Good old redneck Tennessee

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Hey everybody, it looked to me by reading the article that the bill was allowing debate over evolution. since when did debate become a bad thing?

There is not now and nor has there ever been a debate between creationism and evolution. You might just as well still teach the Phlogiston theory,or debate the validity of Newton's laws of motion in high schools..


Evolution is an evidence based scientific theory. (a theory,in scientific terms being an explanation of fact)

Creationism is a religious doctrine unsupported by any credible evidence. The term 'creationist science' has been repeatedly shown be an oxymoron. ID, the dishonest euphemism for creationism is based on the logical fallacy of argument from complexity,aka 'god of the gaps'

I could not care less what personal superstitions people choose to teach their children privately. BUT teaching creationism in public schools is a breach of the principle of the separation of church and state,and a breach of The First Amendment in my opinion.


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The phlogiston theory (from the Ancient Greek φλογιστόν phlogistón "burning up", from φλόξ phlóx "flame"), first stated in 1667 by Johann Joachim Becher, is an obsolete scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called "phlogiston", which was contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. The theory was an attempt to explain processes of burning such as combustion and the rusting of metals, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlogiston_theory