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Friday, February 16, 2007
Evolution’s Devolution?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An interesting story today by AJC reporter Jeremy Redmon shows the evolution-intelligent design debate in Georgia still is going strong years after Cobb County officials placed evolution disclaimers in biology textbooks.
According to the article, state Rep. Ben Bridges (R-Cleveland), a former barber and state trooper, is considering legislation that would ban the teaching of evolution in all public schools. Although Bridges has yet to file said bill and a previous attempt on his part to pass a similar law failed, he apparently has support from at least two constituents — one of whom is a former high school teacher who now works to expose the “myth” of evolution.
Now here’s the kicker and some food for thought: Bridges told Redmon he didn’t buy into the Big Bang Theory or Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. “Rather than risk teaching a lie,” he mused, “why teach anything?”
