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Skip to comments.The Crafty Attacks on Evolution
Posted on 01/23/2005 1:11:01 AM PST by rdb3
ritics of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution become more wily with each passing year. Creationists who believe that God made the world and everything in it pretty much as described in the Bible were frustrated when their efforts to ban the teaching of evolution in the public schools or inject the teaching of creationism were judged unconstitutional by the courts. But over the past decade or more a new generation of critics has emerged with a softer, more roundabout approach that they hope can pass constitutional muster.
One line of attack - on display in Cobb County, Ga., in recent weeks - is to discredit evolution as little more than a theory that is open to question. Another strategy - now playing out in Dover, Pa. - is to make students aware of an alternative theory called "intelligent design," which infers the existence of an intelligent agent without any specific reference to God. These new approaches may seem harmless to a casual observer, but they still constitute an improper effort by religious advocates to impose their own slant on the teaching of evolution.
The Cobb County fight centers on a sticker that the board inserted into a new biology textbook to placate opponents of evolution. The school board, to its credit, was trying to strengthen the teaching of evolution after years in which it banned study of human origins in the elementary and middle schools and sidelined the topic as an elective in high school, in apparent violation of state curriculum standards. When the new course of study raised hackles among parents and citizens (more than 2,300 signed a petition), the board sought to quiet the controversy by placing a three-sentence sticker in the textbooks:
"This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."
Although the board clearly thought this was a reasonable compromise, and many readers might think it unexceptional, it is actually an insidious effort to undermine the science curriculum. The first sentence sounds like a warning to parents that the film they are about to watch with their children contains pornography. Evolution is so awful that the reader must be warned that it is discussed inside the textbook. The second sentence makes it sound as though evolution is little more than a hunch, the popular understanding of the word "theory," whereas theories in science are carefully constructed frameworks for understanding a vast array of facts. The National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific organization, has declared evolution "one of the strongest and most useful scientific theories we have" and says it is supported by an overwhelming scientific consensus.
The third sentence, urging that evolution be studied carefully and critically, seems like a fine idea. The only problem is, it singles out evolution as the only subject so shaky it needs critical judgment. Every subject in the curriculum should be studied carefully and critically. Indeed, the interpretations taught in history, economics, sociology, political science, literature and other fields of study are far less grounded in fact and professional consensus than is evolutionary biology.
A more honest sticker would describe evolution as the dominant theory in the field and an extremely fruitful scientific tool. The sad fact is, the school board, in its zeal to be accommodating, swallowed the language of the anti-evolution crowd. Although the sticker makes no mention of religion and the school board as a whole was not trying to advance religion, a federal judge in Georgia ruled that the sticker amounted to an unconstitutional endorsement of religion because it was rooted in long-running religious challenges to evolution. In particular, the sticker's assertion that "evolution is a theory, not a fact" adopted the latest tactical language used by anti-evolutionists to dilute Darwinism, thereby putting the school board on the side of religious critics of evolution. That court decision is being appealed. Supporters of sound science education can only hope that the courts, and school districts, find a way to repel this latest assault on the most well-grounded theory in modern biology.
In the Pennsylvania case, the school board went further and became the first in the nation to require, albeit somewhat circuitously, that attention be paid in school to "intelligent design." This is the notion that some things in nature, such as the workings of the cell and intricate organs like the eye, are so complex that they could not have developed gradually through the force of Darwinian natural selection acting on genetic variations. Instead, it is argued, they must have been designed by some sort of higher intelligence. Leading expositors of intelligent design accept that the theory of evolution can explain what they consider small changes in a species over time, but they infer a designer's hand at work in what they consider big evolutionary jumps.
The Dover Area School District in Pennsylvania became the first in the country to place intelligent design before its students, albeit mostly one step removed from the classroom. Last week school administrators read a brief statement to ninth-grade biology classes (the teachers refused to do it) asserting that evolution was a theory, not a fact, that it had gaps for which there was no evidence, that intelligent design was a differing explanation of the origin of life, and that a book on intelligent design was available for interested students, who were, of course, encouraged to keep an open mind. That policy, which is being challenged in the courts, suffers from some of the same defects found in the Georgia sticker. It denigrates evolution as a theory, not a fact, and adds weight to that message by having administrators deliver it aloud.
Districts around the country are pondering whether to inject intelligent design into science classes, and the constitutional problems are underscored by practical issues. There is little enough time to discuss mainstream evolution in most schools; the Dover students get two 90-minute classes devoted to the subject. Before installing intelligent design in the already jam-packed science curriculum, school boards and citizens need to be aware that it is not a recognized field of science. There is no body of research to support its claims nor even a real plan to conduct such research. In 2002, more than a decade after the movement began, a pioneer of intelligent design lamented that the movement had many sympathizers but few research workers, no biology texts and no sustained curriculum to offer educators. Another leading expositor told a Christian magazine last year that the field had no theory of biological design to guide research, just "a bag of powerful intuitions, and a handful of notions." If evolution is derided as "only a theory," intelligent design needs to be recognized as "not even a theory" or "not yet a theory." It should not be taught or even described as a scientific alternative to one of the crowning theories of modern science.
That said, in districts where evolution is a burning issue, there ought to be some place in school where the religious and cultural criticisms of evolution can be discussed, perhaps in a comparative religion class or a history or current events course. But school boards need to recognize that neither creationism nor intelligent design is an alternative to Darwinism as a scientific explanation of the evolution of life.
Ha! We Bible believers are sneaky, aren't we?
Real men don't whine.
Could be.
Lots of things get slipped by the NYT by many people every day.
