MADISON, Wis. – The Freedom From Religion Foundation has managed to have a movie banned by a Colorado school district, because it explores the Christian theory of creation, and “creationism is not based in fact.”
Here’s a news flash for the FFRF: When it comes to theories about the origin of life, nothing is based in absolute fact. There are lots of theories. Who’s to say who might be correct?
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In a posting on its website last week, the FFRR boasted that it has been successful in its effort to convince Jefferson County Public Schools to stop a teacher from showing a movie called “Unlocking the Mysteries of Life.”
Such an effort is hardly new for FFRF. The anti-Christian, pro-atheist organization, based in Madison, Wisconsin, has been using the threat of lawsuits for years to bully schools and municipalities into deleting all references to Christ or the Christian faith.
Schools frequently cave to threats of legal action, simply because they often lack the financial resources to fight in court.
The FFRF was particularly bold in its claims about the movie it managed to ban in the Colorado school district.
“Teaching creationism or any of its offshoots, such as intelligent design, in a public school is unlawful, because creationism is not based in fact,” the FFRF wrote in a website post.
It went on to say that it’s OK to teach evolution is public schools, because “evolution, like gravity, is a scientific fact.”
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Is that the universally accepted truth, or just the opinion of the FFRF?
In 2015 the website “Debate.org” polled readers on the question “Has evolution been sufficiently proven?” The majority of respondents – 60 percent – said no. The other 40 percent said yes. That suggests that as a society, we are far from unanimous in accepting the theory of evolution as fact.
Then there’s this from the National Academy of Sciences:
“Like these other foundational scientific theories, the theory of evolution is supported by so many observations and confirming experiments that scientists are confident that the basic components of the theory will not be overturned by new evidence.
“However, like all scientific theories, the theory of evolution is subject to continuing refinement as new areas of science emerge or as new technologies enable observations and experiments that were not possible previously.”
Subject to continuing refinement? That suggests that yet-to-be-discovered evidence may very well alter the knowledge that is currently accepted as likely fact.
Is the FFRF convinced that we’ve reached the pinnacle of human knowledge, and future research has no chance of altering the prevailing thoughts of today? There was a time when scholars scoffed at the idea of the earth being round. There was a time when leading physicians were convinced that purging blood from sick people could cure them.
Can the FFRF prove that evolution – even if it’s all true – was not guided by a greater power that exists beyond earth? Of course not.
Nobody has the right to tell children that religious explanations about the origin of life are false, and therefore unworthy of classroom discussion … because that’s an opinion not based in fact.


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