The Wrath of the Intelligent Designer - any challenges?

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

I disagree. Children can be VERY easily fooled,  especially when they're 
browbeaten by their parents, forced to go to church, say  prayers at the dinner 
table...ever see the movie American History X?! The  indoctrination/brainwashing 
reinforcement is just going to lead to fights  between kids defending one 
"truth" against another. I wouldn't be surprised if  it results in bloodshed 
eventually, a modern mini-holy war. There are reasons  for separation of church 
and state, as originally intended by our forefathers.  God knows (!)(sorry, 
couldn't resist) why apparently no one's tried suing the US  gov't (or state? or 
local?) for flaunting that principle; but maybe the  disappearance (i.e., 
murder) of Madeleine Murray O'Hare had something to do with  influencing people not 
to fight such hypocrisy...?! 
    Anyone on the list know if there have been any  challenges to the 
creationists' teachings in schools on those grounds? And what  the results (if any) 
were?
 
RF
 
In a message dated 09/26/2005 11:56:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jp3214 at earthlink.net writes:


On Sep  26, 2005, at 9:19 PM, Humberto Torofuerte wrote:

> Looks like it's  on in PA...
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/ar377
>
>

And no one should have any  concern whatsoever for the
teaching of "Intelligent Design" in the  classroom side by
side with the theory of evolution. It's the best thing  that could
happen.

Children are not fooled easily. If the theory of  evolution has
any merit at all, it can only be strengthened by the  comparison.
This represents a real opportunity for a stimulating  thought
producing consideration of reality, which has been sadly
missing  from public education. It also marks a very real
admission that evolution  is valid by the  creationists.



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