Classic myopic projectionism, emblematic of the power of secular humanism to collapse on itself with its symptomatic hypocrisy..."Silly fascists, moral relativity is for genocidal maniacs." {/Trix wabbit}
That's still the wrong warning. The one they need would look more like this:
Warning: Parents and students should understand that the motives of the people pushing evolutionism in public schools are somewhat questionable:
Pornography? Who on this sweet earth would make such an insidious connection?
(Better yet, why on earth would the NY Times even wish to introduce such a connection?)
Talk about planting false notions!! Certainly not all the folks on this Ga. School Evolution thread who have the movie Dr. Strangelove memorized!
JFK, I figured that you were struggling about what you are supposed to be thinking about today - we insidious creatures don't think very well as I'm told, but hey!, we need to stick together. Thus, my thoughtful, sensitive, compassionate ping - don't let it spoil your breakfast!
Hmmmmm. I have a deep suspicion regarding what websites these NY Slimes editorial writers visit to get their ideas.
You are my new favorite Freeper.
Of all the sentences in this editorial that drip with disingenuousness, this tops them all. This statement ranks up there with Bill Clinton saying "Nobody said it was supposed to go on forever" about affirmative action. I cannot believe that people who equate the Dover sticker with a warning about pornography are serious about endorsing any public school forum that might possibly result in a victory of religious rhetoric over secular curricula.
I don't have any references to prove it, but I would be willing to bet that the Times opposed laws that would allow a minute of silence at the beginning of the school day in lieu of mandatory classroom prayer on the notion that voluntary private prayers in class could lead to discrimination against those children who did not use the time to pray.
First, here is my understanding of the truth.
There is an underlying physical reality in which first there was no life, then there was life, and different plants and animals, including humans, appeared. Clearly something was happening. The known facts are compelling, but it is a complex field. And there is a deep problem with objectifying humanity.
The reputation of scientific consensus, like the MainStream Media, is in crisis and getting worse. Both institutions have work to do to reestablish credibility.
Indeed, the interpretations taught in history, economics, sociology, political science, literature and other fields of study are far less grounded in fact and professional consensus than is evolutionary biology.Indeed. In fact, the interpretations of how gravity works over distance are "less grounded in fact and professional consensus than is evolutionary biology". (Gravity is mediated by the postulated, but undiscovered, graviton.)
If we're talking about the very origin of life itself, that first set of one-celled critters in the sea, then yes, there is still some mystery.
But if we're talking about how those critters went on to grow shells, fins, feet and finances, then sorry, folks: case closed.
First the IDers say there is no religion in their ideas and want it taught in science class. Then you say there is "Biblical truth" in their ideas.
The truth is, ID is nothing more than a new title for "creation science", a heresy of misinterpretation of the Bible with absolutely no science in it.
ID has no place in science class. Those of you that advocate its value are hurting science education and turning intelligent people away from Christ.
ID is a money making con by people who prey on the scientifically ignorant.
The Theory of Evolution contains nothing about creation. Biology works with the life it sees and the history of life in the fossil record.
There is no conflict between the Bible and science. The Bible is not a science text and science can't explore the spiritual.
"Real men don't whine."
Which begs the question, why all the whinning about the "theory" of evolution?
"There is no conflict between the Bible and science."
Some are able to grasp both notions at the same time and be quite comfortable in their understanding of both. Others struggle...it has to be one or the other and the notions are mutually exclusive?
The creationists clever strawman, putting creation in evolution leads many who have been undereducated about biology and science to believe there is a contradiction.
This, combined with superficial translations of Genesis and purposeful use of these translations to divide the Church have been very effective in propagandizing many Christians.
It also has made many educated people think (wrongly) that Christianity is a religion of the stupid.
LOL judywillow. Why are you so obsessed with flamingos? You always post them in the evolution threads.
It begs no such thing from me. I'm not whining at all about evolution.
Real men don't whine.
A scientific theory is not a fact it is a series of propositions that are supported by facts. Facts are states of affairs, observable events. They are contingent not absolute. There are no scientific 'laws' only theories that have come to be widely accepted or not.
Creationism is absolute in it's insistance on a 'designer' who is God with an alias. It isn't science it is theology pretending to be science.
Evolution is not a failed theory it's an incomplete theory but all scientific theories are incomplete because they are constantly changing according to new theories and observations.
If you are uncomfortable with contingency and change go to church and let scientists do their work.
So if you found a hamburger wrapper, you would say "Look what the atmospheric conditions produced?"
I say life is too complicated to arrive by chance, something like eyeballs focusing light with a lens to different receptors, and these receptors are wired to the brain, all by luck?
Hearing sound waves, by chance?
The chemistry of digesting food, just stumbled upon?
Before I even heard of ID, I was always suspicious of such a highly integrated systems, all developing by chance. It's the monkey at the typewriter thing.
If that were the case nobody would be calling evolution a theory at all; all of the facts contradict it.
Well at least the Slimes admitted they think Christians are "INSIDIOUS"
He turned to the other panelist and said.....if you want to believe your ancestors were monkeys that's alright with me.
Evolution theory does not contain speculation on origin of life. Many people confuse that because of the conmen propaganda and the title of Darwin's book The Origin of SPECIES.
"how can the King James Bible be taken literally?"
Good question.
I have been studying Genesis in the Hebrew for many years.
It does not mean what the creationists say it means.
For instance the word translated day, clearly is an indefinite period of time, as Gen 2:4 confirms. Since the Sun was not created until the fourth day, it is absurd to think the first 3 days were of a fixed 24 hr period.
