Muslim President? How About Christian — Ben Carson

After the fury over presidential candidate Ben Carson saying that he wouldn't support a Muslim for president because Islamic Sharia Law is in conflict with the Constitution, liberal attack media have dug up old video of Carson explaining to a Christian audience that evolution is a satanic theory.

Thus, the media is asking, Can a Bible-believing Christian be president?

“[Socialists] have to knock down the strongest pillars: the Judeo-Christian belief system and the strong family values.”
“[The theory of evolution] has become what is scientifically, politically correct. Amazingly, there are a significant number of scientists who do not believe it but they’re afraid to say anything.”
-- Dr. Ben Carson, retired director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Science Limited to Godless Origins at Ball State University

Scientists Call to Outlaw Non-evolution Theories & Beliefs

Scientist Fired for Finding Fossil that Challenges Evolution

Also read of other presidential candidates who challenged evolution.

And read how the media devise anti-Christian strategies every election year, as they ponder questions like, Can an Evangelical Woman be President?



-- From "Ben Carson Says Darwin's Theory of Evolution 'Encouraged by' the Devil" by Chris Joseph, New Times Broward-Palm Beach 9/22/15

On Tuesday, Buzzfeed uncovered a speech given by Carson in 2012 in which he called the Big Bang Theory part of the fairy tales created by scientists and said Darwin's theory of evolution was "encouraged" by the devil.

The speech, titled "Celebration of Creation," also includes Carson calling scientists "highfalutin" and the Big Bang "ridiculous."

Carson, who has always been outspoken about his views on creationism, is no stranger to bombastic viewpoints and opinions.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ben Carson’s Religious Beliefs Come Under Scrutiny" by David Knowles, Bloomberg 9/23/15

[This week] several articles have been written pointing to a 2011 speech Carson delivered to fellow Seventh Day Adventists. Titled “Celebration of Creation” . . .

“I find the big bang really quite fascinating. I mean, here you have all these highfalutin scientists and they’re saying it was this gigantic explosion and everything came into perfect order. Now these are the same scientists that go around touting the second law of thermodynamics, which is entropy, which says that things move toward a state of disorganization,” Carson said in his 2011 speech. “So now you’re gonna have this big explosion and everything becomes perfectly organized and when you ask them about it they say, ‘Well we can explain this, based on probability theory because if there’s enough big explosions, over a long period of time, billions and billions of years, one of them will be the perfect explosion,” continued Carson. “So I say what you’re telling me is if I blow a hurricane through a junkyard enough times over billions and billions of years, eventually after one of those hurricanes there will be a 747 fully loaded and ready to fly.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ben Carson Believes Big Bang Is Fairy Tale, Evolution ‘Encouraged’ By Devil" by The Associated Press - CBS News (Washington, D.C.) 9/23/15

In a speech at Cedarville University Tuesday, Carson defended his comments, saying he shouldn’t be denigrated for his faith.

“Here’s the key, I then say to [evolutionists] look, ‘I’m not going to criticize you. You have a lot more faith then I have.’ I don’t have enough faith to believe that,” he said, according to BuzzFeed News.

He added, “I give you credit for that, but I’m not going to denigrate you because of your faith and you shouldn’t denigrate me for mine. And that’s the kind of attitude … that I think is very important in the society in which we live today.”

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From "Dr. Ben Carson’s Life Story Rests on a Deep Adventist Faith" by Jack Martinez and Matthew Cooper, Newsweek 9/20/15

Carson has argued for the superiority of creationism over the theory of evolution. In an interview with Newsweek earlier this year, he distanced himself from certitude about the Earth’s age. “I don’t know how old the earth is and the distance between ages,” he said. “There could be a billion years between ages.” He has said that his beliefs about science and religion “correlate.”

Carson’s rise in the polls as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination has spurred interest in the church that has shaped so much of his life. If he continues to gain momentum, Americans are bound to have questions about the Seventh-day Adventists, just as they did about Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith and, at another time, John F. Kennedy’s Catholicism.

Adventists share many of the ideological tenets of evangelical Christianity. Carson the Adventist is another voice in a large field of Christian conservative presidential candidates, such as Baptists Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz and Catholic Rick Santorum. By some estimates, there are 1.2 million Adventists in the U.S.

Evangelicals make up a major part of Carson’s current base . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ben Carson: Darwin’s Evolution Theory ‘Was Encouraged by the Adversary,’ Satan" by Michael W. Chapman, CNSNews.com 9/25/15

“You know, scientists like Sir Isaac Newton – considered one of the most scientific minds ever, inventor of calculus, so many things – had a strong belief in God, big mission outreach,” said Dr. Carson.  “Einstein!  When you think about genius, what is the word you come up with?  Einstein. He believed in God.”

“One of the things I’m hoping to do over the next few years, one of the books coming up on my docket,” Carson continued,  “is called The Organ of Species – not The Origin of Species, The Organ of Species – and we’re going to talk about the organs of the body and how they completely refute evolution, and several other things as well.”

In 2004, Carson served on the President’s Council on Bioethics and in 2008 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2010, Dr. Carson was elected into the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, considered one of the most prestigious honors in medicine.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Most Americans Reject Godless Theory of Evolution

And read Families are Greatest Enemy of Democrats at Polls

Full video of Dr. Carson:

Kentucky Says Noah's Ark Mustn't Discriminate

Kentucky officials have warned the owners of a new full-sized Noah's Ark in Grant County that if they want the same tax treatment as every other employer in the state, employment opportunities must be open to atheists and everyone else who would criticize the Christian mission of the theme park.

"We're hoping the state takes a hard look at their position, and changes their position so it doesn't go further than this."
-- Mike Zovath, Executive President, Ark Encounter

-- From "State attaches conditions for tax incentives for Noah's Ark Park" by The Associated Press 10/8/14

Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Bob Stewart said in a letter the state would not approve tax incentives for the Ark Encounter based on an online job posting that required applicants to provide a salvation testimony and a statement on marriage and sexuality.

Ark Encounter attorney James Parsons replied that the posting was for a job with the company that owns the park and said the Ark Encounter does not have hiring policies yet. He said the park would follow all state and federal laws.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Kentucky warns Noah's Ark theme park over hiring practices" by Steve Bittenbender (Reuters) 10/8/14

The developer of a Noah's Ark-based theme park in Kentucky said on Wednesday he would fight for his religious rights after state officials warned he could lose millions in potential tax credits if he hires only people who believe in the biblical flood.

Ark Encounter, which is slated to open in 2016 in Williamston, Kentucky, is not hiring anyone yet, but its parent company Answers in Genesis asks employees to sign a faith statement including a belief in creationism and the flood.

[Mike] Zovath, who is also co-founder of Answers in Genesis, said that if tax incentives for the project are withdrawn because it does not give written assurances the state now seeks, it would violate the organization's First Amendment and state constitutional rights.

