School boards neglect to consult the leading expert on the book of Genesis. The Cobb County School Board in Georgia (USA) needlessly lost their "sticker" case because they chose to bury their heads in ignorance, rejecting the opportunity to successfully defend their position. Their attorney, Linwood Gunn, chose not to listen to the line of questioning that would have proven that the exclusive teaching of evolution is contrary to the U.S. Constitution.
The Dover Area (York County, PA, USA) school board and the blind law firm they hired, both failed to respond to the letters sent to them by that expert offering help concerning the law suit which they later lost. They had refused to accept that "ID" is an inferior concept, and the board apparently did not want to teach historical reality. They were voted out of office.
The Kansas State Board refused to invite that same Genesis expert to correct their misguided attempt to offer an alternative to evolution. Intelligent Design does not teach the students about the life and death of past life forms on Earth. Yet the Kansas State Board invited those that did not understand the Genesis text to speak, and had those ridiculous "hearings" which were really a charade of "fact finding" inquiry.
Willful ignorance leads to foolishness. But in the case of Kansas, continued foolishness leads to stupidity. Since 1999, when they first created a mild objection to evolution, they have done nothing to offer their students an alternative view to evolution. They have refused the opportunity to help their science teachers give students all known explanations of Earth's ancient past. So, are the board members really that blind,or are they really hypocrites?
The fact is, Genesis is not about "Creation Week" as creationism and theology have taught mankind. God revealed a certain concept to Israel (Moses) in 1598 BC, that modern science would not discover for another 3000 years. However, the world of creationism has incorrectly interpreted Genesis as giving a description of how God created the Earth, and that is not what early Genesis is about.
Yes, God created our Earth and universe in six days (144 hours), and rested on the seventh day, more than 4 billion years ago. Yes, God made Adam & Eve 9,200 years ago. But the first chapter of Genesisis is about the many things that happened on Earth between Creation Week and the advent of modern mankind. The current teachings of creationism by creationists and theologians amount to nothing more than foolishness, and misrepresentation of scripture.
Instead of seeking the truth, they bury their heads in willful ignorance. Theistic evolution says that God is a liar, and did not create the Earthand universe in six days, as He said He did in Exodus 20:11. Creation Science foolishly denies scientific reality, and teaches that the Earth was created only 10,000 years ago. They avoid the reality of Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon, and have the impudence to declare that no life forms experienced death before Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, which was in 4267 BC.
Current creationism is lost in Genesis, and has no idea what the truth is. Case in point, the presentation of the "Gap Theory" (Ruin and Restoration) is such an attempt to explain something which bible scholars, creationists, and theologians don't understand. On the other hand, Charles Darwin examined physical data around theworld, and came to the wrong conclusion. In an effort to explain the appearance, disappearance, and reappearance of life forms over the course of the 4.6 billion year history of Earth, the false doctrine of evolution has been zealously embraced by secular science.
Various school boards in the United Kingdom, and across the USA ("the colonies") have repeatedly refused to learn the facts about the observations of Moses. Some boards want to teach the inept doctrine of "Intelligent Design", thinking that is their best chance of having creation introduced into the curriculum. Others only want to teach the false doctrine of evolution, thinking that it is the only possible answer, and that Genesis is just "religious junk".
The present track record of school boards in courts of law in theUSA that try to question evolution, is very poor. You'd think that they would soon learn to obtain all available factual information before confronting the secular world of science. The school board members that favor the exclusive teaching of evolution fail to understand that they are promoting the religion of atheism. Doesn't that fail the so called "Lemon Test"? They blind their eyes to probable other explanations.
Both sides are in ignorance, and seem not to have the desire to teach students all available truth, giving the students closure on the origins of life on this planet. Avoiding the truth is denying reality, and those who deny reality are generally called "insane".
Herman Cummings
Ephraim7@aol.com