The only thing on this point that goes the creationists way is the phrase "morning and evening". Since Gen 1 is Hebrew poetry, though poetry, this repetition shows that there is poetic license and a misunderstanding of what causes morning and evening to happen.
Scientific theories are not the same as mathematical theories or theories of logic.
They are affirmative but not demonstrable. There is no such thing as a scientific theory that can be contradicted. There are no proofs in science only strong or weak evidence. Facts don't contradict anything. They are just states of affairs, determined only by accident and circumstance.
But note the status the NYT gives "evolution" - a fortress, something concrete and formidable, unmoveable even, capable of being "attacked".
It's an hypothesis. There is data that tends to support it, and data that tends to call it into question.
It's perfect for teaching the scientific method-there's nothing better that middle schoolers and HS students can grasp for the purpose.
But for the NYT, and far, far too many scientists, it has achieved Holy Grail status, so that teaching the data that tends to undermine the hypothesis is a revolutionary act.
It's pathetic.
Back to politics, have fun, y'all.
Your minister is correct. We must try to understand the cultural milleu at the time. We must try to put ourselves in the heads of the writers of the Bible and see what they could know in their age, the limitations of language and unscientific thinking.
You are dead wrong. Evolution is a theory, essentially a fact of science.
Evolution is an observed fact and the Theory of Evolution explains that fact.
For once, the NYT is correct.
I see you haven't learned much from all the links you were given to understand the science behind evolution.
Only if you consider creationists Christians. I think they are on the fringe, perhaps a Christian-like cult.
"There is no such thing as a scientific theory that can be contradicted. "
One of the main criterion for a system of principles to be elevated to the high status of scientific theory is that they must be able to be falsified.
Find a human skeleton in the same strata as dino bones and you would falsify evolution.
Your statement just doesn't reflect the realities of how science defines theory.
-The first sentence sounds like a warning to parents that the film they are about to watch with their children contains pornography.-
Pronography provided by the NYT, perhaps?
In fact, the Bible clearly states that it is the Seas that brought forth the life, and the Earth. (In that actual order, too, btw!)
Doesn't say that God created it directly. Says the ocean and land produced life. Eerie, eh?
Name another religion that describes the creation of the world in the correct order!
Genesis even (correctly!) claims the first thing to be created was LIGHT. Everything followed after, and still in the correct order that our scientists tell us happened: Molten Earth, empty ("without form and void"), then stars (which were not visible due to opaque atmosphere--again, just as science tells us--then plants, then animals, and finally, man.
Would it not make sense, as some religions have it, to CREATE MAN FIRST, and have him an observer, given a special place to assist the gods, as is done in some other religions?
How 'bout havin' Earth rest on the back of a giant turtle? Or suspended from a giant tree? Both, as in some other religions.
The creation accounts of some of these other religions are hilariously funny. That of Geneis mirrors our scientific understanding as it exists today.
Please explain how the author of Genesis could have guessed so correctly on so many matters. Too coincidental, and I am not one for coincidence.
Considering that Genesis wasn't written to be an explanation of how/why of everything, but only as a quick genealogical explanation of the history of people, and you have to wonder how much more detail could have been provided to us about science...if the intention of the author of Genesis were to focus on science.
In fact, the Bible clearly states that it is the Seas that brought forth the life, and the Earth. (In that actual order, too, btw!)
Doesn't say that God created it directly. Says the ocean and land produced life. Eerie, eh?
Name another religion that describes the creation of the world in the correct order!
Genesis even (correctly!) claims the first thing to be created was LIGHT. Everything followed after, and still in the correct order that our scientists tell us happened: Molten Earth, empty ("without form and void"), then stars (which were not visible due to opaque atmosphere--again, just as science tells us--then plants, then animals, and finally, man.
Would it not make sense, as some religions have it, to CREATE MAN FIRST, and have him an observer, given a special place to assist the gods, as is done in some other religions?
How 'bout havin' Earth rest on the back of a giant turtle? Or suspended from a giant tree? Both, as in some other religions.
The creation accounts of some of these other religions are hilariously funny. That of Geneis mirrors our scientific understanding as it exists today. No other religion's creation account even comes close, which immediately "flags" Genesis as distinct from other accounts.
Please explain how the author of Genesis could have guessed so correctly on so many matters. Too coincidental, and I am not one for coincidence.
Considering that Genesis wasn't written to be an explanation of how/why of everything, but only as a quick genealogical explanation of the history of people, and you have to wonder how much more detail could have been provided to us about science...if the intention of the author of Genesis were to focus on science. Posted on 01/23/2005 7:20:22 AM PST by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
Apologies for the double posting.
It did't show up, even after refreshing the list.
No you wouldn't. The faithful would cry out, that it is just an anomaly. Look at all the other evidence. Just ignore the skeleton as something curious and unexplainable for the moment. We essentially found a similar situation when some "junk" DNA of humans and mice were identical(humans, mice, and the common ancestor lie in the same strata). There is no reason for that situation to have occurred according to Darwin's theory.
That's because it would probably be proven to be an anomaly. But my point was if you could find a legimate human fossil in with dinos it would falsify.
I didn't mean a faked up piece of trash like the creationist museum in Kentucky or the nonsense of human footprints faked in Texas by those epitomies of Christian behavior in the creationist con game.
"No you wouldn't. The faithful would cry out, that it is just an anomaly. Look at all the other evidence. Just ignore the skeleton as something curious and unexplainable for the moment"
It would, there would be so many problems with a human skeleton with dinosaurs evolution would be in dire peril.
"We essentially found a similar situation when some "junk" DNA of humans and mice were identical(humans, mice, and the common ancestor lie in the same strata). There is no reason for that situation to have occurred according to Darwin's theory."
