Sunday, April 22, 2007
Nebraska Creationism Class Removed From Science Dept.
Longtime reader, DR, sends along the information, that the planned "Physics 2990: Creation Science" course to be taught by Jim Garretson at McCook Community College in Nebraska will be relabeled.
The Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education has decided to "change the prefix of the course to philosophy to better reflect the nature of the subject matter," according to academic programs officer Dr. Kathleen L. Fimple.
According to the McCook Daily Gazette, the course was to have included:
The Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education has decided to "change the prefix of the course to philosophy to better reflect the nature of the subject matter," according to academic programs officer Dr. Kathleen L. Fimple.
According to the McCook Daily Gazette, the course was to have included:
- The age of the earth, the earth's beginning, and where the earth is heading
- The Garden of Eden and life on earth before the flood and the major changes which have taken place since that time
- Dinosaurs in the past as well as in the present
- The flood, ice ages, mountain formation, coal and oil formation, and the Grand Canyon
- History of evolution through the ages and the effect it has had on the world as well as many very influential people
- What is taught in school textbooks, without factual supportive evidence?
What is taught without factual supportive evidence? All of the above.
