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I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist
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RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist
Geisler. This is why Wiki sucks.


Quote:In 1981, Dr. Geisler testified in "the Scopes II trial" (McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education). Dr. Duane Gish remarked, "Geisler was. . . the lead witness for the creationist side and one of its most brilliant witnesses. His testimony, in my view (I was present during the entire trial), effectively demolished the most important thrust of the case by the ACLU."


Uh-huh. He was such an effective witness that:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLean_v._Arkansas

Quote:McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255, 1258-1264 (ED Ark. 1982), was a 1981 legal case in Arkansas.

A lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas by various parents, religious groups and organizations, biologists, and others who argued that the Arkansas state law known as the Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act (Act 590), which mandated the teaching of "creation science" in Arkansas public schools, was unconstitutional because it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Judge William Overton handed down a decision on January 5, 1982, giving a clear, specific definition of science as a basis for ruling that creation science is religion and is simply not science. The ruling was not binding on schools outside the Eastern District of Arkansas but had considerable influence on subsequent rulings on the teaching of creationism


He was so effective that his side lost the case. Xtians are amazingly stupid.
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I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Mister Agenda - September 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by vorlon13 - September 26, 2014 at 4:04 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Natachan - September 26, 2014 at 4:09 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by vorlon13 - September 26, 2014 at 4:10 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Exian - September 26, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Minimalist - September 26, 2014 at 4:27 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by FreeTony - September 26, 2014 at 4:53 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Simon Moon - September 26, 2014 at 4:59 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Jenny A - September 26, 2014 at 5:06 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Jenny A - September 26, 2014 at 5:36 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by FreeTony - September 26, 2014 at 5:35 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Crossless1 - September 27, 2014 at 2:59 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Minimalist - September 27, 2014 at 1:13 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Mystical - September 27, 2014 at 5:31 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Mudhammam - September 27, 2014 at 6:34 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Chad32 - September 29, 2014 at 10:00 am
I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Bibliofagus - September 29, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Bibliofagus - September 29, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Aoi Magi - September 29, 2014 at 10:45 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Esquilax - September 29, 2014 at 10:54 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Chad32 - September 29, 2014 at 11:11 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Aoi Magi - September 29, 2014 at 11:14 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Crossless1 - September 30, 2014 at 11:39 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Chad32 - September 30, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Crossless1 - September 30, 2014 at 12:17 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by Chad32 - September 30, 2014 at 12:48 pm
RE: I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist - by TaraJo - October 4, 2014 at 9:18 am

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