Evolution fight shaping up in SAD 59
(excerpt) The Maine Department of Education disagrees with an Athens school board director who wants School Administrative District 59 to drop evolution from its high school science curricula.
Director Matthew Linkletter argues that evolution is an unprovable theory and shouldn't be taught as fact. He's urged the SAD 59 Board of Directors to consider his view during its May 19 meeting in Madison, with a goal of removing evolution from science classrooms.
But David Connerty-Marin, a spokesperson for the Department of Education, says evolution must be taught because, in the state's view, it's a proven science.
"For our students to be prepared for college work and life in the 21st century, it's necessary," said Connerty-Marin.
Connerty-Marin said the Maine Learning Results program mandates the study of evolution in public science classes.
"Evolution is not just a belief, or based on faith, it's based on scientific evaluation," he said. "The worldwide science community supports it."
Linkletter, the school board director, believes that neither evolution nor creationism belongs in a high school science curriculum, because they cannot be proved.
"You can't show, observe or prove (evolution)," he said.
Asked at random, two parents of Madison Area Memorial High School students expressed some support for Linkletter's position.
SAD 59 includes Madison, Athens, Brighton Plantation and Starks.
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"The worldwide science community supports evolution." A recent poll revealed that some 90 percent of NAS scientists did not hold a personal belief in God. It is no wonder then that the worldwide scientific community trusts in evolution.
There is a far superior way, if the Main school board members but knew it.
THE BIGGER PICTURE IN THE DEBATE ON DARWINISM IS NOT INTELLIGENT DESIGN.
The reason is elementary: the Discovery Institute and other ID proponents leave out the Triune God, Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Hence, Richard Dawkins can make the case for “aliens” seeding the earth.
There is a better, far superior way.
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