The tourism tax credit is potentially worth more than $18 million over a 10-year period.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Ark park tax incentives in limbo over hiring" by Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) 10/7/14

"We're still in the negotiation with the state, saying why are you requiring us to do something you don't require other applicants to do? And why are you requiring us to give up our religious freedom and our religious rights to comply with an additional requirement that isn't in the state Tourism Act?" Zovath said.

In 2011 [Ark Encounter] won final approval of the Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority for its entire $172.5 million project. But because of financing problems, it withdrew that application and returned this year seeking approval of a $73 million first phase that would include the park's main feature — a 510-foot wooden ark.

On July 29 the authority gave preliminary approval for the project — the first of two steps allowing the park to participate in a program that would let it keep 25 percent of the sales tax the tourist attraction would collect for 10 years. In this case, these tax rebates would be as much as $18.25 million.

In August, The Courier-Journal first reported concerns raised by the Washington-based Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and others over potential hiring practices. American United, in a letter to Gov. Steve Beshear and members of the authority, said it was alarmed by a job posting on the Answers in Genesis website for a designer's job on its Ark Encounter project.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Calif. Univ. Fires Scientist for Being Christian

Scientist Mark Armitage stunned the scientific community last year when he published his discovery of soft tissue from the triceratops horn fossil that he had unearthed in 2012 in Montana -- thus proving that the dinosaurs roamed the earth thousands of years ago, rather than millions. His employer, California State University-Northridge (CSUN), responded to this significant scientific breakthrough by summarily firing Armitage just days after his publication.

“We are not going to tolerate your religion in this department!!”
-- Dr. Ernest Kwok, California State University (Armitage's superior)

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Science Limited to Godless Origins at Ball State Univ.

University of Kentucky Won't Hire Christians as Scientists

Scientists Call to Outlaw Non-evolution Theories & Beliefs

D.C. University Suspends Christian for Defending Marriage

New Mexico Museum Seeks Atheists, Slams Christians

Newspaper Editor, Fired for Being Christian, Sues

California City Official Yanked: Caught Reading Bible

Christian Sports Commentator Fired for Supporting Natural Marriage

-- From "Lawsuit: CSUN Scientist Fired After Soft Tissue Found On Dinosaur Fossil" posted at CBS News Los Angeles 7/24/14

While at the Hell Creek Formation excavation site in [Glendive,] Montana, researcher Mark Armitage discovered what he believed to be the largest triceratops horn ever unearthed at the site, according to attorney Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute.

Upon examination of the horn under a high-powered microscope back at CSUN, Dacus says Armitage was “fascinated” to find soft tissue on the sample – a discovery Bacus said stunned members of the school’s biology department and even some students “because it indicates that dinosaurs roamed the earth only thousands of years in the past rather than going extinct 60 million years ago.”

Armitage’s findings were eventually published in July 2013 in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Scientist claims California university fired him over creationist beliefs" posted at FoxNews.com 7/30/14

Scientists who study dinosaurs have long believed that triceratops existed some 68 million years ago and became extinct about 65 million years ago.

Armitage's finding, however, challenged that assertion. He argued the triceratops must be much younger or else those cells would have "decayed into nothingness," according to the July 22 lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Armitage, a long-time microscope scientist who has some 30 published papers to his name, believes the bones are no more than 4,000 years old -- a hypothesis that supports his view that such dinosaurs roamed the Earth relatively recently and that the planet is young.

The discovery of soft tissue cells within dinosaur remains is controversial. When soft tissue was found in 2005 on the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex -- believed to be 68 million years old -- researchers last November provided a physical explanation for it: iron within the dinosaur's body had preserved the tissue from decay.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "University Fires Scientist After Discovery Challenges Dinosaur Theory" by Dave Bohon, The New American 7/29/14

. . . according to the lawsuit, the day that Armitage's paper was published online, February 12, 2013, Kwok called a secret meeting of other staff members, during which the decision was made to fire Armitage.

Several days later a manager in Armitage's department informed him that he was the target of a “witch hunt” and encouraged him to resign, according to the lawsuit. On February 27 [2013] Armitage was officially terminated from his employment.

According to the complaint, while Armitage had been in his position for over three years and was led to believe it was permanent, CSUN abruptly claimed his appointment was only temporary and that there was suddenly a lack of funding for his position.

Michael Peffer, a Pacific Justice Institute staff attorney who is assisting in the suit, said that it was “apparent that 'diversity' and 'intellectual curiosity,' so often touted as hallmarks of a university education, do not apply to those with a religious point of view. This suit was filed, in part, to vindicate those ideals.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "LAWSUIT: University Fired Scientist For Finding Soft Tissue on Dinosaur Horn" by Jennifer Kabbany, Editor, The College Fix 7/25/14

Armitage, who has some 30 publications to his credit and is past-president of the Southern California Society for Microscopy, was hired by the university in early 2010 to manage a wide variety of oversight duties for the biology department’s array of state-of-the-art microscopes, court documents state. He also trained students on how to use the complicated equipment.

[Armitage] published his findings, first in the November 2012 issue of American Laboratory magazine, which published images of the soft tissue on its cover, and then online in February 2013 in the peer-reviewed journal Acta Histochemica, according to the lawsuit.

“It is frustrating because I made no conclusions in the paper [alluding to creationism], I just presented the factual data,” Armitage had said. “The only conclusions I drew were that ‘This needs to be investigated further. We have a lot of work to do.’ And that was it.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.



.In addition, read about colleges banning Christian student clubs from campuses across America and also read of the visceral reaction by professors to Christians' free speech, and myriad other hostile anti-Christian actions at these institutions of "higher learning."

And read about state universities removing Bibles from campus.

New Mexico Museum Seeks Atheists, Slams Christians

After two scientists questioned the objectivity of the taxpayer-funded New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, the state government attempted to coverup its collaboration with atheists from across America in a program to denigrate faith in the Bible as part of the Museum's Darwin Days celebration of faith in godless evolution.

“It is my understanding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment require that states ‘pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion,’”
-- James Campbell and Michael Edenburn

For background, read Science Limited to Godless Origins at Ball State University and also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination, Asserts Lawsuit as well as Parents Sue Kansas to Stop Teaching Secular Humanism as Science

-- From "New Mexico Scientists Fight Taxpayer-Funded Evolution Celebration" posted at KKLA-FM99.5 7/1/14

A flier promoting Darwin Days at the museum in February listed New Mexicans for Science & Reason, Humanist Society of New Mexico, and Freedom From Religion, Albuquerque as museum co-sponsors, stoking the anger of James Campbell and Michael Edenburn. . . . [So they] attended the Darwin Days lectures, found them to be true to their billing, and submitted a Freedom of Information request for emails and documents produced in planning the Darwin Days celebration of the birth and life of evolutionist Charles Darwin.