This is NOTHING like finding a human skeleton beside a t-rex my friend! Genetics is a very new, and very complicated field of study, new, unanticipated discoveries happen all the time. Assuming what you say is even true.
When the first test pilots tried to break the sound barrier, the intense vibrations from traversing the phenomena locked the controls and destroyed the planes. They've since corrected the problem. According to your logic, sicne the theory of flight didn't warn them about it before hand, planes can't fly?
"In fact, the Bible clearly states that it is the Seas that brought forth the life, and the Earth. (In that actual order, too, btw!) "
It also says the earth was created before the stars, get a grip man.
In fact they ARE mutually exclusive.
Sir Arthur Keith (Evolution and Ethics) said it best:
Chapter 3
The Behavior of Germany Considered from an Evolutionary Point of View in 1942
VISITORS TO GERMANY IN 1934 FOUND AN emotional storm sweeping through masses of the people, particularly the more educated. The movement had much in common with a religious revival. The preacher in this case was Adolf Hitler; his doctrine was, and is, tribalism; he had stirred in the emotional depths of the German people those long-dormant tribal feelings which find release and relief in mutual service; men and women who had been leading selfish lives or were drifting aimlessly were given a new purpose in life: service to their country the Third Reich. It is worth noting that Hitler uses a double designation for his tribal doctrine National Socialism: Socialism standing for the good side of the tribal spirit (that which works within the Reich); aud Nationalism for the ethically vicious part, which dominates policy at and outside the German frontiers.
The leader of Germany is an evolutionist not only in theory, but, as millions know to their cost, in the rigor of its practice. For him the national "front" of Europe is also the evolutionary "front"; he regards himself, and is regarded, as the incarnation of the will of Germany, the purpose of that will being to guide the evolutionary destiny of its people. He has brought into
modern life the tribal and evolutionary mentality of prehistoric times. Hitler has confronted the statesmen of the world with an evolutionary problem of an unprecedented magnitude. What is the world to do with a united aggressive tribe numbering eighty millions!
We must not lose sight of the purpose of our visit to Germany; it was to see how far modern evolutionary practice can provide us with a scientific basis for ethical or moral behavior. As a source of information concerning Hitler's evolutionary and ethical doctrines I have before me Mein Kampf, extracts from The Times covering German affairs during the last twenty years, and the monthly journal R.F.C. (Racio Political Foreign Correspondenee), published by the German Bureau for Human Betterment and Eugenics and circulated by that bureau for the enlightenment of anthropologists living abroad. In the number of that journal for July 1937, there appears in English the text of a speech given by the German Fuhrer on January 30, 1937, in reply to a statement made by Mr. Anthony Eden that "the German race theory" stood in the way of a common discussion of European problems. Hitler maintained his theory would have an opposite effect; "it will bring about a real understanding for the first time." "It is not for men," said the Fuhrer, "to discuss the question of why Providence created different races, but rather to recognize that it punishes those who disregard its work of creation." I may remark incidentally that in this passage, as in many others, the German Fuhrer, like Bishop Barnes and many of our more intellectual clergy, regards evolution as God's mode of creation. God having created races, it is therefore "the noblest and most sacred duty for each racial species of mankind to preserve the purity of the blood which God has given it." Here we have expounded the perfectly sound doctrine of evolutionary isolation; even as an ethical doctrine it should not be condemned. No German must be guilty of the "greatest racial sin" that of bringing the fruits of hybridity into the world. The reproductive "genes" which circulate within the frontiers of Germany must be kept uncontaminated, so that they may work out the racial destiny of the German people without impediment. Hitler is also a eugenist. Germans who suffer from
hereditable imperfections of mind or of body must be rendered infertile, so that "the strong may not be plagued by the weak." Sir Francis Galton, the founder of eugenics, taught a somewhat similar evolutionary doctrine namely, that if our nation was to prosper we must give encouragement to the strong rather than to the weak; a saving which may be justified by evolution, but not by ethics as recognized and practiced by civilized peoples. The liberties of German women are to be sacrificed; they must devote their activities to their households, especially to the sacred duty of raising succeeding generations. The birth rate was stimulated by bounties and subsidies so that the German tribe might grow in numbers and in strength. In all these matters the Nazi doctrine is evolutionist.
Hitler has sought on every occasion and in every way to heighten the national consciousness of the German people or, what is the same thing, to make them racially conscious; to give them unity of spirit and unity of purpose. Neighborly approaches of adjacent nations are and were repelled; the German people were deliberately isolated. Cosmopolitanism, liberality of opinion, affectation of foreign manners and dress were unsparingly condemned. The old tribal bonds (love of the Fatherland, feeling of mutual kinship), the bonds of "soil and blood," became "the main plank in the National Social program." "Germany was for the Germans" was another plank. Foreign policy was "good or bad according to its beneficial or harmful effects on the German folk now or hereafter." "Charity and humility are only for home consumption" a statement in which Hitler gives an exact expression of the law which limits sympathy to its tribe. "Humanitarianism is an evil . . . a creeping poison." "The most cruel methods are humane if they give a speedy victory" is Hitler's echo of a maxim attributed to Moltke. Such are the ways of evolution when applied to human affairs.
I have said nothing about the methods employed by the Nazi leaders to secure tribal unity in Germany methods of brutal compulsion, bloody force, and the concentration camp. Such methods cannot be brought within even a Machiavellian system of ethics, and yet may be justified by their evolutionary result.
Even in that result we may harbor a doubt: can unity obtained by such methods be relied on to endure?
