[Grovenet] If you missed it...

[Steele, Mike]

Katie...Geri and I watched this in great detail...I'll be purchasing a
copy for PU--to use in a course I'll teach next spring.  

If anyone's interested, one of the key issues is "The Wedge"--tactics to
be used to bring us all under the one tent as envisioned by those who
support the ID folks and the culture they seek to impose on the country.
To wit, from Wikipedia:  "The wedge strategy is a political and social
action plan authored by the Discovery Institute, the hub of the
intelligent design movement. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery
Institute manifesto known as the Wedge Document,[1] which describes a
broad social, political, and academic agenda whose ultimate goal is to
"defeat [scientific] materialism" represented by evolution, "reverse the
stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science consonant
with Christian and theistic convictions"[2] and to "affirm the reality
of God."[3] Its goal is to "renew" American culture by shaping public
policy to reflect conservative Christian values.[4]"

--Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Katie Allnutt
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:23 AM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: [Grovenet] If you missed it...

I almost didn't watch the show on last night about the trial in Dover  
PA regarding teaching evolution in science class, but since I have a  
science teacher friend I thought I would.
Goodness, gracious as my grandmother used to say, it was a good  
show.  If you missed it, set your VCR or TiVo to record it as it  
repeats on Thursday at 2 am and 11 pm.

I was most impressed by the teachers who thought they were goners  
because the judge assigned to the case was on record as supporting ID  
and claiming it should be taught in public schools.  Both sides lined  
up their experts and the trial captivated the community for the whole  
6 weeks of the testimony and the weeks after while the judge was  
deciding the outcome.

If you want to learn something about science and intelligent design,  
what they are and what they are not, and learn something about the  
law and what it means to claim that the constitution can or can not  
teach a topic in a science class I recommend that you watch this. I  
won't give away the ending if you don't recall the verdict from the  
news a while back but just note that a battle about the establishment  
clause can keep you on the edge of your seat wondering how the judge  
is going to rule.

Katie


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