Commentaries on Our World

Thoughts On My Reading

As you are probably aware, I have read a number of books on the subject of the Evolution/Creationism Debate, particularly how it applies to the US and I have added a few books on the subject, including one that dates back to 1984. They are as follows:
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ASIN: 0195032527	Science and Creationism Product Type: Book
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ASIN: 1595582088	The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-town America Product Type: Book
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ASIN: 067001883X	Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul Product Type: Book
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These have given me an education about the issues and reading The Discovery Institutes web page and listening to their ID The Future podcast gives me the alternate view. I also watched:
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ASIN: B000YY6VIC	Judgment Day - Intelligent Design on Trial Product Type: DVD
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ASIN: B000PATZKQ	Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus Product Type: DVD
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These are well worth reading and watching on the subject and what's more the pro-creation literature is voluminous and available also.

So I have a wide view that has lead me to some conclusions about the nature of Fundamental Christianity and it's representation of the Bible to the public and attempts to include the Creation Story into Science Classes through out the US. I have no objections to the various versions of Creationism or Intelligent Design being discussed and taught in Religion Classes or Philosophy of Religion, but Science Class is fro SCIENCE, nothing else. The History of Science will show all the relevant debates around Darwin's Theory Of Evolution, whereas the religious side is not related in SCIENCE classes in K12.

What we found about the Dover case was the proponents of Intelligent Design were in fact Creationists and LIED to the Judge (John E Jones III) whilst under oath. This is not what Christians are required to do or what they have been taught to do in Sunday School, so what are they? I'll leave that up to you, even if you are not in that subset of Fundamentalist Christianity or the wider Dominionist Church.

Myself, I am not convinced that the Literal Interpretation of Genesis is correct or true, but rather a creation myth used as a sacred play in the Temple long before it was written Down.