Although Palin hasn't converted her personal beliefs into policy, she has said "I am a proponent of teaching both... both sides of the subject – creationism and evolution" later amended by saying "I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum." [ http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming... ]
The fundamental problem is that there are not two sides on this issue in a science class. Discuss creationism all you want in a college comparative religions class (I doubt there are (m)any in public schools). 42% of the US population believes that humans and other living things have existed in present form only (no evolution of any kind, including divinely guided) - That's a frighteningly high level of scientific ignorance, and unless we correct it we will continue to lose competitiveness globally. [ http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=215 ]
There is no provable mutual exclusivity between science and faith, but faith has absolutely no valid place in science class or government policy.
perilla
· 1 year ago
Palin does not even represent Republican point of view.
The lack of acknowledgment for all the progress made by humans for the last two centuries coupled with her strong faith in God and her proposed (and tried out) methodologies seems to suggest that what McCain got is not a staunch, relatively young and attractive modern woman, but an individual for whom the proper time to exist would seem like 12th century Europe.
Palin is a haunting ghost from a distant past, a reminder of once ignorant human species that walked this planet.
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The fundamental problem is that there are not two sides on this issue in a science class. Discuss creationism all you want in a college comparative religions class (I doubt there are (m)any in public schools). 42% of the US population believes that humans and other living things have existed in present form only (no evolution of any kind, including divinely guided) - That's a frighteningly high level of scientific ignorance, and unless we correct it we will continue to lose competitiveness globally. [ http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=215 ]
There is no provable mutual exclusivity between science and faith, but faith has absolutely no valid place in science class or government policy.
The lack of acknowledgment for all the progress made by humans for the last two centuries coupled with her strong faith in God and her proposed (and tried out) methodologies seems to suggest that what McCain got is not a staunch, relatively young and attractive modern woman, but an individual for whom the proper time to exist would seem like 12th century Europe.
Palin is a haunting ghost from a distant past, a reminder of once ignorant human species that walked this planet.