Scientific Wimps In Kansas

The School Board of the State of Kansas have found themselves in a great controversy. The controversy is over the sacred cow of the scientific community. The controversy can be summed up in one question: "Is Darwinian evolution the only way to scientifically study the start of life?"

During the first week of May, the school board decided to have hearings on the question. Many in Kansas want to introduce into their school's curriculum alternative scientific methods opposed to strict Darwinianism. They invited scientists from both sides to debate this issue. Yet, one of the sides refused to come. The Darwinians would not show up for the debate. They stood outside the meeting hall and protested the procedures going on inside. In my opinion, this is the height of hypocrisy. We have a bunch of scientist afraid to be challenged. We have a bunch of scientific wimps in the state of Kansas.

On the day the Scopes Monkey Trial ended, those who believed in Darwinian evolution have demanded that the scientific community reject all other ideas. They demanded that institutions of higher learning not tenure science faculty unless they are strict Darwinians. They demanded that the federal government not give any scientific grants to people or groups that do not hold to Darwinian evolution. These demands were met, and this allowed the Darwinian evolutionists to have a strangle hold on the topic of life.

The strangle hold is now broken. Ohio, Minnesota, and New Mexico have introduced scientific criticism to Darwin's theories in their curriculum. I predict that Kansas will do the same. Those who reject the criticism have decided not to debate the facts. Instead, they have decided to have a PR smear campaign. They call all the major news organizations together, call their opponents ignorant and backwards, and refuse to talk over the facts. The truth is that this will work on many, but I do not think the majority of Americans are convinced that Darwinian evolution is the only way to study the beginning of life.

I am not a scientist, and though I have my own theory on the subject, my theory is not what causes me to write this article. I remember one time expressing my views about the Bible in a college classroom. A very smart young lady looked at me and said, "You are so closed minded, I don't even want to talk with you." I found this statement absolutely hilarious. She called me closed minded, yet she is the one who refused to talk.

For the Darwinian scientist to call other people ignorant is fine with me. What isn't fine is their refusal to change the ignorance. If you are a Science teacher, you have a duty to teach what you believe is true. You should demand to be heard. It is your job to explain truth in such a way that it leaves no room for questions. Unless, of course, there is a legitimate question, then that is to be examined. Maybe that is the problem. Just maybe there is a legitimate question that they do not want to examine.

As a Biblicist, I have a major problem with evolution. In the future, I may right an article based on my ideas and opinions. However, I will not go around the internet and try to shut down everyone who disagrees with me. That wouldn't be in the best interest of science. That is unless you are a Darwinian evolutionist in the state of Kansas. Because if you are, that is exactly what you are trying to do.