After a small school district in upstate New York received a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) that one of their biology teachers recently ‘undermined the theory of evolution to students’, the teacher was disciplined and forced to go along with the notion that evolution is ‘settled science’ and that it is ‘unconstitutional’ to ever question any of it:
FFRF sent a letter to Holland Patent Central School District Superintendent Jason Evangelist on Feb. 18, advising that a “concerned parent” had alerted them to the classroom talk at Holland Patent High School.
It said that biology teacher Phil Lucason told students that when they take the Regents Exam, they will have to “play the evolution game, where evolution is the answer to everything.” He explained that none have been “able to find when something becomes something else” and that evolution is contrary to genetics, such as if a dog “underwent several mutations and became a cat.”
Lucason also reportedly told his class that polar bears could mutate among themselves from brown fur to white fur, but that the eye, for example, could never have evolved because of its complexity and the necessity for a series of mutations.
“So, what that means is that you have to play the evolutionary game because the people writing this are married to that idea, despite the new proofs and the science coming out,” he is quoted as saying about the exam.
FFRF claims that it is illegal for Lucason to speak against evolution in the classroom and rather teach creationism.
“Mr. Lucason’s attempt to undermine what he was teaching is both unconstitutional and pedagogically deplorable,” it wrote. “Teaching creationism or any of its offshoots, such as intelligent design, in a public school is unlawful because creationism is not based on fact.”
The atheist and agnostic organization pointed to various court rulings that held that teaching creation science in the classroom would violate the Establishment Clause by promoting religion.
“Any attempt to teach that there is a controversy about evolution is fraught with legal peril,” it claimed. “Evolution, like gravity, is a scientific fact. … No controversy exists in the scientific community regarding the fact of evolution, and the teaching of alternative theories or a controversy is not only inappropriate and dishonest, it is unconstitutional.”
FFRF requested that the district conduct an investigation into the matter and take corresponding corrective and disciplinary action.
“Mr. Lucason must be directed to refrain from promoting religion or attacking evolution to his students,” it opined. “If he cannot do this, he cannot be a teacher in a public school.”
…Superintendent Evangelist responded to FFRF’s letter on Feb. 26, advising that the district discussed the matter with its attorney and subsequently addressed the teacher, who agreed to comply.
“We have consulted with our legal counsel to confirm a clear understanding of the constitutional requirements referred to in your letter regarding instruction on evolution,” he wrote. “We have addressed these requirements with Mr. Lucason who has indicated his understanding of the requirements and his commitment to them. We are confident that his presentation of the curriculum will comply with the New York State Education Law and the U.S. Constitution.”
Lucason likewise told the Observer-Dispatch, “Having taught about evolution for 20 years, I know that our students hear various theories on the origins of species. I enumerated some of them by way of example. My mention of those other theories led to the concerns that have been articulated. In the future, I will not refer to other, non-scientific explanations and will clearly teach the science and theory of evolution as the explanation for the development of life on earth as provided by the New York State standards.”
Evolution is not science at all — it is a metaphysical proposition that can never be tested, and no experiments can be conducted to prove its validity. Never the less, it is taught as fact.
What could be so harmful about teaching children that evolution is merely an untestable proposition rather than a scientific fact?
And notice that they don’t merely object to the teaching of Creationism — they also object to sharing any information with the students that could possibly undermine their unquestioning belief in the religion of evolution.
The students must never find out that there is an independent organization of over 1,000 scientists who object to evolution on a scientific basis.
Darwin himself admitted that the theory of evolution could never account for the complexity of an eye, but apparently it is now ‘unconstitutional’ to even let students know that Darwin doubted his own theory.
But the biology teacher in question actually gave his students some very practical advice: learn about evolution because that’s what the ‘powers that be’ want to hear, even if it isn’t true.
Ironically, that advice applies to almost everything children are forced to learn in school these days.
The Irony —
99% of Christendom believes in Evolution in that they just blindly accept the teaching that the Races all emerge from the Loins of ONE homogenous couple.
The good news……………all those Africans that now live in Minneapolis and the Northern parts of the United States — eventually they will ‘evolve’ back to white. 😉
You know………..because it is cold and snows up there and stuff.
I wonder…………when are White Australians going to turn into Abos?!!!
We do not come from apes, rather we were created in the image of YHWH, which is evident in our ability to create civilization and our qualities of empathy and compassion- of which other races lack.
A sun tan, even over many thousands of years, does not change our facial features, hair and eye colours, average height and most importantly- our civility. “By their fruits you will know them”.
An albino negro is not white/adamic, and a caucasian man with long term exposure to the sun doesn’t become an arab.
SneeDFeeDSeeD……………………did you mean to reply to me? Or is this a general comment.
No, I meant to just post it by itself, not sure why it went under your comment.
Still, I wonder how the Judeo-tards rationalize Adam and Eve being able to give birth to every race in a span of only a few hundred years (as negroes and whites have been recorded as existing as early as 3000 BC). They must resort to evolution to explain this b.s.
