones are bigger so it took a longer time for them to erode.

Maybe dinosaurs didn't live in Africa.....too hot for them....eh?

Whatever the merits of the individual theories, public schools are an instituation funded by various sources, and those sources have the option of dictating curriculum or removing their support. In many cases, the funding comes from the taxpayers...and if a majority of the taxpayers in a given region believe that a giant purple aardvark belched out the world, then the schools may be told to teach that. That's democracy...