The scientific explaination for “mini-dinos” can be subject to the possability that the Biblical Noah gathered immature “baby” animals. I know that you read about Noah in childen’s books and see all the animals going into the ark two by two…but come on now!? He took the baby animals. Its just common sense.

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Inquiring into the Origin of Matter and Life
January-March 2008

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Would Texas state approval of the creationists’ masters degree program in “Science Education” jeopardize its satisfaction of the NCLB requirement for a “Highly Qualified Teacher” in every classroom, and its reciprocity arr…

When Cloud states… ICR “is a private, sectarian institution that by its own admission offers a narrowly-tailored curriculum to a very small student population. If approved by the [Coordinating Board] the ICR Masters program in Science Education will reflect that narrow mission - no more, no less.”

It sounds to me as though he’s basically saying ‘we’re just a lil ‘ole hole in the wall outfit that’s no threat to you big guys, so ya’ll just go and forgit ’bout us an we won’t be bothern’ ya ‘tall”. I don’t buy it!

My guess is that it’s a set-up for a future lawsuit when one of their potential graduates is denied a position based on the fact s/he doesn’t know or teach science they’ll be completely set to argue that their graduate meets all the Texas state requirements and even has an M.S. to boot! That’ll probably be all it takes to put a creation ’science’ teacher into the educational system of Texas’ children.

What if I wanted to offer a science degree and my school largely consisted of teaching credulous students that the earth is flat, the sun is really God’s flashlight, and - what the heck - gravity is a trick played on us by the Devil? Under McDonough’s logic, the coordinating board would check to make sure my campus had working smoke detectors and a good student-to-faculty ratio but not bother to see if what I taught made any sense whatsoever.

This is pretty much the way everything is “regulated” in Texas where “The Rule of Law(yers)” is sufficient to both politics and government. It is all process and intermediation, with little reasonable substance and truly bizarre outcomes.

Scientists, engineers, accountants, and so on, are excluded from definitive or decisive roles altogether.

There is a place for preachers and doctors in our cornpone paradigm of government and politics, but even in supporting roles, the few political practitioners drawn from those ranks mostly push magical cures and stories, not authentic religion or practical medicine.