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Colorado may teach bible in evolution Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=ba70e95d-0abe-421a-0142-d41e05f8d971&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=ba70e95d-0abe-421a-0142-d41e05f8d971&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf Colorado evolution curriculum could be evolving written by : Adam Schrager 9NEWS Reporter DENVER - Colorado high school students may soon find their biology curriculum at the center of a debate at the State Capitol. A State Representative says when lawmakers return to work this winter, she will introduce a measure to allow teachers to teach about intelligent design in addition to evolution in any class discussing the origin of the species. Intelligent design is a theory that holds the universe is so complex, it must have been created by an unspecified "intelligent" higher power. Its supporters state evolution is also a theory, not scientific fact. "I think we are limiting our students' capacity to sort out information for themselves," said Rep. Debbie Stafford (R-Aurora) who is also an ordained minister. "I think that as in any other educational debate, looking at many different theories and pieces of information regarding a subject is wonderfully stimulating for a student's mind." Last week, the Kansas State Board of Education indicated a willingness to change its high school biology curriculum to include intelligent design in any class that previously focused solely on evolution. Also, President Bush recently told a group of Texas newspaper reporters that he favored the teaching of both as well. "What intelligent design would do would be to offer additional information from the scientific perspective," Stafford said. "Offering science teachers the opportunity to teach a broad section of views of our DNA, how mankind was formed, how we got here." Critics call intelligent design "science fiction" rather than "scientific theory." They allege it is simply an attempt to infuse God and religion into high schools. "When you try to cloak an attempt to impose some sort of religious orthodoxy in the language of science, it becomes misleading and it becomes problematic," said Rep. Terrance Carroll (D-Denver), who is also an ordained minister. "This is an effort to undermine science as we know it." Carroll says he believe both in the teachings of Genesis and evolution. He believes proponents of independent design have not gone through age-old practices of determining the validity of scientific theories, such as testing a hypothesis and providing evidence to support it. If it were taught in classes, he wondered which version of life's creation (i.e. Judeo-Christian or Hindu etc.) would be used. "This is more a philosophical and religious debate and a political debate than it is a scientific debate," said Carroll. "Faith and reason go hand in hand." Stafford disagrees saying, there is nothing "about God," nothing "about religion" described in the theory of intelligent design. State lawmakers will debate the issue when they return to work in January. Three other states are also debating similar measures.

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