Agnostic Mom

Victory today for Reason, Logic, Science, Education, our Children, and our Future! The breaking news of the day is that U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that Intelligent Design cannot be mentioned in biology classes in public schools.

He even said members of the school board lied to hide their religious motives.

This will hopefully set a precedent for others who are trying similar schemes of religious infiltration with anti-science agendas. Kansas is among those on the side of ineptitude. This doesn’t surprise me. I finished my last two and a half years of high school in a Kansas public school, and remember well my surprise, when a few different teachers proclaimed their belief in Jesus during class time.

The Discovery Institute, the monster driving the ID machinery, reacted with the expected spin. Their comments are entertaining, so check it out.

I have found that evolution doesn’t “make sense” to a high percentage of Americans. I will give two reasons for this: biblical beliefs of creationism have put blinders on many Americans, so that their minds are not open to understanding evolution; and our educators have failed. When people give reasons for evolution not making sense, it is often apparent, by what they say, that they don’t understand how it works.

When I was religious, I would not admit that much of creationism, and the Adam and Eve story, was confusing. Once I really learned about evolution, the puzzle pieces found their place.

If you don’t understand evolution, if it does not make sense to you, get educated! America cannot afford to continue falling behind on matters of science and education.