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From Slashdot | Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution

Doonsbury had the right idea (Score:5, Insightful)

by jollyreaper (513215) on Tuesday March 04, @01:30PM (#22637808)

Doctor: Before I give you this injection, I have to ask you an important question: do you believe in evolution?

Patient: Of course not! Why do you ask?

Doctor: You see, I have this flu shot here. If you believe in evolution, you will accept that the flu bug is constantly changing and evolving, thus your immune system will not recognize it and you’ll come down with the flu. With this shot, your immune system will be up to date on the latest strain.

Patient: And if I don’t believe in evolution?

Doctor: You’ve already had the flu once, therefore you’ll never catch it again.

Patient: But that’s not…that’s not…true?

Doctor: As a liberal and scientist, I would never want to force another person to accept my own views and beliefs, even if they happen to be manifestly correct.

Or to put it another way:

adventurer #1: I do not believe there is a bear in that cave.
[mauling, violence, blood]
adventurer #2: So you say. But your disbelief seems not to have dissuaded the bear.

Re:Science != Teleology (Score:5, Informative)

by Dmala (752610) on Tuesday March 04, @01:35PM (#22637914)

What I can’t understand is how this is even a debate for public schools. I went to a Catholic school through junior high and there wasn’t even a discussion about this. We were taught about evolution in science class, *and* in religion class we were taught that the creation stories were not meant to be taken literally.

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