Re: ID update

In article <11n57cciimg8nea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
joschapern4ospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jo Schaper) wrote:

> According to NPR, the entire school board responsible for the Dover, Pa
> ID court case (parents against ID suing the school board) was bounced
> out of office last night replaced by 'moderates' who ran on a platform
> of no ID in school science classes.
>
> On the bad side, after all the whoopla yesterday, one of Missouri's reps
> announced she is prefiling a bill for next year to mandate the teaching
> of ID in Missouri schools. This bill has been introduced in various
> forms for years, but never with such publicity. Blurb on the news about
> it tonight--the science teacher they interviewed to provide the opposing
> viewpoint, true to form, wasn't very articulate, and just said, ID is
> wrong, but without even a cogent argument why.
>
> This is related on the biology side but not entirely germaine to
> geology-- Metro St. Louis has made a big deal out of trying to attract
> biotech firms, to go along with our 800 pound gorilla, Monsanto, and the
> Center for Plant Conservation which is a consortium involving the
> Missouri Botanical Garden (Shaw's Garden). The state legislature,
> meanwhile, is trying to make stem cell research and genetic engineering
> illegal in the state. The major problem so far is no one seems able to
> define what is genetic engineering, and what is good oldfashioned
> hybridization. Apparently UMKC just lost some big name professor who was
> ready to go on staff, but then found out about the legislative
> shenanigans. Even such a name as private, elite Washington University
> has long time staff who are bailing, or considering leaving because of
> the bumpkins in Jefferson City.
>
> Science has more to fear from legislators than it does from preachers.
>

These so called Christians make me laugh. Have they never read in the Bible
about how Abraham indulged in genetic manipulation to make all the sheep and
goats "striped" so that they would become his?

And to take it even further, the story of Adam and Eve is the first example of
cloning technology in history.




Alan

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