The documents showed the museum actively solicited and recruited pro-evolution atheist groups to help plan its 2014 Darwin Day events and made no attempt to involve religious groups or those skeptical of Darwinian evolution. The museum worked closely with atheists to plan the Darwin Day events that included anti-religious lectures and attacks against intelligent design and creationism. And once Campbell filed his inquiry with the governor’s office, the planning team attempted to cover up the collaborations and offered false information about what really happened, the scientists said.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "State-Run New Mexico Museum Scrambled to Cover Up Collaboration with Atheistic Groups" by Casey Luskin, Evolution News and Views 6/26/14

Those anti-religious lectures were scheduled to take place at the museum on Wednesday, February 12. But after receiving Campbell's letter, the museum's top staff, including the director, scrambled to find a way to distance itself from the lectures, making it look as if the museum was only sponsoring the Darwin Day events on Sunday, February 9.

For example, on February 7, Debra Novak -- Director of Education at NMMNSH, who was by this point in charge of planning the Darwin Days events -- sent an e-mail to Dave Thomas, president of New Mexicans for Science & Reason (NMSR). She sought to draw up a meeting room contract for NMSR's Darwin Day event, which would hide the fact that they were cosponsoring the event. Instead, she wanted it to look as if NMSR alone was behind the Wednesday night events. Acting, she said, at the request of Charles Walter, the museum's director . . .

Documents produced by a freedom-of-information request show no evidence of such a contract prior to James Campbell's inquiry. Before that, the assumption seemed to be that both the museum and the atheist-skeptic groups were cosponsoring all of the lectures.

To read the extensive documentation of the coverup, CLICK HERE.

Also read Most Americans Reject Godless Theory of Evolution

Calif. City Official Yanked: Caught Reading Bible

The political correctness police pounced on Dr. Eric Walsh, Public Health Director of Pasadena, California, for reportedly making public statements in opposition to evolution, homosexual behavior, Islam, the pope, feminism, fornication, adultery, the Disney corporation and the entertainment media in general, including performers.  To be clear, this African-American preacher was giving a sermon and reading from the Bible.

Where does this guy think he lives?!  In an America with a First Amendment?  No, he lives in California!

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

San Antonio to Ban Christian Workers, Promotes Gay Agenda

Christian Sports Commentator Fired for Supporting Natural Marriage

Homosexualists Force Pro-marriage Internet CEO Resignation

Also read the myriad instances of Christians being punished and even arrested for reading the Bible in public.

In addition, read about the examples that President Obama sets, as the head of the largest employer in America (the federal government), such as how he dictates to military generals, and how his "Justice" Department forces sexual deviancy on its employees.



-- From "Pasadena Public Health Director Dr. Eric Walsh placed on administrative leave after homophobic sermon furor" by Lauren Gold, Pasadena Star-News, 5/1/14

City Manager Michael Beck announced Thursday that he has placed Public Health Director Dr. Eric Walsh on paid administrative leave following the discovery of online videos of religious sermons in which Walsh expresses discriminatory views on homosexuals, Muslims and others.

The announcement came just two days after Walsh stepped away from giving a commencement address at Pasadena City College, citing a scheduling conflict. The recordings, posted on YouTube and other websites, chronicle Walsh’s sermons given to Seventh-day Adventist congregations, including one on North Lake Avenue in Altadena, where he is an associate pastor.

Some council members and community members, however, defended Walsh’s record as public health director and cited the many programs he has developed to support Pasadena’s diverse community . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "City Officials’ Statements on Walsh Sermons" by Tami DeVine, Crown City News 5/2/14

Pasadena’s 7th District Council Member Terry Tornek spoke by phone to CCN – Crown City News saying he was shocked and deeply troubled by Public Health Department Director Dr. Eric Walsh’s sermons that some consider to be homophobic.  “There’s a disconnect between the Dr. Walsh I know and the Dr. Walsh who made these comments,” says Tornek.

Tornek says it’s possible Walsh’s comments will tarnish the work of the Health Department.  He says whether Walsh will stay or go is probably not a decision the City Council would make since the head of the Health Department is a position the City Manager can hire or fire.  Tornek says he’s getting a lot of feedback from the community. He says Walsh’s beliefs are not his. “That’s not a belief system I adhere to, but I respect people’s right to believe what they believe.”

Still, Tornek says, Pasadena prides itself on being inclusive, and a city rooted in facts. “Pasadena is a fact and science based community, which makes this an awkward and difficult situation.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Pasadena's anti-evolution, anti-gay health director has some explaining to do" by Jim Newton, Los Angeles Time 5/2/14

Eric Walsh may be a heck of a public health director. He’s been in charge of Pasadena’s health department since 2010, and Pasadena is generally regarded as one of Southern California’s better-run cities. His job includes overseeing restaurant inspections, and Pasadena’s restaurants seem to be doing just fine.

But he sure does have an intolerant streak.

[Walsh] believes the media and government are leading the world into a “dark moral decline.”

None of that bears on his abilities as a health officer, but they do place Pasadena’s programs in a sticky position.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

From "Dr. Eric Walsh’s beliefs disqualify him from being head of Public Health Department" by Frank C. Girardot, Senior Editor of the San Gabriel Valley News Group, posted at Pasadena Star-News 4/30/14

Small-minded bigots who would condemn homosexuality, single mothers, Catholics, Muslims, unwed couples, Harry Potter movies and popular culture from the pulpit on Sunday cannot work with those same people Monday through Friday.

I do not say that Walsh shouldn’t be allowed to practice his religion. That observance is protected by our First Amendment. I do say he should end practicing his profession on the public’s dime.

Free speech? You bet. And, our laws give him every right to believe in a hateful, bigoted and small-minded creed.

I’ve listened to several hours of Walsh’s sermons. You can find them on YouTube.

Dr. Walsh is either a hypocrite on the pulpit or a phony on the job.

To read the entire rant above, including a list of this journalist's interpretation of Walsh's beliefs, CLICK HERE.

Also read how the media trumpet the homosexualists' persecution of Christians, but also read how Bible-believing Christians have responded.

Science Limited to Godless Origins at Ball State

Indiana legislators are questioning the decision of Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora to ban professors from discussing a full range of scientific inquiry of the birth of the universe.

“. . . serious questions have been raised about whether academic freedom, free speech and religious liberty have been respected by BSU in its treatment of professor [Eric] Hedin, its subsequent establishment of a speech code restricting faculty speech on intelligent design, and its cancellation of professor Hedin’s ... class.”
-- Letter to Pres. Gora from legislators

For background, read Atheists Want Ball State Christian to Stop Teaching Science

Also read Most Americans Reject Godless Theory of Evolution

-- From "Indiana legislators question Ball State's decision to prohibit teaching intelligent design" by The Associated Press 3/16/14

Gora’s decision followed complaints that the “Boundaries of Science” class taught by Eric Hedin, an assistant professor of physics, was promoting the idea that nature displays evidence of intelligent design, as opposed to evolution. . . .

The letter was signed by Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis Kruse of Auburn, along with Sens. Travis Holdman of Markle and Greg Walker of Columbus and Rep. Jeff Thompson of Lizton. Because the university has declined to release a report prepared by a faculty review panel, “we feel unable to judge whether the investigation was fair and impartial,” the lawmakers wrote.