There are other aspects of Nazi policy which raise points which may be legitimate subjects of ethical debate. In recent years British men of science have debated this ethical problem: an important discovery having been made a new poison gas, for example is it not the duty of the discoverer to suppress it if there is a possibility of its being used for an evil purpose? My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics. A man of science is responsible for the accuracy of his observations and of his inferences, not for the results which may follow therefrom. Under no circumstances should the truth be suppressed; yet suppression and distortion of the truth is a deliberate part of Nazi policy. Every anthropologist in Germany, be he German or Jew, was and is silenced in Nazi Germany unless the Hitlerian racial doctrine is accepted without any reservation whatsoever. Authors, artists, preachers, and editors are undone if they stray beyond the limits of the National Socialist tether. Individual liberty of thought and of its expression is completely suppressed. An effective tribal unity is thus attained at the expense of truth. And yet has not the Church in past times persecuted science just in this Hitlerian way? There was a time, and not so long ago, when it was dangerous for a biologist to harbor a thought that clashed in any way with the Mosaic theory of creation.
No aspect of Hitler's policy proclaims the antagonism between evolution and ethics so forcibly as his treatment of the Jewish people in Germany. So strong are the feelings roused that it is difficult for even science to approach the issues so raised with an unclouded judgment. Ethically the Hitlerian treatment of the Jews stands condemned out of hand. Hitler is cruel, but I do not think that his policy can be explained by attributing it to a mere satisfaction of a lust, or to a search for a scapegoat on which Germany can wreak her wrath for the ills which followed her defeat of 1918. The Church in Spain subjected the Jews to the cruelty of the Inquisition, but no one ever sought to explain the Church's behavior by suggesting that she had a
lust for cruelty which had to be satisfied. The Church adopted the Inquisition as a policy; it was a means of securing unity of mind in her flock. Hitler is an uncompromising evolutionist, and we must seek for an evolutionary explanation if we are to understand his actions. When the Huguenots fled to Germany they mingled their "genes" with those of their host and disappeared as an entity. The Jews are made of other stuff: for two thousand years, living amid European communities, they have maintained their identity; it is an article of their creed, as it is of Hitler's, to breed true. They, too, practice an evolutionary doctrine. Is it possible for two peoples living within the same frontiers, dwelling side by side, to work out harmoniously their separate evolutionary destinies? Apparently Hitler believes this to be impossible; we in Britain and in America believe it to be not only possible, but also profitable.
It must not be thought that in seeking to explain Hitler's actions I am seeking to justify them. The opposite is the case. I have made this brief survey of public policy in modern Germany with a definite object: to show that Dr. Waddington is in error when he seeks to place ethics on a scientific basis by a knowledge of evolutionary tendencies and practice.
Chapter 4
Human Life: Its Purpose or Ultimate End
IN THE COURSE OF GATHERING INFORMATION concerning man's morality and the part it has played and is playing in his evolution, I found it necessary to provide space for slips which were labeled "Life: Its Ultimate and Proximate Purposes." Only those who have devoted some special attention to this matter are aware of the multitude of reasons given for the appearance of man on earth. Here I shall touch on only a few of them; to deal with all would require a big book. The reader may exclaim: Why deal with any of them! What has ultimate purpose got to do with ethics and evolution! Let a man with a clearer head and a nimbler pen than mine reply. He is Edward Carpenter, who wrote Civilization: Its Cause and Cure (1889).
It is from the sixteenth edition (1923) I am to quote, p. 249:
If we have decided what the final purpose or Life of Man is, then we may say that what is good for that purpose is finally "good" and what is bad for that purpose is finally "evil."
If the final purpose of our existence is that which has been and is being worked out under the discipline of evolutionary law, then, although we are quite unconscious of the end result, we ought, as Dr. Waddington has urged, to help on "that which tends to promote the ultimate course of evolution." If we do so, then we have to abandon the hope of ever attaining a universal system of ethics; for, as we have just seen, the ways of national evolution, both in the past and in the present, are cruel, brutal, ruthless, and without mercy. Dr. Waddington has not grasped the implications of Nature's method of evolution, for in his summing up (Nature, 1941, 150, p. 535) he writes "that the ethical principles formulated by Christ . . . are those which have tended towards the further evolution of mankind, and that they will continue to do so." Here a question of the highest interest is raised: the relationship which exists between evolution and Christianity; so important, it seems to me, that I shall devote to it a separate chapter. Meantime let me say that the conclusion I have come to is this: the law of Christ is incompatible with the law of evolution as far as the law of evolution has worked hitherto. Nay, the two laws are at war with each other; the law of Christ can never prevail until the law of evolution is destroyed. Clearly the form of evolution which Dr. Waddington has in mind is not that which has hitherto prevailed; what he has in mind is a man made system of evolution. In brief, instead of seeking ethical guidance from evolution, he now proposes to impose a system of ethics on evolution and so bring humanity ultimately to a safe and final anchorage in a Christian haven.
Here a question of the highest interest is raised: the relationship which exists between evolution and Christianity; so important, it seems to me, that I shall devote to it a separate chapter. Meantime let me say that the conclusion I have come to is this: the law of Christ is incompatible with the law of evolution as far as the law of evolution has worked hitherto. Nay, the two laws are at war with each other; the law of Christ can never prevail until the law of evolution is destroyed.
Remember that: the law of Christ can never prevail until the law of evolution is destroyed.
A man can no more be a Christian and believe in evolution than he can be a Christian and believe in naziism.
A woman who believes in paganism believes in magic.
Social darwinism has nothing to do with biological science.