“……Still, I wonder how the Judeo-tards rationalize Adam and Eve being able to give birth to every race in a span of only a few hundred years….”
Thanks for the laugh. I agree. That being said, I once believed it! I am ashamed to admit it. But, in my defense, I was enchanted to believe the wrong Gospel — 2 Corinthians 11:3-4.
In my defense, I was chasing “tail” and that was all that mattered. That was my twenties. Ashamedly, I did not wake up until my thirties. Thank the Lord He was patient with me!
Peace to you.
EVOLUTION —
If you DON’T believe in it you are “stupid”
If you DO believe in it you are a RACIST.
If there is no difference between races how do those DNA tests work?
When a White & Negroid mate and have offspring you see (de)Evolution
Alberticus………………….are you replying to me? Or is this a general comment.
And……………..elaborate please. I have no idea your point.
I agree with the point you make in your last 2 points. But the first two??? To ‘not’ believe in evolution is stupidity? Please clarify.
Let us assume that “Evolution” means that man is an accident who evolved out of a swamp and the Ape is it’s ancestor.
If you have a different definition, then please explain your position.
westwins, Alberticus seems to be saying that brainwashed people believe those things about evolution: that if you don’t believe it you’re stupid and racist. It’s hard to pick up people’s ironic tone in these comments sometimes.
🙂
Thank you for clarifying. Cheers.
Westwinds, you’re confused. The issue isn’t whether all men are related, it is whether the races should be mixed or segregated. Opinions about common origin – evolution or creation – don’t dictate what you think about race mixing. Modern evolutionists are also race-mixers. Contrast that with the Christians with traditional values who don’t believe in race mixing. Whether or not all men descended from Adam doesn’t matter either, since either way all men are related from Noah after the flood, according to the Bible.
Jack — I think you are wrong. I don’t believe your argument holds any water. I have seen various “denominations” of Judeo-Christians who try to make your argument, and they are incredibly unsuccessful. It doesn’t hold water.
We can argue over 2 Seedline Versus Pre-Adamites, and I won’t make any judgments as to your level of Spiritual Awakening. In other words…we can “agree to disagree” and I will still call you my brother.
But to suggest the Races we currently have all emerged from the loins of Noah and his family borders Retardation. Sorry. But you nor anyone else is ever going to convince me that what we see today; like for example comparing the White race with the Black race is simply just “variation”…………………you’ve got to be out of your mind. Sorry again.
Don’t tell me I am confused. Instead……………..convince me black people and white people come from the same uterus.
Btw…………I used to believe this. That was until I moved to Atlanta Georgia. Sorry………..but blacks are not in my family tree. They are a completely separate creation. We have nothing in common accept for anatomy. Whether they were pre-adamites; or part of some Satanic deviation……..we can agree to disagree.
I would sure appreciate your “explanation” of how the Primary Races all emerge from the loins of Noah and his family.
Are you to tell me that if 1000 blacks moved to Iceland, that in 5000 years they will turn White? Why aren’t White South Africans turning black?
Sincerely.
Jack, if all races have common origins, for whatever reasons, then race mixing is not possible as everybody is ultimately the same race anyway. You can’t ‘evolve’ into distinct races. Any racial differences would be superficial, but genetics and biology contradict that idea. Racial differences literally go to the bone. Whites are clearly a unique creation, and any scenario that doesn’t take that into account is foolish and denies reality.
“Jack, if all races have common origins, for whatever reasons, then race mixing is not possible as everybody is ultimately the same race anyway.”
Well put. If any of Noah’s progeny were diverse “races”, then none of those races would exist today, because they’d all have been intermixed and we’d be a brown abomination.
This complaint took place in a small town of only 3,000 people in rural upstate New York. The group that made the formal complaint to the school, FFRF, is based in Wisconsin. Why doesn’t the school tell this private organization is nit wits to take a flying leap? Threatening a small rural school with lawsuits over disagreeing with evolution….get a life, really….
At this point, I expect no less from our Public Indoctrination System. It is not education. Nothing (((they))) ‘teach’ in these facilities passes for true, applicable information. It’s nothing but orchestrated propaganda to dumb down white children and strip them of their heritage and dignity.
But teaching the [false] religion of ‘evolution’ is not only fine, but mandated…
People, there is a reason we are having so many difficulties.
Ammo up and start collecting rope.
I would like to witness these FFRF members stand before God on judgement day, when it is too late and the evidence of creation is unassailable, and hear their excuses about shoving evolution and “freedom from religion” down our throats while they were here on earth.
The Word of God says “…every mouth will be stopped…” and He will “destroy the wisdom of the wise.” Once God shows these idiots the impossibility and stupidity of evolution, their entire wisdom WILL be destroyed. Belief in creationism is NOT religion. Even the demons know.
In James it says “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.” The devil’s in hell know more than these idiots. And belief in evolution is NOT a default position to fall back on because one doesn’t believe in God.
The discrepancies and errors of evolution should be enough to sway anyone away from evolution. But their hatred of God causes blindness in their hearts.