You know, I totally suspected those were Buttars motives. I'd bet he is going off of the statement made by I think it was ET Benson back in the early 80s (?), could have been 70s. I remember being given a copy of it at BYU in the early 80s in one of my religion classes there. Was never mentioned in my biology class however. I read somewhere that the church never cannonized that statement, that it is considered more his (ET's) own personal opinion and that the LDS church officially has no doctrine concerning evolution, which rather frustrates some of my more learned friends who are still active members. There are lots of statements by former LDS prophets and GAs that were never cannonized and are considered more of a personal opinion as opposed to official church doctrine. Sounds like Buttars bishop or SP needs to have a chat with him. Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote: I haven't yet read Ms. Toomer-Cook's article, but- I'm in discussion right now with a person who has met with Buttars. Waiting for permission to quote this person on the list, but for now I can tell you that, by Buttars' own admission, Buttars said that the reason he doesn't believe in evolution is because an LDS prophet stated once that it isn't true. He is definitely on a religious crusade, any perception of ID as science has absolutely nothing to do with his motives. He is not capable of comprehending the issue in the terms we have been discussing here. --- Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Buttars threatens public referendum on the issue
By Jennifer Toomer-Cook Deseret Morning News
The state school board's proposed position statement on teaching evolution doesn't give an inch for a state senator's "intelligent design" concepts. That bothers Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan. He wants the board to insert language saying humans didn't evolve from any other species. If the board doesn't, he'll carry a bill that could require intelligent design be taught in public schools to counterbalance human evolution discussions. Or he may go for a public vote on the issue.
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