The legislators wrote that they also were “disturbed by reports that while you restrict faculty speech on intelligent design, BSU authorized a seminar that teaches ‘Science Must Destroy Religion.’”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Lawmakers probe religion vs. science at BSU" by Seth Slabaugh, The (Muncie, IN) Star Press 3/13/14

BSU spokesman Tony Proudfoot said the legislators apparently were referring to Honors 390A, “Dangerous Ideas,” which uses a book titled, “What is Your Dangerous Idea?”

One essay in the book is titled “Science Must Destroy Religion.” Proudfoot says other essays in the book include these titles: “Science May Be Running Out of Control,” “Science Will Never Silence God,” and “Religion is the Hope that is Missing in Science.”

The [legislators'] letter also expresses concerns about whether a faculty review panel appointed to investigate complaints against Hedin “was filled with persons with conflicts of interest, who were predisposed to be hostile to his viewpoint.”

The letter gives Gora until the end of business on March 24 to answer the following question: “Does the policy forbid science professors from explaining either their support or rejection of intelligent design in answer to student questions about intelligent design in class?”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "False Spin: Ball State University Misrepresents Anti-Religious Chapters in What Is Your Dangerous Idea? as Religion-Friendly" by Casey Luskin,, ENV 3/17/14

. . . BSU has badly misrepresented the hard-to-miss anti-religious goals of the book, as well as the supposedly religion-friendly chapters it cites. Of those three chapters, one has nothing to do with religion and the other two are explicitly anti-religious.

First, some background. What Is Your Dangerous Idea? is framed, billed, and marketed as a book of ideas by leading new atheist-types. The intended readership seems to be intellectual atheists, as its cover advertises the fact that the introduction is by new atheist (and evolutionary psychologist) Steven Pinker, and the afterword is by leading new atheist Richard Dawkins.

Indeed, the man behind What Is Your Dangerous Idea?, who served as its editor, is John Brockman, has been called one of "the 25 most influential living atheists." He was the literary agent and main promoter of Dawkins's 2006 book The God Delusion (and other books by Dawkins). In the acknowledgments of The God Delusion, Dawkins thanks Brockman for his "help in the preparation of this book" and states that Brockman's "whole-hearted and enthusiastic belief in the book was very encouraging." (p. 6) . . .

To put it bluntly, What Is Your Dangerous Idea? is an unadulterated polemic against religion, especially traditional religion. . . .

Not one of those 108 essays in What Is Your Dangerous Idea? promotes the idea that traditional religion actually is true. . . .

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Intelligent Design: Hoosier Lawmakers Demand Answers from President Gora" by Todd Smekens, Muncie Voice 3/14/14

Earlier this month, Jo Ann Gora, President of Ball State University, was being showered with accolades at the Muncie City Council meeting, and even presented a key to the city by Mayor Dennis Tyler, but a lot can happen in mere days.

It appears that several Indiana legislators at the state level would like to rescind her accolades by admonishing her and the Board of Trustees for how they handled the summer’s intelligent design issue with Professor Hedin. . . . [Pres. Gora concluded:]

Teaching intelligent design as a scientific theory is not a matter of academic freedom – it is an issue of academic integrity. … Said simply, to allow intelligent design to be presented to science students as a valid scientific theory would violate the academic integrity of the course as it would fail to accurately represent the consensus of science scholars.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination: Lawsuit as well as Global Warming is a Religion, Say Climate Scientists

ACLU Sues Louisiana School for Overt Christianity

As a public school, the Sabine Parish School Board says it will vigorously defend freedom of religion regarding a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana charging that a teacher, backed by school administrators, harassed a sixth-grade Buddhist student and suggested to parents that their son should be transferred to a school with more Asians.

For background, read Atheists Say Illegal Christianity is 'Rampant' in Georgia Schools and read ACLU Warns of Christianity in South Carolina School

Also read about humanists suing schools in Illinois and in Missouri and in Georgia and in Mississippi over Christian prayer, and humanists fight the Christian cross in  California, and read Atheists Threaten to Sue Every School in Tennessee and in Mississippi but admit they're Short on Lawyers to Sue ALL Christians

In addition read Parents Sue Kansas to Stop Religious (Secular Humanism) Education and also read California Judge OKs Teaching Hinduism in Public School

-- From "Sabine school board responds to ACLU suit over religious harassment" by The Associated Press and KSLA-TV 12 (Shreveport, LA) 1/23/14

The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Shreveport on behalf of Scott and Sharon Lane and their three children. According to the complaint, the Lane's enrolled their son - a lifelong Buddhist of Thai descent . . .

Superintendent Sara Ebarb was unavailable Wednesday for comment, but on a statement released by the board on Thursday reads, "The Sabine Parish School Board has only recently been made aware of the lawsuit filed by the ACLU. A lawsuit only represents one side's allegations, and the board is disappointed that the ACLU chose to file suit without even contacting it regarding the facts.

The school system recognizes the rights of all students to exercise the religion of their choice and will defend the lawsuit vigorously."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "ACLU sues Sabine Parish School Board for alleged religious harassment of student" by Jade Cunningham & Nancy Cook, KTAL-TV 6 (Shreveport, LA) 1/22/14

According to the complaint . . . His science teacher, Rita Roark, has repeatedly taught students that the Earth was created by God 6,000 years ago, that evolution is "impossible," and that the Bible is "100 percent true."

Beyond Roark's classroom, the school also regularly incorporates official Christian prayer into class and school events. School officials display religious iconography throughout hallways and classrooms, including a large portrait of Jesus Christ, and an electronic marquee in front of the school scrolls Bible verses as students enter the building.

When the Lanes objected to these practices, Sabine Parish Superintendent Sara Ebarb told them that, "this is the Bible belt." She suggested that C.C. should "change" his faith and advised the Lanes that their only recourse was to transfer him to another district school 25 miles away where, in her words, "there are more Asians." Ultimately, C.C.'s parents did transfer him to another school to protect him, but school officials there also unconstitutionally promote religion.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "A Textbook Case on the Establishment Clause" by Jeremy Choate, Courthouse News Service 1/27/14

A Louisiana public school repeatedly humiliated a Buddhist sixth-grader, teaches that "evolution is a 'stupid' theory that 'stupid people made up because they don't want to believe in God,'" and scolded the boy for failing to answer correctly a test question: "Isn't it amazing what the ­­­­_____ [Lord] has made!!!!!!!!," the child and his parents claim in court.

Scott and Sharon Lane sued the Sabine Parish School Board on their own behalf and for their three children, in Federal Court. They also sued school Superintendent Sara Ebarb, Negreet High School principal Gene Wright and Negreet H.S. teacher Rita Roark.

[The student] quickly became a target of "proselytizing and harassment" by his teacher Rita Roark, the family says in the 20-page lawsuit.

