George W. Bush, 'the jury is still out' on the debate between creationism and evolutionary theory

AxisofLogic/ Featured: "The 'Objectivity' of Creationism and 'Intelligent' Design | By Dr. Gerry Lower | May 14, 2005, 18:37

May14, 2005 -- According to George W. Bush, 'the jury is still out' on the debate between creationism and evolutionary theory. This is convenient for Bush because it ensures the political support of Old Testament religious fundamentalists. In historical fact, however, the jury has been in and the verdict long since read out loud. The debate has been over since the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, when creationism was tested in a court of law. Today, 80 years later, the jury has been called back out by the people of Kansas to see if creationism can be saved by giving it a new name, 'intelligent design.'
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If the results of the Kansas hearings on evolution are not similar to the results of the Scopes Monkey Trail of 1925 (which made Tennessee the laughing stock of the nation for years and caused god to hasten the departure of his legal counsel, William Jennings Bryan), then thoughtful Americans are in a good deal of trouble, because they are under the dominion of those who, after two millennia, still "know not what they do."

To be sure, the trouble creationism has with the word, "objective," it also has with the word "compassion." Unprovoked war can be abided only in the absence of compassion and comprehension. America's classrooms need to teach our children to be thoughtful and caring. That is all.