Kansas creationists redefine science

[asterroc]

c/o jethereal

The Kansas Board of Education approved new public-school science standards Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
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Supporters of the new standards said they would promote academic freedom.

“This is a great day for education. This is one of the best things that we can do,” said board chairman Steve Abrams. Another board member who voted in favor of the standards, John Bacon, said the move “gets rid of a lot of dogma that’s being taught in the classroom today.”
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In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena.

(MSNBC)

Comments

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

I have a large vocabulary in two languages and lack the words to describe my outrage and disgust at this stupidity. And it just kept getting worse. And worse.
If science is no longer limited to using natural explanations of phenomena does that mean that next time I am trying to figure out a reaction mechanism I can just say that it happens because God says so rather than trying to figure out the interactions of electrons?

[sammka.livejournal.com]

Somehow rewriting the definition of science is the kicker. It's so logically consistent with the whole "Intelligent Design" hypothesis, and yet so TOTALLY OFF THE WALL at the same time. What the hell IS science, then, if not the search for natural explanations of phenomena??? Basically we're back to "observing phenomena and making shit up about why they happen"???

and now

[poludamas.livejournal.com]

Pat Robertson is saying he wouldn't be surprised if there were divine retribution visited upon Dover, PA because they completely replaced the pro-ID members of their education board.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/ts_nm/religion_robertson_dc