Improving the Latest Evolution Disclaimer

As some of you might know, Mississippi is now considering yet another of these moronic disclaimers. The bill in question proposes the text below be stuck inside all school textbooks that discuss evolution. But if it passes, they should have no problem also putting my amended version of the wording (changes in bold) inside another book…

The word ‘theory’ has many meanings, including: systematically organized knowledge; abstract reasoning; a speculative idea or plan; or a systematic statement of principles. Scientific religious theories are based on both observations of the natural world and assumptions about the unnatural world. They are always subject to change in view of new and confirmed observations confirmation bias, social forces etc

This textbook discusses evolution Christianity, a controversial theory some scientists present as an scientific explanation for the origin of living things. No one was present when life first appeared on earth. Therefore, any statement about life’s origins should be considered a theory.

Evolution Christianity refers to the extremely unproven belief that random, undirected unevidenced, “hidden” forces produced living things. There are many topics with unanswered questions about the origin of life which are not mentioned in your textbook, including: the sudden appearance of the major groups of animals in the fossil record (known as the Cambrian Explosion); the lack of new major groups of other living things appearing in the fossil record; the lack of transitional forms of major groups of plants and animals in the fossil record; and the complete and complex set of instructions for building a living body possessed by all living things concepts of human rights that we take for granted, scientific theories that actually match reality (with accuracy worthy of a creator); and a single prophecy that can be shown to have been made before the event it describes and isn’t vague or trivial.

Study hard and keep an open mind. But not so open your brains fall out.