IN Dem Punks Repubs-Christianity Judaism Islam Hinduism Buddhism & Scientology Now In Curriculum

[kpete]

Vi Simpson: The Woman Who Punked The Radical Republicans in the Indiana State Senate and Their Creationist Bill

Vi Simpson, the Indiana State Senate Minority Leader

Indiana Senate Votes to Teach Scientology in Schools
By Tony Ortega Wed., Feb. 1 2012 at 10:52 AM Comments (91)

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​Yesterday, Indiana's state senate voted 28-22 to adopt yet another creationism-in-the-schools bill, which have been routinely found unconstitutional since a 1988 Supreme Court decision.

But this one was a little different, and in a surprising way.

At the last minute, Senate Bill 89 was changed so that it now reads...

The governing body of a school corporation may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of life. The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions, which may include, but is not limited to, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Scientology.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/02/indiana_senate.php
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/02/vi_simpson_the.php

[hifiguy]

1. When the curriculum comes around to Xenu

the fundies' heads will blow like something from "Scanners."

[Lionessa]

2. Taught as theology, I have no problem with such theories being taught,

just not in science class. Perhaps history or social studies better yet, but not science.

[dimbear]

3. Unfair to Cthulhu. Bigots. n/t

[zbdent]

4. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, etc. ...

and any that a student can think up at the last moment, or else claim that they're being discriminated against.

Change "may include" to "must include" all "recognized" religions ...

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Praise Be To His Noodley Appendage!

RAmen.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. 'Punked'? That's a disaster. It gives the creationists exactly what they want, in practice

Look carefully at the wording:

"may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of life"

OK, so they have the option to say nothing about the origin of life. But, if they do want to say something about the scientific hypotheses on the origin of life ...

"The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions..."

So at least 2 religions must be covered in addition to real science. 'The course' seems to say this must be taught in the same course as the science. That's problem number one. The religious stories belong in 'comparative religion', 'mythology' or similar.

"...which may include, but is not limited to, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Scientology".

OK, so the fundies will teach the fundamentalist Christian and Judaic 'theories'. Which, conveniently for them, are exactly the same. The 'may' means there is no obligation to use any of the others, and 2 is 'multiple'.

So any science teacher wanting to talk about the origin of life has to waste time with 2 religions - even if they find suitably laughable ones. Any fundie posing as a science teacher can put in the fundamentalist Christian and Judaic 'theories', but doesn't even have to put in the real science (unless there's another clause telling them they have to use the scientific consensus too).

[derby378]

7. Thought Has Mass

Wasn't that one of L. Ron Hubbard's many claims?

Here's a picture of Ron using his E-Meter on a tomato: