Man who believes the earth is 6,000 years-old is helping to revise Arizona’s education standards on evolution
Sep 20, 2018 03:34:03 #
This should go under the war against reason. So is this part of MAGA or is this just backward Conservative Christian horses**t? It's one thing to destroy your own children's mind but should THEY be put in a position to destroy a whole generation?
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Thanks to Arizona’s Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, a committee tasked with revising the state’s science curriculum standards on evolution now has as one of its members a man who takes the bible literally when it comes to how life on earth was formed.
As the Phoenix New Times points out, Joseph Kezele is the president of the Arizona Origin Science Association, an organization that promotes young-earth creationism — a worldview that looks to the Bible as a historical and scientific record. Now, just in time for the final review on teaching standards regarding the theory of evolution in Arizona public schools, Kezele was appointed to an eight-member panel tasked with doing the job.
Kezele, who also teaches biology at Arizona Christian University, thinks that evolution is a false theory and advocates for teaching his version of science in public schools.
“I’m not saying to put the Bible into the classroom, although the real science will confirm the Bible,” Kezele told the Phoenix New Times. “Students can draw their own conclusions when they see what the real science actually shows.”
Among the many claims he says is supported by scientific evidence is his notion that the earth is only about 6,000 years-old and that dinosaurs were among the animals housed on Noah’s Ark.
According to Arizona Department of Education spokesperson Stefan Swiat, Kezele was selected “to include a broad collection of contributors from the scientific community.”
“Both the working group, as well as the head of ADE’s science standards, were completely unaware that Dr. Kezele was a creationist,” Swiat told the Phoenix New Times in an email. Swiat also said that Kezele’s “personal creationist beliefs” were not included in his work with the panel.
Nevertheless, Kezele’s beliefs apparently did have an influence on the panel’s review.
http://deadstate.org/man-who-believes-the-earth-is-6000-years-old-tasked-to-help-revise-arizonas-school-science-curriculumfbrefreshforcefbrefreshforcefbrefreshforce/
Thanks to Arizona’s Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas, a committee tasked with revising the state’s science curriculum standards on evolution now has as one of its members a man who takes the bible literally when it comes to how life on earth was formed.
As the Phoenix New Times points out, Joseph Kezele is the president of the Arizona Origin Science Association, an organization that promotes young-earth creationism — a worldview that looks to the Bible as a historical and scientific record. Now, just in time for the final review on teaching standards regarding the theory of evolution in Arizona public schools, Kezele was appointed to an eight-member panel tasked with doing the job.
Kezele, who also teaches biology at Arizona Christian University, thinks that evolution is a false theory and advocates for teaching his version of science in public schools.
“I’m not saying to put the Bible into the classroom, although the real science will confirm the Bible,” Kezele told the Phoenix New Times. “Students can draw their own conclusions when they see what the real science actually shows.”
Among the many claims he says is supported by scientific evidence is his notion that the earth is only about 6,000 years-old and that dinosaurs were among the animals housed on Noah’s Ark.
According to Arizona Department of Education spokesperson Stefan Swiat, Kezele was selected “to include a broad collection of contributors from the scientific community.”
“Both the working group, as well as the head of ADE’s science standards, were completely unaware that Dr. Kezele was a creationist,” Swiat told the Phoenix New Times in an email. Swiat also said that Kezele’s “personal creationist beliefs” were not included in his work with the panel.
Nevertheless, Kezele’s beliefs apparently did have an influence on the panel’s review.
Sep 20, 2018 08:05:00 #
Sep 21, 2018 06:08:24 #
Bad Bob wrote:
I love how conservatives are steering away from this. You would think they would want religion taught in our public schools. Well, this young earth pervert is certainly doing his best...
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