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Make Way for 'The Infiltrator'

10.2.03 @ 12:01AM

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I am not a constitutional scholar, but I assume that presenting students with a Stork Theory as opposed to teaching Sexual Reproduction would no doubt pass constitutional muster. And yet we would rightly ridicule anyone who proposed such a thing.

It is indeed sad that in the twenty-first century there is still any serious consideration given to hobbling our younger generation's education by presenting magical thinking such as ID or Creationism on a par with effective theories produced by the scientific method. The pace of technological change today's kids will face will outrace anything we have seen in previous centuries, especially in the biological sciences. Let us educate them technically and morally/spiritually so that they will be as prepared as possible.
-- Ben Zipperer
Duluth, GA

Aside from the left knowing where to challenge "academic freedom" in the courts (since, like most of their "arguments," it has been made up through verbal gymnastics over decades), it is heartening to realize that there are folks in this country who are still actually willing to stand up to the anti-religious thuggery of the Darwinists (many of whom feel the need to prove that we came from apes but to do so requires more federal funding).

By the way, I doubt many kids in public schools know what a monkey trial is/was. Either way, it occurs me that monkeys and faith can never be reconciled no matter what label is placed on it for legal expediency.

Just teach both (i.e. religion and science). Make it legal to do so and let the educated individual make the choice. When knowledge and understanding are not able to fill the void between science and religion, faith will step in no matter how hard lawyers and the left try to prevent it.
-- Stu Margrey
Denton, MD

YEARS ON MY PILLOW
Re: Jeremy Lott's Crossfire Hurricane:

Dear Jeremy: What! You are only 25 and so smart! I couldn't believe what I was reading, your columns sound so clever and full of wisdom, and now I find out you are just a kid, what a surprise!

I am not being sarcastic, I really was surprised, and think how wonderful it must be to just be 25, you are not expected to be grown until you are 30, did you not know that?

At 30, it is, "Oh, God, I have to grow up now!" (It is not so bad, really.) At 40, small slide into "what is it all about?" time. (Deep, moody, "why am I here?" and growing -- or buy a sports car.) At 50, just cry a lot. At 60, I feel like I am twenty, my body refuses to think so, but hey, there are still adventures out there. Can't go further than that, but have a suspicion that life can still be fun.

The best part, Jeremy, is when you are sixty, you will still feel 19 in your heart, that does not ever change!

Get out there and enjoy being 25, it could be worse! Happy Birthday,
-- Carole

Hello Jeremy. Cheer up! You're half-way to 50!
-- John Carrigg
49 years old in Downers Grove, IL

Jeremy, wait till you are approaching 70 and only have 35 days to enjoy your sixties. That's something to dread so enjoy the great years of your life and I hope you have many more to enjoy.
-- unsigned

CAPTIVE TO THE WORD
Re: James Bowman's review of Luther:

I was pleased to note that someone was paying attention to the Luther film. I was disappointed that Mr. Bowman paid so little attention. Like so many others, he bases his critique on outdated attempts to understand Luther. I share the reviewer's disdain for portrayals of Luther as some larger than life hero which is the stuff of nineteenth century Protestantism. The portrayal of the posting of the 95 theses is portrayed in the film, not as an heroic act, but as the everyday occurrence it was in the sixteenth century academic world.

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