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OC has bachelor's degree in forensic science studies
Oklahoma Christian University this fall will offer a bachelor of science major in forensic science. Bill Luttrell, chairman of the school's chemistry and physics department, said the field of forensic science has been growing in popularity with students. "The interest level among students has been rising since we began offering summer forensic science workshops several years ago," Luttrell said. "This degree will prepare our students for entry-level positions in the forensic science profession or graduate school." OC's laboratories recently were renovated and additional lab renovations will be completed this fall, Luttrell said. The instructors will include Luttrell, a toxicologist who has written a toxicology textbook and regularly publishes toxicology technical papers; Howard Vogel, who has a doctorate in analytical chemistry and experience in arson investigation; Len Feuerhelm, who has a doctorate of physics degree and a law degree and once worked for the CIA; and Amanda Nichols, who has a doctorate in chemistry and is an inorganic chemist with interests in forensic science. "We will use our existing chemistry core curriculum, three current forensic science courses, introduction to forensic science, forensic analysis and practicum in forensic science, along with two new courses — forensic science and the law, and forensic toxicology — to complete the major," Luttrell said. The school has a working relationship with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Forensic Science Center in Edmond, where three OC students are currently interning, he said. For more information, go to oc.edu. Ron Frost is a spokesman for OC.

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SAN FRANCISCO Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano officially takes over as the University of California's president on Monday, but she already has survived her first leadership challenge - a "no-confidence" vote sought this month by student activists who think her work in Washington makes her unsuitable to run the nation's largest public higher education system.
Detractors argued that Napolitano was a poor choice, given her previous job, to oversee college campuses prone to protests and attended by students from families living in the U.S. illegally. But leaders of a statewide student association ended up voting 9-6 not to hold a referendum on Napolitano's appointment so soon, but vowed to seek reassurances from her in the next few weeks.
"There are a lot of students with some very large concerns centered around her past history in Homeland Security," University of California Student Association President Kareem Aref said. "Students are concerned that her presidency may be accompanied by a militarization of the UC."
If a government resume that also includes a six-year stint as Arizona's governor secured Napolitano the UC president's job, it also is frustrating her efforts to assume her new role with a minimum of fanfare. Few of her predecessers - mostly longtime academics- have aroused the mix of excitement, curiosity and suspicion surrounding her unexpected selection.
Then again, none came with an international profile much larger than the sometimes parochial, often political and generally not well-understood president's role.
As the system's chief executive, Napolitano is trading her cabinet seat for an office in downtown Oakland and will have responsibility for 190,000 employees, about 50,000 fewer than she had at Homeland Security, where the $59 billion budget is more than twice as large as the university's.
Her annual salary of $571,000 is three times more than she made working for the federal government, but, at her insistence and in recognition of the financial difficulties the university has experienced, $21,000 less than the immediate past president, Mark Yudof.
"Being president of the university is not like running a campus," said John Douglass, a senior research fellow in public policy and higher education at UC Berkeley. "Her duties are, largely, to negotiate and deal with Sacramento - most significantly UC's thus-far shrinking share of the state budget, decipher the wants and advice of the Regents, manage conflict and cooperation between the chancellors, and work with the faculty's Academic Senate on system-wide policies."
While Napolitano can bring gravitas and skill to the system's funding pitches in Sacramento and in Washington, her background in politics, lack of a scholarly background and the recent revelations about the government's domestic surveillance activities "is bound to raise eyebrows," Douglass said.
"It will take a good period of time for her to know what the heck is going on and to gain the trust of faculty and perhaps students," he said.
Napolitano has not commented publicly on her priorities or reasons for accepting the position since the university's governing board confirmed her surprise nomination in July. "Sound management, fiscal stewardship and the ability to tackle tough challenges is what I know and what I hope to bring with me when I arrive here," she said at the time. "I have much to learn about UC and I plan to listen."
She is declining media interviews and does not plan to schedule public events while she privately meets with staff, students, faculty and lawmakers over the next few weeks and tours the system's 10 campuses, five medical centers and three government-sponsored energy labs, UC spokesman Steve Montiel said.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, ex officio UC regent, said that before Napolitano got the job there were "buzz and rumors" that a former governor was being considered. But the search committee with 10 of the 26 voting regents succeeded in keeping Napolitano's candidacy secret until it was "all but fait acompli," Newsom said.


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Joan Renner, one of the founders of the YWCA Clark County's sexual assault program, has decided to leave the agency after 33 years.
Renner's departure follows that of Debra Adams, who stepped down as director of the Y's domestic violence program earlier this year for the same reason — a shrinking budget.
In 1980 Renner helped initiate the only program in the county that provides free, 24-hour crisis intervention and advocacy for sexual assault victims and survivors. The program has grown to include support groups, legal and medical advocacy, crisis intervention and community education.
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I've had mine for a while now too (week or two) -- Illinois
If you don't get your tag by the end of this week, I would suggest you contact the Licensing Section of the G&F. I bought my leftover deer tag online on 7/17 and it came in the mail before the end of the month.
I've had mine for a while now too (week or two) -- Illinois
Had mine for at least two weeks or so also.
Found it. It went to my old address and didn't get forwarded.
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A quick update. My planned summer scouting trips fizzled for a variety of reasons. As a result, I headed to Wyoming last week without having set foot in the area. Long story short, I paid the price and spent the majority of the trip trying to get familiar with the area and guessing where I would find the type of buck I am looking for. After some very frustrating days with miles in the truck and on foot, I think I figured the area out a bit. The low deer density, subtle nuances of the country (it all seems the same at first), and unusually wet summer/fall made it tough. I never did find the buck I am looking for but will be headed back down at the end of the month with a much better idea of where to start.
