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...scientific" form, creationism is the brainchild of Christian fundamentalists all across the U.S. Over the past 15 months fundamentalist groups have persuaded legislators in 14 states to introduce laws requiring creationist views in science classes; none has passed. During a presidential campaign swing through Texas, Ronald Reagan was asked his view on the teaching of evolution. His answer (an almost verbatim quotation of positions taken by the Moral Majority and the Rev. Jerry Falwell): "It is a scientific theory only, and it is not believed in the scientific community to be as infallible as it once was believed...
Reagan was wrong about the beliefs of most scientists, but his political instincts were more right. Particularly at the local level, the creationists represent strong popular feeling. In Dallas, school officials recommended that teachers use books that teach "two models" of the origin of life and the earth, Darwinian and creationist. In Anchorage, ninth-grade teachers have been ordered to skip the sections in history texts dealing with evolution, at least until the school board can provide additional material on divine creation...
Their success is due in part to a new tactic. After the Scopes trial, creationists sought equal time for the Bible. But in 1975, a Tennessee law requiring text book discussion of Genesis was struck down by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals as an un constitutional violation of the separation between church and state. Changing their approach, the creationists began promoting "scientific creationism," trying to challenge evolution on scientific grounds. Proponents say scientific creationism is suitable for public school use because it does not mention the Bible. "This isn't an effort to introduce religion into the school...
Jays Orthopedist Hugo Keim of Manhattan's Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center: "If you believe in evolution as I do, then you can trace all of our lower back problems to the time when the first hominid stood erect. If you're a creationist, you can look at it this...