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By now, you've probably heard about the Texas State Board of Education's moves to impose educational standards into its textbooks intended to indoctrinate Texas public school students with a telling of U.S. history that is based in extremist religious ideology.
You've probably also heard about some of the more jaw-dropping proposed changes to the curriculum, such as booting Thomas Jefferson off of a list of influential thinkers in place of explicitly religious figures, and the totally fabricated assertion that our system of government is based specifically on the laws of Moses. This comes from the same group of theocrats who famously fought to undermine evolution in science classes and delete from science textbooks the scientific consensus on the age of the universe because they conflict with the Bible.
As terrible as this religious imposition is for Texas students, all Americans have reason to fear. Due to the size of the Texas textbook market (and because other highly populated states do not use statewide textbook contracts in the say way), the backward dictates of its theocratic school board effect textbooks used by public school students all across the country.
Someone in Congress is finally standing up to this abuse of power and unconstitutional overreach by the religious extremists on the Texas State Board of Education. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (T-DX) recently introduced a resolution (H. Res. 1593) that supports fact-based curricula in public schools without meddling by those with an avowed religious agenda. Students in Texas and all across America need to know that Congress wants them to have an education based on facts and science, not myth and religious bias.
TAKE ACTION NOW: Watch the video message above from Secular Coalition for America Executive Director Sean Faircloth supporting Rep. Johnson's resolution, and then tell your member of Congress to become a co-sponsor.
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@Hashime777222 Same ... ( 11 months ago by danigurrl26)

@Hashime777222 Same with me in my Catholic HS. However, Conservative Christians are very different than Catholics. In fact, most Christians I've encountered have very low opinions on Catholics. They call them pagans due to their Saints...as well as many other titles. Conservative Christians aren't led by a pope, they are led by their ministers in their churches...and they follow quite blindly unfortunately.

The goddamn board ... ( 11 months ago by QuickdrawMcShaw)

The goddamn board of education makes the rest of us Texans look crazy. How the fuck did these idiots even get elected? Jesus christ, I am so fucking mad right now.

WTF is Texas ... ( 10 months ago by jmlew)

WTF is Texas Science?

Well, good thing I ... ( 10 months ago by SonarWavePulse)

Well, good thing I don't live in the USA

Micro evolution may ... ( 9 months ago by slmbluebird)

Micro evolution may be an established fact, but Macro Evolution is not. There are no transitional forms. Evolution violates the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum, violates the Laws of Thermodynamics (everything is tending towards disorder; and matter is neither created nor destroyed). You are right that our tax dollars should not be used to fund deceitful curriculum in the schools. That's why the illogical theory (THEORY, not FACT) of Evolution should not be taught.

@slmbluebird It's ... ( 8 months ago by Locke99GS)

@slmbluebird It's apparent you didn't pay much attention in school, but that is not an excuse. You can simply use Google to discover what evolution is, what the Theory of Evolution is, and the Laws of Science that you mention. You don't need to be a scientist to see the erroneous connections to try to make. The knowledge gained by just reading the summation of these things is enough to debunk whatever your preacher has been telling you.

@jmlew In Texas, ... ( 8 months ago by Locke99GS)

@jmlew In Texas, it's "science". Everywhere else it's known as "creationism."

Locke, you failed ... ( 8 months ago by slmbluebird)

Locke, you failed to address anything I wrote in my comment. Please supply ONE transitional form. Give me one example of empirical (or otherwise) proof of macroevolution. As for the ad hominum attack, I did very well in school, being on the Honors list and having a 3.782 gpa. What are these "erroneous connections" I'm trying to make? I suggest you be as skeptical of evolution as you are of everyone who opposes it.

@slmbluebird Micro ... ( 7 months ago by Hyperplaterine)

@slmbluebird Micro evolution and macro evolution are the same thing. The only difference is that macro evolution works over a longer period of time.
Your other two points are only correct in a closed system. The earth is not a closed system. The sun is constantly pouring energy onto the earth.
Please feel free to raise any factual objections, you may have to evolution, and if it within my abilities I will answer them.