They seek an injunction, costs and compensatory damages, including the costs of taking C.C. to a different school.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination: Lawsuit as well as Global Warming is a Religion, Say Climate Scientists

Most Americans Reject Godless Theory of Evolution

The latest Pew Research poll confirms, as has always been true in America, that most people do not believe that mankind evolved from lower life forms through natural processes as an accident over time.  In fact, public opinion is evolving AWAY from such atheistic propaganda in the 21st century, except among liberals (who will believe anything??).

This Pew poll shows that only 32% of Americans believe that evolution is “due to natural processes such as natural selection.”

However a competing Gallup poll found that Only 15% of Americans Believe Darwinian Evolution

For background, read Few Believe Evolution Enough to Teach It and also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination, Asserts Lawsuit as well as Religion Taught in New National Science Curriculum

-- From "Poll: Fewer Republicans, more Democrats say they believe in evolution" by UPI 12/30/13

Fewer U.S. Republicans believe in evolution now than five years ago, with a Pew Research poll finding an 11 percentage point drop.

Sixty-seven percent of Democratic respondents said they believe in evolution, a rise of 3 percent from 2009.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "One-third of Americans reject human evolution" by Jessica Durando, USA TODAY 12/30/13

The Pew Research Religion & Public Life Project report released Monday found that 33% think "humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time." . . . [and another] 24% of adults say "a supreme being guided the evolution of living things."

Among white evangelical Protestants, 64% say that humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time. The survey found that half of black Protestants responded the same way. Whereas 78% of white mainline Protestants say that humans and other living things have evolved over time.

Seventy-six percent of the religiously unaffiliated, 68% of white non-Hispanic Catholics and 53% of Hispanic Catholics agreed with evolution.

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From "Public’s Views on Human Evolution" posted at Pew Research Center, Religion & Public Life Project 12/30/13

Those saying that humans have evolved over time also were asked for their views on the processes responsible for evolution. Roughly a quarter of adults (24%) say that “a supreme being guided the evolution of living things for the purpose of creating humans and other life in the form it exists today,” while about a third (32%) say that evolution is “due to natural processes such as natural selection.”

. . . while fully 78% of white mainline Protestants say that humans and other living things have evolved over time, the group is divided over whether evolution is due to natural processes or whether it was guided by a supreme being (36% each). White non-Hispanic Catholics also are divided equally on the question (33% each). The religiously unaffiliated predominantly hold the view that evolution stems from natural processes (57%), while 13% of this group says evolution was guided by a supreme being. Of the white evangelical Protestants and black Protestants who believe that humans have evolved over time, most believe that a supreme being guided evolution.

. . . Younger adults are more likely than older generations to believe that living things have evolved over time. And those with more years of formal schooling are more likely than those with less education to say that humans and animals have evolved over time.

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From "Republicans' belief in evolution plummets, poll reveals" by Lindsey Boerma, CBS News 12/30/13

A poll out Monday shows that less than half – 43 percent – of those who identify with the Republican Party say they believe humans have evolved over time [either by accident or by God's hand], plunging from 54 percent four years ago. Forty-eight percent say they believe “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time,” up from 39 percent in 2009.

At 67 percent and 65 percent, respectively, the numbers of Democrats and independents who believe in evolution have remained more or less the same since 2009. . . .

The gaping partisan disparity remains, the analysis states, even when accounting for “differences in the racial and ethnic composition of Democrats and Republicans or differences in their levels of religious commitment.” But the dip from 2009 is a telling indicator of the growing influence in the GOP of the oft-yoked tea party-type ideologues and the “religious right.”

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From "Poll: Republican belief in evolution on the decline" by Danny Matteson, posted at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/31/13

[It's now] a 24-point gap between the parties — and an increase from the 10-point difference the poll found in 2009, and the 13-point difference found in 2005.

According to one of the pollsters, the results were a bit of a surprise. CNN quotes her saying: "I didn't expect to see that kind of shift. I think it basically fits with a pattern of growing polarization. And we see that on some other science issues."

The poll also found that of those who believed in evolution, about a quarter said they also believed it was caused by a creator. Meaning they believed a supreme being set the wheels of evolution in motion at some point in the past.

Interestingly, differences weren't just found when comparing political affiliations. Gender also played a role, with men 10 percent more likely to believe in evolution than women.

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Also read Atheists Want Christian to Stop Teaching Science as well as Parents Sue Kansas to Stop Teaching Secular Humanism as Science

Chimps Like Black Slaves: Animal Rights Lawsuit

Chimpanzees are being enslaved against their will according to multiple lawsuits filed in New York that use the same legal arguments made to free black slaves prior to the Civil War.

"Not long ago, people generally agreed that human slaves could not be legal persons, but were simply the property of their owners.  We will assert, based on clear scientific evidence, that it's time to take the next step and recognize that these non-human animals cannot continue to be exploited as the property of their human owners."
-- Attorney Steven Wise, president of Nonhuman Rights Project

For background, read Plants' & Animals' Civil Rights - Antihumanism and also read Austrian Court Considers if Chimpanzee Deserving of “Human Status” as well as Obama Czar Nominee Elevates Animals to Human Stature

In addition, read 'Planet of the Apes' Possible, Warn Scientists



-- From "Group Seeks ‘Legal Personhood’ Status For Chimpanzees" by The Associated Press and CBSNewYork 12/3/13

Nonhuman Rights Project, an animal rights group . . . is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in chimpanzees and to grant the animals “legal personhood” so that they are ensured better treatment. The activists argue that the chimps are not things to be possessed and caged by people and should be released from “illegal detention.”

“In this case, we are claiming that chimpanzees are autonomous,” said Massachusetts lawyer Steven Wise, the founder of the Nonhuman Rights Project. “That is, being able to self-determine, be self-aware, and be able to choose how to live their own lives.”

The national group says it is dedicated to changing the common law status of some species other than humans. . .

If the lawsuits succeed, similar ones could eventually be filed on behalf of other species considered autonomous, such as gorillas, orangutans, whales, dolphins and elephants, Wise said.

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From "New York lawsuit seeks 'legal personhood' for chimpanzees" by Bernard Vaughan and Daniel Wiessner, Reuters 12/3/13

The lawsuit states that chimps are entitled to a "fundamental right to bodily liberty," which Wise told Reuters is the basic right to be left alone and not held for entertainment or research.

The lawsuit was filed at "the earliest point at which we have some reasonable chance at winning," said Wise, a well-known animal rights activist and author of books including the 2000 title "Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals."

"These are the first cases in an open-ended, strategic litigation campaign," he said. "We're just going to keep filing suits."

Nonhuman Rights Project in 2007 began a nationwide search for an optimal venue to file the lawsuits, Wise said. New York was ultimately chosen because of its generally flexible view of requests for a writ of habeas corpus, the centuries-old right in English law to challenge unlawful detention, he said.

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From "Chimps should be recognized as 'legal persons,' lawsuits claim" by Holly Yan and Mayra Cuevas, CNN 12/3/13

"To be a 'legal person,' one doesn't need to be a human being or even a biological being. A corporation is a legal person," wrote Joyce Tischler, co-founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Even if the chimpanzees don't understand what a lawsuit is, they benefit from being directly represented, she said.

