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From: lmc@denelcor.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney)
Newsgroups: net.origins
Subject: pamphlet wars
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Date: Sat, 24-Nov-84 20:01:06 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 24 20:01:06 1984
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Speaking of pamphlets, I just got a copy of "Science & Creationism: A View
from the National Academy of Sciences" (NAS, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20418; $4.00). Its 28 pages long and discusses all the
things we have been discussing here.  In summary,

	"The Academy states unequivically that the tenets of 'creation
	science' are not supported by scientific evidence, that creationism
	has no place in a *science* curriculum at any level, and that
	its proposed teaching would be impossible in any constructive
	sense for well-informed and conscientious science teachers..."

I also have to agree with a previous poster that it seems strange that the
SOR phamphlets must trot out the same old arguments that have been discussed
and dismissed by the local readership as well as much wiser and more
experienced researchers in the fields under discussion (attack?).
-- 
		Lyle McElhaney
		(hao,brl-bmd,nbires,csu-cs,scgvaxd)!denelcor!lmc