Wow, your ... ( 7 months ago by slmbluebird)

Wow, your vocabulary! Why don't you take Allah's or Muhammed's or some other supposed diety's name in vain? Why is it always JESUS CHRIST?? I'm not casting anymore pearls.... If you're Biblically literate enough to finish the sentence. You failed to give me any example of transitional forms. You are dreadfully ignorant of the differences between mictro and macro evolution. You ad hominid attacks and other lgoical fallacies...Wow.

@Hashime777222 Over ... ( 7 months ago by Hyperplaterine)

@Hashime777222 Over the centuries the catholic church has been in retreat. They argued against any new scientific advances and then grudgingly bowed to the evidence. This aproach is still better than the "bible belt". Their response to overwhelming evidence is to put their fingers in their ears and shout LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

"TEXAS SCIENCE" ??? ... ( 6 months ago by nestorlovesguitar)

"TEXAS SCIENCE" ??? HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA... What the hell is that? shit, I love it when I come across involuntary humor :)

Please also see my ... ( 5 months ago by maryfletcher4)

Please also see my video 'Its up to us' humanism will find Peter Blake from Cornwall explaining how he came to reject religion and embrace humanism.

Array ( 4 months ago by SeanACampbell)

@slmbluebird
Transitional Forms: Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Ardipithecus, Pierolapithecus, Proconsul.
On the point of "empirical evidence" that is simply unrealistic considering the timescales we are dealing with. Empirical evidence is a way of gaining knowledge by means of direct observation or experience. It cannot be observed directly, obviously. I suggest you google "29+ Evidences for Macroevolution"

@slmbluebird The ... ( 4 months ago by SeanACampbell)

@slmbluebird The reason people are criticizing your understanding of science is because you are showing a lack of understanding of basic scientific principals. The second law of thermodynamics which you are using is not violated by evolution. See: fsteiger dot com/thermo2
What possible relevant does matter being neither created nor destroyed have with this conversation at all?

@slmbluebird I ... ( 4 months ago by SeanACampbell)

@slmbluebird I would encourage you to explain exactly how the theory of evolution by natural selection violates the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum. There is no difference between the mechanics of micro-evolution and macro-evolution. Evolution is simply that mutation (by insertion, deletion or substitution) causes change to genetic code. Natural selection results in lifeforms with beneficial mutations passing on genes while those with harmful mutations not passing on their genes.

@slmbluebird I ... ( 4 months ago by SeanACampbell)

@slmbluebird I would also like you to explain why a massive majority of scientists support the big bang model, abiogenesis and evolution by natural selection if it violates scientific principals. These are the people most educated in these principals. Please, read any science textbook before trying to make arguments. Don't tell me you have, because your arguments show that you haven't or that if you have, you haven't understood. Alternatively, you are being intentionally dishonest.

You should also ... ( 4 months ago by SeanACampbell)

You should also watch this:
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Have you ever taken ... ( 4 months ago by delendt57)

Have you ever taken logic? There are plenty of viable reasons why many scientists believe the BBT: 1. The professors at most universities and colleges have been taught/trained at secular humanist government universities where they were taught that the BBT and Evolution was a fact; 2. Professors who don't go along with the BBT and E tend not to get hired or tenured;

Regarding ... ( 4 months ago by delendt57)

Regarding Australopiticus: Dr. Charles F. Oxnard is a professor in the Departments of Anatomy and Anthropology, According to Dr. Oxnard, his analyses show that Australopithecus was not intermediate between Man and the apes but was uniquely different. He did a computer analysis of the bones found by not only Leakey but also his son, which showed that the creature did not walk upright, and was not a human ancestor.

The big bank theory ... ( 4 months ago by delendt57)

The big bank theory has much to do with "matter being created or destroyed" ...as in ...where did all that stuff/gas/debris come from that exploded int he big bang? And, admittedly I am not a scientist, nor a science major. I am an intelligent person with a a critical and skeptical mind who does not like to be lied to. I don't like other people being lied to either, because ideas have consequences, and the consequences of believing in Evolution are hatred, racism and violence.

Please forgive my ... ( 4 months ago by delendt57)

Please forgive my various spelling errors...that would be Big BANG (as in Evolution), not Big BANK (the illustrious Federal Reserve)

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