"We see that in children. They can be removed from an abusive home and be protected, even though the child might not be able to formulate those desires and the issues represented in the court of law," Tischler told CNN.

"Lawsuits have to address a real problem faced by an individual plaintiff. You cannot sue on behalf of all animals everywhere," Tischler said.

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From "Suit champions chimp's right to not be held as a pet" by Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY 12/2/13

Tommy [the chimp], who lives with a couple who have a reindeer farm in Gloversville, N.Y., is illegally imprisoned and under New York law has the right to live a more "chimpanzee-like" life at a sanctuary, says attorney Steven Wise, president of the Nonhuman Rights Project.

The lawsuit accuses Patrick and Diane Lavery of holding Tommy, a 26-year-old chimp, captive. The Laverys are "detaining Tommy in solitary confinement in a small, dank, cement cage in a cavernous dark shed" at their property, the lawsuit says.

Chimpanzees can make choices and, like humans, have an interest in freedom to live as they wish, Wise says. "It would seem exceedingly unlikely that any chimpanzee would choose to live life in a cave."

The cage in New York where Tommy now lives exceeds federal and state standards and is inspected every year . . .

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From "Courts Should Reject Chimp Habeas Corpus!" by Wesley J. Smith, National Review Online 12/4/13

This suit furthers the subversive animal rights agenda–known as “animal standing“–which would allow animals to sue their owners and others in court. Of course, the real litigants would be animal rights fanatics who would be using the animals as fronts to further their own ideological agendas.

. . . these lawsuits are a malicious attack on human exceptionalism. A judge ruling that chimps have human-type rights won’t elevate them to our status, it will reduce us to theirs. If this lawsuit carries the day, the predictable and unpredictable deleterious consequences to human wellbeing will be hard to quantify.

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UPDATE 12/4/14: "Chimpanzees don’t have same rights as humans: court" by Chris Perez, New York Post

“So far as legal theory is concerned, a person is any being whom the law regards as capable of rights and duties,” a three-judge Appellate Division panel said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press.

“Needless to say, unlike human beings, chimpanzees cannot bear any legal duties, submit to societal responsibilities or be held legally accountable for their actions.”

The judges ruled unanimously that chimpanzees are not entitled to the same rights as human beings. Tommy’s owner, Patrick Lavery, was happy with the decision.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read In Defense of Human Exceptionalism

In addition, read American Trend: Fewer Children, More Animals/Pets

Parents Sue Kansas to Stop Religious Education

After the Kansas State Board of Education adopted new K-12 science standards in June, multiple lawsuits have been filed, including one backed by parents across the state, arguing that Kansas schools will be mandated to indoctrinate students in the religion of secular humanism thereby competing with parents' teaching of their family faith.

"The state's job is simply to say to students, 'How life arises continues to be a scientific mystery and there are competing ideas about it,'"
-- John Calvert, Lake Quivira attorney involved in the lawsuit

For background, read Religion (Secular Humanism) Taught in New National Science Curriculum and also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination: Lawsuit as well as Global Warming a Religion, Say Climate Scientists

In addition, read Atheists Want Christian to Stop Teaching Science

-- From "Anti-evolution group sues to block Kansas school science standards" by John Hanna, Associated Press 9/27/13

The group, Citizens for Objective Public Education [COPE], had criticized the standards developed by Kansas, 25 other states and the National Research Council for treating both evolution and climate change as key scientific concepts to be taught from kindergarten through 12th grade.

The case is the latest chapter in a long-running debate in Kansas over what to teach students about 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin's theories on evolution and scientific developments since. Kansas has had six different sets of science standards in the past 15 years, as conservative Republicans skeptical of evolution gained and lost board majorities.

The lawsuit argues that the new standards will cause Kansas public schools to promote a "non-theistic religious worldview" by allowing only "materialistic" or "atheistic" explanations to scientific questions, particularly about the origins of life and the universe. The suit further argues that state would be "indoctrinating" impressionable students in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution's protections for religious freedom.

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From "Christian groups sue Kansas over school science standards" by Kristen Butler, UPI.com 9/27/13

According to the Pacific Justice Institute [PJI], the new public school science standards could create “a hostile learning environment for those of faith" . . .

The suit alleges that . . . "it's an egregious violation of the rights of Americans to subject students -- as young as five -- to an authoritative figure such as a teacher who essentially tells them that their faith is wrong."

If they can't block the curriculum entirely, PJI will settle for stopping the standards for grades K-8, and would allow the standards for grades 9-12 as long as the standards are objective "so as to produce a religiously neutral effect with respect to theistic and non-theistic religion."

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From "Christian groups sue to stop Kansas schools from adopting science standards" by David Ferguson, Raw Story 9/27/13

COPE, Inc. said that the science standards have a “concealed Orthodoxy” that is bent on undermining the views of the faithful.

“The Orthodoxy is not religiously neutral as it permits only materialistic/atheistic answers to ultimate religious questions,” said the group’s statement. The group maintained that questions like “Where do we come from?” can only be answered honestly by religious dogma [i.e.: the new "science standards"].

The statement went on to say that “teaching the materialistic/atheistic ideas to primary school children whose minds are susceptible to blindly accepting them as true” is unconstitutional and dangerous, and therefore the new science standards must be stopped.

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Also read Christian School Attacked for Teaching Creation

In addition, read California Judge OKs Teaching Hinduism in Public School

Atheists Want Christian to Stop Teaching Science

Professor Eric Hedin of Indiana's Ball State University teaches an elective class exploring the boundlessness of scientific inquiry.  However, when the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) learned that Hedin encourages students to delve beyond the limits of atheist-bound scientific theories, they threatened the university -- demanding such free thinking be terminated.

For background, read University Won't Hire Christians as Scientists and also read University Suspends Christian for Defending Marriage as well as University Student Suspended for NOT Desecrating Jesus' Name

In addition, read Obama Administration Muzzles College Students' Moral Speech

UPDATE 8/1/13: Ball State University agrees with atheists, limits scientific inquiry - See latest articles below . . .

-- From "Atheist group says course teaching religion" by The Associated Press 5/23/13

. . . Hedin teaches an honors class called "Boundaries of Science," which the [FFRF] foundation maintains teaches creationism rather than science. The foundation is dedicated to "nontheism" and separation of church and state.

Hedin is listed as a member on the Ball State website as a member of the department of physics and astronomy, not biology. The faculty directory says he teaches classes in nanoscience and cosmology.

"Faculty own the curriculum. In large part, it's a faculty matter," Provost Terry King said. "But we have to ensure that our teaching is appropriate. All I have so far is a complaint from an outside person. We have not had any internal complaints. But we do take this very seriously and will look into it."

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From "Ball State professor accused of preaching Christianity in class" by Seth Slabaugh, The Star Press (Muncie, IN) 5/21/13

Hedin and department chairman Tom Robertson declined to comment to The Star Press.

Ronald Kaitchuck, a professor in BSU’s department of physics and astronomy, finds it hard to believe that Hedin teaches strict creationism.

He suspects Hedin is “asking people to think a little broader, outside the box, which causes controversy. It’s funny.”

Ruth Howes, a retired professor from the department, said . . . “Students are not expected to totally agree with these viewpoints, but they are expected to understand them. I think that is probably what Professor Hedin is trying to do, and I would expect the university to back this effort thoroughly. For example, if I were teaching a class on Islam, I would not expect students to convert to Islam, but I would expect them to understand the basic tenets that Muslims believe.”

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From "Science or Religion?" by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed 5/17/13

[Thomas Robertson, chair of the physics and astronomy department at Ball State, said] "The information provided to me by Jerry Coyne [of FFRF] contains nothing in addition to information that has been in my possession for some time.  The syllabus published was approved by our department Curriculum and Assessment Committee.  We review faculty performance regularly through student and peer/chair evaluations.  I receive complaints and concerns from students familiar with faculty performance in their classes and investigate when appropriate.  Given the totality of information available to me at this time, I do not share the opinions expressed on the [atheist] web sites cited below. We will continue to monitor our faculty and their course materials and practices and take appropriate action when deemed necessary."

. . . PZ Myers, a biologist at the University of Minnesota at Morris and a prominent critic of those who try to promote doubt about evolution, examined the issue on his blog Pharyngula. Myers called the Ball State course "crap" and "bad science," and endorsed Coyne's analysis of the reasons the course is flawed.

But Myers disagreed that the course should be blocked on legal grounds. "[A]cademic freedom is the issue here, and professors have to have the right to teach unpopular, controversial issues, even from an ignorant perspective," Myers wrote. "The First Amendment does not apply; this is not a course students are required to take, and it’s at a university, which students are not required to attend. It’s completely different from a public primary or secondary school. A bad course is an ethical problem, not a legal one. It’s also an issue that the university has to handle internally."

Similarly, Laurence A. Moran, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Toronto, wrote on his blog that he also agrees with the critique of the course, but not the idea that the professor should lose his right to teach it. "I defend the right of a tenured professor to teach whatever he/she believes to be true no matter how stupid it seems to the rest of us," he wrote. "I'm troubled by the fact that some people are calling for the instructor's dismissal and writing letters to the chair of his department. We really don't want to go down that path, do we? Academic freedom is important and it's especially important to defend it when a professor is pushing a view that we disagree with."

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From "Lee Strobel on Atheists vs Ball State U Professor Teaching Creationism" by Alex Murashko, Christian Post Reporter 5/22/13

The reading list for the "Boundaries of Science" Honors College class (an elective) taught by Hedin, who teaches in the department of physics and astronomy,  includes books by intelligent design proponents like Stephen Meyer, Michael Behe, and Strobel. World Magazine's Campus edition reports that in Hedin's course description, he says, "We will also investigate physical reality and the boundaries of science for any hidden wisdom within this reality which may illuminate the central questions of the purpose of our existence and the meaning of life."

[Lee] Strobel, whose book, The Case for a Creator, is on the course reading list, says that he doesn't have any specific knowledge about Hedin's class, but said, "In my view, a fair teaching of cosmology, physics, biochemistry, biological information and human consciousness tends to point quite naturally toward an Intelligent Designer. Students should be allowed to draw their own conclusions based on the evidence. I certainly don't see any First Amendment prohibition against free academic inquiry, especially in an elective course like this. I hope students will be able to consider all aspects of scientific evidence and not be unfairly prohibited from considering certain evidence just because some critics don't like its implications."

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UPDATE 7/31/13: "Intelligent design removed from BSU class" by Seth Slabaugh, Muncie Star Press

“Intelligent design is overwhelmingly deemed by the scientific community as a religious belief and not a scientific theory,” [Ball State President Jo Ann Gora] wrote in a statement issued Wednesday. “Therefore, intelligent design is not appropriate content for science courses.”

Teaching intelligent design as a scientific theory “is not a matter of academic freedom — it is an issue of academic integrity,” Gora said. “... to allow intelligent design to be presented to science students as a valid scientific theory would violate the academic integrity of the course as it would fail to accurately represent the consensus of science scholars.”

“As a public university, we have a constitutional obligation to maintain a clear separation between church and state,” Gora said.

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UPDATE 8/1/13: "Ball State University President Imposes Gag Order on Scientists Supportive of Intelligent Design" posted at Discovery Institute

In a blatant attack on academic freedom and the unfettered consideration of scientific viewpoints, the president of Ball State University (BSU) in Muncie, IN, has imposed a gag order on science faculty forbidding their discussion of the theory of intelligent design (ID) in science classrooms.

"Students and the public are owed a genuine evaluation of the merits of ID, touching as the theory does on ultimate questions of life's origins," responded Dr. Stephen Meyer, director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture. "However, when scientific discussion is censored by a university, fair-minded evaluation becomes impossible."

"In the Orwellian world of Ball State's president, academic freedom apparently means only the 'freedom' to support the majority's view," said Dr. John West, associate director of the Center for Science & Culture. "This is exactly how the academic 'consensus' against the theory of intelligent design is maintained -- by intimidation, fiat, and legal threats."

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Also read Media Scoff at Christians Advancing Science in Tennessee

The root issue is American Religious Liberty vs. Anti-Christian Totalitarianism

Christian School Attacked for Teaching Creation

When atheists gained access to a 4th grade biblical creation exam from Blue Ridge Christian Academy of Landrum, SC they thought Internet distribution of the exam, along with criticism, would stop "those dumb Christians," but instead it brought donations to the financially struggling school.

"Even though the attack on the school was meant to be harmful, God has used it to provide affirmation regarding the importance of our work."
-- Diana Baker, administrator at Blue Ridge Christian Academy

For background, read Scientists Call to Outlaw Non-evolution Theories & Beliefs and also read Media Scoff at Christians Advancing Science in Tennessee as well as Religion Taught in New National Science Curriculum

-- From "Fourth-grade creationist science quiz: Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago — False" by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post 5/14/13

The test questions and answers reflect the beliefs of Young Earth creationist theory, which holds that the universe and everything in it was created by God some 6,000 years ago. Dinosaurs and humans co-existed, in this belief system. This explains some of the answers on the test.

There are religious schools around the country that teach this, including some that take students who have publicly funded vouchers.

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From "Christian school: ‘atheist controversy’ over creationist quiz may keep academy open" by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post 5/16/13

. . . Angie Dentler, a teacher and publicist from Blue Ridge Christian Academy . . . sent the following press release. It says that the school was having major financial trouble but that the release of the quiz, which first hit the Internet and Facebook weeks ago, may wind up helping the school stay open.

[Excerpts from] the release:

It was announced on March 28th that there would be little hope for Blue Ridge Christian Academy to keep its doors open past May 31st .

