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I'm a firm believer that ideas should not be respected. That is, even the soundest ideas -- such as the Theory of Evolution -- should be intelligently questioned. But intelligently questioned does not mean they should be challenged on a faith basis. That is anything but intelligently questioned, for ideas such as the Theory of Evolution are based on an overwhelming weight of reason and evidence, rather than on faith. At least not "faith" in the same sense of the word that a literal belief in Genesis is based on. Oklahoma House bill 1674 does nothing to promote critical thinking, nothing to promote scientific literacy, and nothing to promote the intelligent questioning of scientific ideas. Instead it gives a free pass to ideas that have little or no support besides faith.
ReplyDeletePaul -- Yes. We should evaluate all ideas, but do so with rational arguments and evidence.
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