Yesterday, eight of the nine school board members in Dover PA that were pushing intelligent design into the science curriculum were defeated for re-election. From my perspective, I’d say that was natural selection but they probably think that God wanted them defeated.
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Pat Roberts said that God would be punishing them for it.
http://news.google.com/news?=pat%20robertson%20dover%20board
The NYT had a little editorial congratulating the town on coming to their senses.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/opinion/10thur3.html
Anyway, mucking around on the fringes, we’re still screwed … it’s just that the flow of crap has slowed a bit for now.
Thanks for posting this. I heard the SciFri podcast but had no idea of the outcome. Great to see the community took responsibility for educating their kids in this way.
It’s equally likely they think this was the Devil and its followers putting a small setback in the path of “Truth”. ::rolls eyes::
BTW, David Slusher, you’re a smartass. 🙂
Natural selection, indeed! Had me in stitches for a few minutes.