Yet another round in the constant battle against dogmatic Darwinism has just gone to the Darwinists. While not totally surprising, the result is disappointing for a couple of reasons.
One is the negative tone taken by the judge in his decision. I would suggest at least skimming it, especially the last 30 or 40 pages (it's 139 pages long!). Besides the negative tone taken towards those who believe in intelligent design (who are implicitly labelled as "fundamentalists" several times), the court appears to have bought into (or already believed before the trial) the classic demarcationist argument. A full argument against demarcationism as applied to evolution can be found in the first part of the book "The Creation Hypothesis", edited by JP Moreland.
This battle is not going away any time soon, yet I fear that the Darwinists are so dogmatic that the only way for this battle to be over is for those Darwinists to leave their positions of power without educating new "disciples". If later generations wise up and reject Darwinism, then maybe biological science will be able to grow in leaps and bounds again.
Putting Darwinism aside, the implications of this decision are far-reaching. What happens to the quality of education when the topics to be studied are determined by judicial fiat? Could an elite few with enough money and some good lawyers override the will of the people as expressed through their school boards, causing socially detrimental ideas to be forced on our children? Yes, they could, if history is any indication. Now, more than ever, is a time to be in prayer for America. We are falling apart as a society, and only turning to God can help us. Politics won't work. Neither will law suits. Only when we as a society turn to Jesus will their be any hope for us again as a nation.
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