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Hope everyone is having a great fall. I wanted to send a quick update.
I spent nearly 2 weeks in unit 90 - early in October and last week. The unit was pretty tough and deer numbers were even lower than I expected (and I expected them to be low). I only saw a handful of mature deer but they were 3's, 3x4's, and crab clawed 4's. Other groups of hunters reported the same results with even more days of hunting. I found a decent 4x4 w/ eye guards on Sunday and killed him - 165". Overall, I was disappointed with the quality of the unit but had a good time.
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This yearly event sponsored by the Friends of the Shelton Libraries is offered at both libraries, beginning Monday, 6/15. Adults may read whatever they wish, fill out a short review form, and enter it for a chance to win gift certificates from local businesses. The first drawing will be held on June 22 and will continue weekly until August 10. Then all adults who have participated are invited to a party just for them at the Huntington Branch Library on Thursday, 8/13, at 6:30PM.
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Busy wrapping up his upcoming third Telugu film "Adda", actor Sushant believes that the scripts choose him and then things fell into place. He describes it as an "unpredictable" movie.
"I heard so many scripts after my second film, but nothing excited me. However, when 'Adda' was narrated to me, I knew that I was destined to do it. I felt as if the script chose me and not vice versa," Sushant told IANS.
"This feeling happens when you hear something so different from films you have done in the past. I'm glad this film made me feel that way", he added.
"Adda" is directed by Sai Karthik. It features Shanvi, Raghu Babu, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Thagubothu Ramesh, Dhanraj, Tanikella Bharani and Venu Madhav in important roles.
"I can't categorise the film in one particular genre. Even though it's a love story at heart, the film addresses an universal concept. The story revolves around the hero's 'adda', which in English means 'den'. All I can say is that it's an unpredictable film," he said.
"Adda" is scheduled to release in May. The film is almost complete, except for three songs, which are likely to be shot abroad.
"We are hoping to release the film in May. Most of the shooting happened in Hyderabad in Annapurna studios and Ramoji Film City. We erected a special set to shoot the 'Adda' sequence in the film," said Sushant who doesn't believe in individual performance.
"Success of a film elevates everything involved in it. As more and more people watch a successful film, they will automatically start noticing performances, therefore, I don't believe in any individual performance," he added.
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Kuala Lumpur is one of those cities that inspires one to go back again and again.
At the Central Market a variety of Malaysian handycraft items can be picked up - making ideal little gifts to take home. Although many tourists hang out here, there are enough locals around to give one the 'feel' of Malaysia.
A half-day city tour is a good idea to get some orientation.
Visit the King's Palace and see the King's guard with horses, the Museum, various monuments and view the Petronas Towers.
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At the buffet you can enjoy a delicious dinner. In the evening orchestras, opera singers, dancers, and many other artists will perform. The dancers will teach you the basic steps of the eighteenth-century dances.
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Dottie Pepper leaves NBA Sports after 8 years
Dottie Pepper learned the art of retirement at an early age.
In a practice round during her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, she wound up behind someone Pepper would describe as an aging veteran who had no business being out there. Pepper turned to her sister, who caddied for her that summer, and told her, "Don't ever let me get to that point."
Two years after her first shoulder surgery, when those blue eyes didn't blaze with quite as much intensity and Pepper began to realize there was more to life than chasing around a little white golf ball, she announced her retirement at the 2004 U.S. Women's Open when she was 38.
Her retirement Sunday after eight years with NBC Sports was not much different.
"I would have to say this is similar to when Barry Sanders retired because she's going out on top of her game," said Tommy Roy, NBC's executive producer of golf who gave Pepper a chance, coached and critiqued her, and was sorry to see her go. "Her work this year on the FedEx Cup and the Ryder Cup was impeccable. You could take her work and make a `how-to' tape for future broadcasters."
Her last day at work was Sunday at the Father-Son Challenge in Orlando, Fla., the end of a ride that Pepper, 47, could not have imagined.
It was former NBC staffer John Goldstein who persuaded Roy to give her a shot at the `04 Women's Open, and Pepper took it from there. She started work in 2005 during the Florida swing on the PGA Tour, and then got her big break at her first U.S. Open that summer. She was assigned the next-to-last group, and walked the final round at Pinehurst No. 2 with the champion, Michael Campbell.
"You can't dream up an assignment like that," Pepper said. "My very first Open and I walk in the winner."
Just like her retirement from playing, however, Pepper caught herself pulled in another direction.
She was tired of the travel, for one thing, and she found her passion shifting to junior golf. The PGA of America called on her again, and this time, Pepper listened. She decided at the Ryder Cup to leave her role as the most prominent female golf analyst and join the PGA of America's board of directors, where she can work on developing junior golf programs.
Roy was effusive with praise.
"The great thing about Dottie is not many players could come over from the LPGA and analyze in a critical way how the PGA Tour players and still be respected by those players," he said. "She garnered so much respect from the players. She came over and fit right in."
That's all Pepper really wanted.
Roy said he would like to have another LPGA Tour player work the U.S. Women's Open next summer on Long Island, though it is not imperative for the NBC team to find another woman to fill Pepper's role. It was never about gender, and Pepper never saw it that way.
"It's been the greatest thing because I was treated as a reporter and an analyst, not because I was a woman," she said. "I was expected to toe the line. No matter how bad the weather was, how tough the walk was, I was to do everything the guys did. And that's how I wanted it."
She was never lacking in intensity and honesty, sometimes to a fault. She once was criticized for shouting, "Yes!" when her opponent missed a putt in the Solheim Cup. Roy laughed when recalling her early years with NBC. "Everyone on the NBC golf team was scared to death of her from when she was a player," he said.


