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Re: Teaching evolution

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From: jj, curmudgeon and tiring philal...
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 00:00
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In article <3937E7E8.CD1F3CE2@flash.net>, Bob  <rdwillia@flash.net> wrote:

>My original position was a posting of the "16 Theses" which were felt to be
>valid objections to the current Theory of Evolution. The page contains a
>request to various members of the education community to include these
>Theses in the teaching of  Evolution, if they are not found to be in error.

And the theses are found to be completely ill-taken, constructed of
straw men, misrepresentations, misunderstandings, and the like,
and therefore they have no possible place in a school, except
as examples of misleading rhetoric.

I think that every school should require a rhetoric class, where
such "theses" as these (those are quotes of contempt to be sure)
are examined, deconstructed, and shown to be the nonsense that they
are.

Furthermore, anyone who can not explain the nonsensical nature of
such "theses" should not be able to graduate from jr. high.
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From: jj@research.att.com (jj, curmudgeon and tiring philalethist)
Subject: Re: Teaching evolution
Date: 2000/06/03
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