Now Some Want CREATION Taught As SCIENTIFIC THEORY! - Sidney M Hegvold - March 1982

Sidney M Hegvold

In the UNITED STATES a major new confrontation between creationists and the scientific establishment has exploded in the press. Two states have enacted controversial legislation on whether creation should be taught, together with evolution, as a scientific theory. This legislation requires that: "When creation or evolution is taught, each shall be taught as a theory, rather than as a proven scientific fact" (Science, 7 August, 1981, article, "Louisiana Puts God into Biology Lessons"). By the 1982-83 school year a bill called "The Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" is expected to be in effect in Louisiana. A similar bill has already been approved by the legislature of Arkansas. It was signed into law by Governor Frank White. The constitutionality of the Arkansas bill has been successfully challenged in Federal Court by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The grounds? That creation-science is nothing more than religion masquerading as science. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library