On April 21st, an Atheist website features a photo of a Quiz on Creationism that was given to a 4th grade class at Blue Ridge Christian Academy on March 28th. This thread has been viewed over 898,000 times and generated 3,677 comments.  Some comments were extreme stating things such as:  ”I crave blood, give me the principals head!” and “I hope the teacher dies a horrible death.”

The media attention has brought awareness of the school reaching from the upstate of South Carolina, throughout the US and into over 70 countries around the world.  Donations have been given ranging in amounts from $1 – $1000.

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From "Christian School's Creationism Quiz Sparks Online Debate, Financial Donations" by Katherine Weber, Christian Post Reporter 5/16/13

. . . the school does not receive tax vouchers, and approximately 45 percent of students receive financial aid funded by private donors.

The school's website states that one of its academic goals is to teach students that "God's truth is authoritative and is the foundation for all living and learning," so that students may "develop a biblical worldview while both understanding the culture in which they live and [be] ready to confidently defend their faith."

The school noted that it does in fact include the evolution theory in its science curriculum.

South Carolina is one of seven states in the U.S. that specifically requires its schools' science standards to allow students to critically analyze key aspects of evolutionary theory.

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Also read Poll: 15% of Americans Believe Darwinian Evolution as well as Few Believe Evolution Enough to Teach It

Religion Taught in New National Science Curriculum

Most state boards of education are considering adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that set aside scientific inquiry and critical thinking in favor of accepting, by the faith of Secular Humanism, the opinion that the same human race that evolved from millions-year-old slime has now become all-powerful enough to change the climate of the earth.

"There's not enough discussion and argumentation. It puts off students because they feel that somehow it's very authoritarian. Science isn't like that."
-- Jonathan Osborne, Stanford University professor of science education

“Climate change is the totalitarian’s dream come true. It offers a rationale for government intrusion into every aspect of life for every person on Earth.”
-- E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., Cornwall Alliance

For background, read Scientists Call to Outlaw Non-evolution Theories & Beliefs and also read Teaching Evolution is Religious Indoctrination: Lawsuit as well as Media Scoff at Christians Advancing Science in Tennessee

In addition, read Poll: 15% of Americans Believe Darwinian Evolution

-- From "New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change" by Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times 4/9/13

The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other states in conjunction with several scientific organizations, represent the first national effort since 1996 to transform the way science is taught in thousands of classrooms. The multi-state consortium is proposing that students learn fewer concepts more deeply and not merely memorize facts but understand how scientists actually investigate and gather information.

For the first time, the proposed education standards identify climate change as a core concept for science classes with a focus on the relationship between that change and human activity.

Although legislators in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and other states have proposed or passed bills to require teachers to include different views on climate change or mandate teaching the topic as a "controversial theory," the new national standards have not sparked any major political flaps so far.

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From "New Guidelines Call for Broad Changes in Science Education" by Justin Gillis, New York Times 4/9/13

Educators involved in drawing them up said the guidelines were intended to combat widespread scientific ignorance, to standardize teaching among states, and to raise the number of high school graduates who choose scientific and technical majors in college, a critical issue for the country’s economic future.

The guidelines also take a firm stand that children must learn about evolution, the central organizing idea in the biological sciences for more than a century, but one that still provokes a backlash among some religious conservatives.

. . . a group called Citizens for Objective Public Education, which lists officers in Florida and Kansas, distributed a nine-page letter attacking them. It warned that the standards ignored evidence against evolution, promoted “secular humanism,” and threatened to “take away the right of parents to direct the religious education of their children.”

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From "New Science Standards Aim to Relate Concepts to Students’ Lives" by Katrina Schwartz, KQED (NPR/PBS Calif.) 4/10/13

One of the more controversial aspects of the new science standards is the inclusion of climate change in the curriculum. “There was never a debate about whether climate change would be in there,” Heidi Schweingruber of the National Research Council told National Public Radio. “It is a fundamental part of science, and so that’s what our work is based on, the scientific consensus.”

“Climate change is not a political issue and it’s not a debate,” said Mario Molina, deputy director for the Alliance for Climate Education.

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From "Teach science through argument, Stanford professor says" by Paul Gabrielsen, Stanford Report 4/9/13

Jonathan Osborne, professor of science education, says teachers should help students learn to argue a position from available evidence.

Osborne believes that this educational model, "argumentation," makes science education more valuable, not just for future scientists but for the public at large. His recent work suggests that training teachers how to implement this model is the toughest challenge that lies ahead.

"In science, people argue for their ideas, in terms of the evidence that they have," Osborne said. "There should be more opportunities to look at why some ideas are wrong, as well as what the right ideas are."

Argumentation invites students to consider the foundations of science, Osborne said.

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From "Public School Science Standards: Political or Pure?" By E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., Cornwall Alliance 1/25/13

The [NGSS] standards explicitly endorse a naturalistic worldview . . . [and] are related to the National Science Education Standards, all produced by the National Academies of Science, 93 percent of whose members are atheists or sympathetic to an atheist, Secular Humanist religious worldview.

. . . The specific religion promoted by the [NGSS] science standards is Secular Humanism. The Humanist Manifestoes define “Religious Humanism” as “an organized set of atheistic beliefs that (1) deny the supernatural, (2) claim that life arises via unguided evolutionary processes rather than as a creation made for a purpose, and (3) claim that life should be guided by naturalistic/materialistic science and reason rather than traditional theistic religious beliefs.” The science standards affirm each of these positions—not surprisingly, granted their authors, most of whom are members of the National Academy of Sciences, 93 percent of whom, according to a survey, deny or question the existence of God.

But despite the standards’ insisting that humans are simply part of nature, their general perspective sets people off against the rest of nature. A section discussing “Human Impacts on Earth Systems” says, “Human activities now cause land erosion and soil movement … [and] [a]ir and water pollution … with damaging effects on other species and on human health.” A later section, on biodiversity and humans, asserts, “Human activity is also having adverse impacts on biodiversity through overpopulation, overexploitation, habitat destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive species, and climate change.” The assumption that what people do is bad is clear in a draft of performance expectations, which requires students to “Provide evidence that humans’ uses of natural resources can affect the world around them, and share solutions that reduce human impact”—as if human impact should always be smaller, not greater.

. . . And one thread running through almost all environmental studies curriculum is that business and industry are largely to blame for the world’s ecological crises, and consequently that we must embrace a “small is better,” “limits to growth,” “simple lifestyle” mentality at the personal level and an anti-business, anti-free market, anti-growth mentality at the societal and governmental level.

. . . The underlying naturalistic worldview and the politically charged positions on Darwinism and climate change in the NGSS show that this will be one more step in capturing the minds of America’s children—including those Christian children who attend public schools.

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Also read Top Scientist Dismisses Heaven as 'Fairytale' and Says Universe Created Itself, Not God as well as Atheist Scientists Say They're Spiritual: Study

In addition, read Atheist Proposes Godless Religion, Complete with Sermons

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