Kansas school board redefines science - Nov 8, 2005

This is a sad day. We're becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that," said board member Janet Waugh, a Kansas City Democrat...
In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena....
Supporters of the standards said they will promote academic freedom. "It gets rid of a lot of dogma that's being taught in the classroom today," said board member John Bacon, an Olathe Republican...
Many scientists and other critics contend creationists repackaged old ideas in scientific-sounding language to get around a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1987 that banned teaching the biblical story of creation in public schools....
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This is why people shouldn't inject religion into public policy. People don't get it. In this case they just don't understand that evolution and creation are two different accounts of the same event. And so we end up with this ridiculous policy based on an erred understanding of the Bible's account of creation. We know the Bible's account is true. But what is it an account of? It's an account of why we were created. It never attempts to explain how we were created- it merely states that Heavenly Father was responsible for it. Additionally, it is not a literal story. Satan was not literally a talking snake who handed Eve the fruit (snakes neither talk nor have opposing thumbs with which to hand anyone anything). Heavenly Father created us not through disregard for natural laws but through a complete understanding of those laws. On the other hand evolution never broaches the subject of why we were created. They are two completely opposing aspects of the same natural phenomenon.