Louisiana Votes Against Creationism in High School Science Classes

Hardball, MSNBC, 5-27-2011

Zack Kopplin defends the scientific fact of evolution from delusional faith-heads and a governor who's a phony. Save our students' minds!

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[Kingyeshuaswitness]

Last time I checked evolution was a theory... you smart men you

[CRUClEFICTION]

@Kingyeshuaswitness Before you go around flaunting your obvious ignorance of science as some kind of virtue because your mind is clearly mired in the poppycock of ancient fantasy and superstition, it might behoove you to learn what exactly a **scientific theory** constitutes.

[Kingyeshuaswitness]

@CRUClEFICTION Hahaha, now you are trying to belittle me. It might do you benefit as well to look up what theory means. And to also understand WHY evolution is still a theory. It's certainly not a fact my friend. Otherwise you are as dellusional as you claim I am. Psalm 14.1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God".

[CRUClEFICTION]

@Kingyeshuaswitness You belittle yourself.

Don't bother posting bible verses. They're nothing but silly nonsense that sprang from human imaginations during an era of humanity that consisted of utter ignorance and rampant superstition.

A theory is a scientific explanation of an observed phenomenon. Unlike laws, theories actually explain why things are the way they are. Theories are what science is for!

[CRUClEFICTION]

(2) Theory does not mean guess, or hunch, or hypothesis. A theory does not change into a scientific law with the accumulation of new or better evidence. A theory will always be a theory, a law will always be a law. A theory will NEVER become a law, and a law never was a theory. The Theory of Evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology, and is FACT! It's used every day in the design/engineering of drugs, vaccines, etc., and it works. Put down the stupid, and try some education.

[Myytmovies]

keep religion out of schools

this is why we have churches, mosques, and synagogues

[crypto457]

the south opposing creationism? I must be dreaming

[Mikeanglo]

Matters of faith belong in church, being taught by men of the cloth...not in school by professors and faculty.

[hellhammerz666]

@Kingyeshuaswitness Evolution is a scientific theory, whereas creationism can't even classify as a hypothesis due to being unfalsifiable.

You see, a theory in science is the gathering of experiments, information, evidence and so on pertaining a specific natural event. In colloquial terms, the word means something entirely different, which would be closer to a guess. What you;re doing there is called an equivocation fallacy, try checking it up and see what your mistake is.

[Sumwun23]

@Kingyeshuaswitness

Do you even know what a scientific theory is?

Theres a different definition for theory in science than in everyday speech. Different fields have different jargon.For example,suit means something very different in the legal field than it does in every speech.

In science,"Theory" means a PROVEN explanation of an event in nature.

In speech theory is an assumption(the word for this in science is hypothesis)

Theory is the highest level of truth in science.

[Haussofluv]

@Kingyeshuaswitness Actually, evolution is a biological fact. It is "evolution by the process of natural selection" that is a theory. And natural selection is still the best working description of how the process of evolution works. And is also the basis of how we understand and create such things as vaccines. I would recommend you go to a science web site such as talkorigins. org and get science information from scientists instead of creationist nuts.

[0debug]

@0debug Sorry about the 2012 thing. I noticed the video was posted in 2011. I'm sure that the USA has woken up from the grasp of the religious people now, and has taken a more Enlightenment-like route in science classes. After all, 6 months is a long time, and the religious have probably given up by now.

(On the internet, there's a fine line between sarcasm and... eh... sarcasm.)

[0debug]

I know the situation is bad in other places in the world (like in Turkey, where a kind of islamic creationism is strong, and fundamentalist countries in the middle-east), but America in 2012? Why do the religious even have influence in matters of science education AT ALL?

Believing in superstition written down a few thousand years ago, regardless of whether it is taken litteraly or otherwise, has no place in a science class or an educated society. It just dumbs down humanity.

Good luck America.