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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

God vs. science?

From Bill O'Reilly:

"While speaking to some Texas newspapers, President Bush opined that he believes public schools should expose students to both evolution and the so-called 'intelligent design' theory of creation. Intelligent design says life on earth is too complex to have developed through evolution, and that a higher power created the earth. Evolution says that life organisms developed over time through random mutations and factors in nature that favored certain traits that helped species survive. Whatever your belief, it should be respected. There is no reason that students cannot be told that more than a few people, including some scientists believe the creation of the world, no matter how it occurred, involved a higher power. What on earth is wrong with that? It would be wrong to teach Genesis in a science class; that is for a theology class. But it is equally wrong to ignore the fact that evolution is not a universal belief. Just state the facts--whether it be science or any other subject. Public schools have an obligation to put all subjects in perspective. There is no downside to mentioning that many people of faith believe a creator was involved in the process. Are the public schools in this country champions of free discourse or not? The President is right."

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