To demonstrate that this discussion is indeed "on topic," consider the following theoretical scenario: Senator Buttars, the Eagle Forum lobbyists, et. al. successfully push through legislation requiring that creationism/intelligent design instruction be included in Utah's science curricula for all public schools, grades K-12. A provision of the legislation requires that any person using public school property for demonstrations or discussions of science must also give ID equal time. SLAS membership finds that to continue to provide its FREE public star parties to public schools its members must first undergo "creationism/ID sensitivity training" and give equal time to this "theory" during any event it hosts on public school property. I could be wrong (my wife says I am wrong more often than not) but I don't think this scenario is all that far-fetched. Off-topic? Don't think so, either. Thanks Patrick and South Jordan Mom ----- Original Message ----- From: "South Jordan Mom" <sjordanmom@yahoo.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] science and religion | Well that's a good point and I agree. I meant that because the list is entitled Utah-astronomy, as opposed to Utah-science, that a discussion about anything that isn't strictly about astronomy could be considered off-topic. | | Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:South Jordan Mom wrote: | > These off-topic thoughtful discussions are actually what I like most about this list. | | "Off topic"? I don't think so. All of us here are interested in | astronomy, and for that matter, science in general. | | I don't see that anything we discuss here that may help keep science | from turning into pseudo-science can be called off topic. | | Let's keep it up, | | Patrick | | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | | | --------------------------------- | Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page | _______________________________________________ | Utah-Astronomy mailing list | Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com | http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy | Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com | | ______________________________________________________________________ | This e-mail has been scanned by Cut.Net Managed Email Content Service, using Skeptic(tm) technology powered by MessageLabs. For more information on Cut.Nets Content Service, visit http://www.cut.net | ______________________________________________________________________ | |