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I am having a challenging one. He's my first child. He doesn't sleep a lot and love to be held all the time. Once we put him down, he will cry if he's not totally sleeping yet. He wanted to be held 24/7. I am not able to do anything with a baby like that and my wrists start to hurt already after long hours holding him. Any suggestions on how to handle a child like that? I seriously need help!!! Thank you in advance!
3 weeks old doesn't sleep & cry all the time if you put him down
Get a carrier and wear him. You don't need a fancy one, I bought an infantino from a thrift shop and we love it.
It will pass, but not for a little while yet....
my mom just told me about her miracle cure for me (i was a colicky baby - poor woman) -- put tennis shoes in the dryer, turn on the dryer, put baby in the carseat, put carseat on top of the dryer - just make sure the seat is secure on top of the dryer and it literally just put my baby who has been up and fussing ALL DAY LONG right to sleep... worth a shot ;)
you can just search here in babycenter what to do for colicky babies. they have a lot of good remedies. but it does get better and you will find something that works through trial and error. developing some kind of consistent bed time routine will change the way your baby sleeps. i read a great blog called sleep baby, sleep which i've been posting all over here because it really did help me and my baby. also, it sounds like your just might not be comfortable where he/she is sleeping. my baby refuses to sleep in her bassinet. every time i put her down in there (even if i think she is fast asleep) she starts crying 5 minutes later. i found that she really likes to sleep in her swing and i let her because it's better than neither of us getting any sleep. find what works for your baby and stick to it.
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Swaddle makes them feel more secure, for sure. Also, maybe you can try to see an ostheopath/physiotherapist. Several friends of mine gave me this advice for my little girl. One had a baby crying 24/7 for months when she finally decided to make an appointment. And it literally changed her life. There were some tensions in her baby's body which the ostheopath worked on, and the baby started sleeping well overnight. And it can help soothe colicky babies too. I know I'll make an appointment soon for my five-week baby just to have her checked, since she had a difficult birth. It may be nothing, but I think it's worth the shot and it can't do any harm! ;-)
Swaddle (nice & tight, including those tricky arms)
Side lie (hold LO on their side so you and baby are chest to chest)
Suck (paci or nipple)
Shush (anything - noise machine, vacuum, hair dryer, fan, you make a shushing noise in their ear)
Sway (rock or stand and sway side to side)
A good thing to know, also, is to encourage LO to sleep as much as possible during the day. Don't think that keeping him or her up will encourage sleep at night. It's quite the opposite at this age. The rule of thumb this young is to make sure they aren't awake for longer than an hour. Anything more than that will make them overtired and harder to get to sleep.
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Update on Wendlabangre GroupZoenabo is the representative for the Wendlabangre Group. Zoenabo is doing well. In the photo she is wearing a black "soutra" (muslim clothing). She is married and the mother of 5 children from ages 15 to 28. One of Zoenabo's children attends school; she has 5 dependents.
Zoenabo has been selling sandwiches and candy for 22 years. She now sells pastries and weaves traditional fabrics because she used to sell to students who are currently on vacation. She stocks up at the Wend Konta bakery and now also at the market in Pissy for pastries. Her customers are students, since she sells in schools, and now also her neighbors and friends.
Her previous loan went smoothly, so Zoenabo is happy and thanks God for this. She would like to buy one 20L drum of oil, one bag of sugar, and one bag of millet in order to prepare pastries. With these proceeds, Zoenabo hopes to focus on schooling her child and taking care of her family. Her goal is to grow her business and to build a small stock house for her business.
Elle vend des sandwichs et des bonbons depuis 22ans. Elle vend maintenant des galettes et tisse les pagnes traditionnels car elle vendait avec les élèves qui sont actuellement en vacance. Elle s'approvisionne à la boulangerie Wend Konta et maintenant au marché de Pissy pour les galettes en ville. Ses clients sont les élèves car elle vend dans les écoles et maintenant ses voisins et amis. Son prêt passé s'est bien dérouler, elle est contente et rend grâce à Dieu.
Elle veut s'acheter 01 bidon d'huile de 20l, 01sac de sucre et 01 sac de petit mil pour la préparation des galettes.
Mme avec ses bénéfices veut faire face à la scolarité de son enfant et s'occuper de sa famille. Elle ambitionne agrandir son commerce et construire une maisonnette de stockage pour son commerce.
Previous Loan DetailsZoenabo is the representative for the Wendlabangre Group. She is married and the mother of five children from ages 14 to 27. Two of her children are in school; she has five dependents. Zoenabo has sold sandwiches and candy for 22 years. She stocks up at the Wend Konta bakery in town. Her cus... More from Wendlabangre Group's previous loan »
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About Micro Start/AFDThis loan is administered by Micro Start/AFD, Kiva's first Field Partner in Burkina Faso. Micro Start/AFD's mission is to improve families' living conditions in general, and those of women in particular, by facilitating access to financial and non-financial services.
Micro Start/AFD is a professional microfinance institution offering financial services, advice, and training. One of the organization's principal aims is to collect obligatory and voluntary savings that foster clients' financial independence. Micro Start/AFD also focuses on building female entrepreneurs' skills in management and business administration and improving the living conditions in its clients' communities. More information can be found on Micro Start's Kiva Field Partner Page.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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- Aug 10, 2012
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Taking, collecting, and uploading photos of borrowers is one of the most challenging elements of using Kiva for our Field Partners. In order to make Kiva easier for Field Partners to use, we have allowed them to post successive and concurrent loans without taking a new photo of the borrower if the criteria above are met.