THIS IS A COPY OF THE CHURCH LETTER COMPOSED FOR THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA.  ACTION MATTERS.   LOUISIANA HAS PASSED SB733.   GOOD JOB FIGHTING FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 

The First Church of Evolution

411 Lemon Ave.

 Sebring, FL 33870

June 23, 2008

The Honorable Bobby Jindal

Governor of Louisiana

Baton Rouge< LA 70802

RE:  SB733

Ear Governor Jindal;

 While Science is not the reason for this letter, the interpretation of it is.

You have recently stated that exposing kids to the very best Science will produce smart and intelligent kids.  We believe you are correct.  BB 733, which is before you, will give your state the ammunition that is needed to accomplish that exposure.

Here in Florida, a similar bill was proposed by Senator Ronda Storms and was ignored by the state, who yielded to religious evolutionists.   That left our students vulnerable to the religious indoctrination of those who hold the writings of Charles Darwin not as scientific observation but rather as a faith-based sacred text, superior to the Bible.

Florida is well on its way to establishing evolution as its governmental advocated religion.  We here at the First Church of Evolution recognize that Darwinian evolution is for the most part as Darwin himself implied, “a matter of Imagination”.  Imagination, which has produced and continues to produce fakes and frauds from Ernest Haeckel’s bogus embryo drawings to Donald Johanson’s collection of bones called ‘Lucy’.  Each fabrication is the incarnation of an idol which is worshipped by those who, by faith, believe they have descended from ape-like creatures.

Rejecting the freedom of students to inquire, to question a scientific theory is the road to a religious cult, not the road to the best Science or to smarter kids.

We would hope that the governmental wisdom of the great State of Louisiana exceeds that of the State of Florida.  Enact this bill.

Sincerely,    Pastor Bill

This information is a little old now, but it continues to show the relentless ongoing attack by the faithless. We are certainly not advocating anyone sign this blasphemous petition. But believers must be aware of the low level some will stoop in attempting to discredit the sacred writings. This effort was apparently shelved in Florida. http://www.academicfreedompetition.com/freedom.php

In Louisiana an anti-imagination organization is attempting to threaten the sacred writings of the Prophet. The ability to discuss alternative theory and question existing doctrine could become possible if we don’t act now.   http://www.wwltv.com/video/?z=y&nvid=253562

To help keep the faith alive, send a note of encouragement to Ms. Forrest

Barbara Forrest — barbara.forrest@gmail.com / 985-974-4244

On behalf of the church, this encouraging email was sent to this outspoken believer. Do your part.

Ms. Barbra Forrest

We here at the First church of Evolution in Florida, would like to commend you on your efforts to keep Darwinian evolution in the forefront of educational indoctrination. Being a follower of the Prophet Charles Darwin, you have arrived at the height of imagination. Recognizing the Prophet’s faith based teachings as the only governmental mandated religion, a tremendous amount of responsibility has fallen on your shoulders.   We implore you to keep the faith and the fight. Natural Selection has chosen you.

Sincerely

Pastor Bill

   Best of wishes to Church members Tim and Shannon  who were wed at The First Church of Evolution April 12 2008.  The wedding ceremony was held after the regular Saturday services. The bride and groom dressed in casual attire. The entire congregation present remained for the wedding.  Pastor Bill presiding.

 The wedding was announced on the frount page of the Highlands Today News , with a little church information.

The true followers of the Prophet are becoming upset.  It appears that Senator Storms bill may have some trouble by allowing both sides or all of the observations of Darwinian evolution presented .  The  faithful followers aren’t interested in balancing facts,   no other religion but microbe to man  can be tolerated.

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By RUSSELL RAY

The Tampa Tribune

Published: April 18, 2008

Updated: 12:15 am

TALLAHASSEE - She was asked again and again, but some state senators weren’t satisfied with the answer from Sen. Ronda Storms, the author of a bill some say would allow public school teachers to include creationism or intelligent design in their lesson plan.

Four times she was asked: Would teachers be allowed under her bill to teach intelligent design, a theory that suggests an “intelligent cause” is responsible for the creation of the universe.

Each time, the Republican senator from Valrico turned to the language in her bill and said teachers and students would be allowed to present “scientific information relevant to the full range of scientific views regarding biological and chemical evolution.”

That didn’t appease Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller, who was looking for a yes or no answer.

“You’ve given us criteria,” Geller, of Hallandale Beach, told Storms. “I don’t want to know the criteria.”

Geller asked Storms if she thinks intelligent design meets the criteria of her bill.

“I absolutely believe that evolution should be taught in public schools,” Storms said. “I also believe that we should teach the full range of the critical analysis of evolution.”

Storms’ bill, SB 2692, is a response to the state Board of Education’s decision in January to require, for the first time in state history, the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution in public schools.

Religious groups and some lawmakers were disappointed in the board’s decision. Storms introduced the bill, known as the Academic Freedom Act, after the board’s decision.

Storms said the bill would allow teachers to offer students a full range of scientific-based theories without fearing discrimination or discipline from department heads and principals.

“They fear discipline and ridicule,” Storms said Thursday. “As a teacher myself, I want to promote critical thinking skills. I’m not trying to teach people what to think.”

The bill would provide science teachers First Amendment protection, Storms said.

Sen. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, said the same free speech protection should be extended to Florida’s sex education teachers and attempted to add it to Storms’ bill with an amendment.

“A teacher may wish to answer a student’s question and provide additional information that may protect a life or stop an unwanted pregnancy,” Deutch said.

But Storms said the amendment would expose kids in kindergarten to sex education.

“I’m concerned about prematurely deflowering kindergarteners and first- and second-graders,” she said.

The amendment was defeated in a voice vote.

The Senate is scheduled to vote on Storms’ bill next week. A similar bill is alive in the House, working its way through committee.

Reporter Russell Ray can be reached at (850) 222-8382 or rray@tampatrib.com.

KEEP THE FAITH 

Evolution fray attracts top scientist

Nobel winner battles plan to let teachers challenge Darwin’s theory

By Anna Scott

Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE — His mess of white hair rising with the wind, Nobel laureate Harold Kroto delivered what has become his standard speech on evolution:

Humans and fruit flies share the same genes.

“You may not like that but it’s not my fault,” Kroto, 68, said in front of the state Capitol on Monday.

“It’s the way it actually is.”

Florida lawmakers are frustrating the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for chemistry. They want to change the way evolution is taught so that teachers are allowed to challenge Darwin’s theory.

It is the most absurd thing Kroto has heard since moving to Florida in 2004 to teach at Florida State University. His friends back home in England, where he was a professor in Sussex, have been sending him e-mails asking why he stays, he said.

“We’re the laughingstock of the enlightened world,” Kroto said.

For months, he has been writing newspaper articles explaining the basic tenets of Darwin’s theory, hoping to change minds.

He sits on round-table discussions and hands out booklets on evolution from the National Academy of Sciences.

He races to the Capitol between lectures to give the fruit fly talk.

To Kroto, and mainstream scientists like him, the idea that humans evolved from the world’s earliest life forms is as obvious as the laws of gravity.

“The bedrock of all biology,” Kroto calls it. “It’s beautiful.”

But Florida lawmakers and a national movement of mostly religious-based groups believe evolution is less absolute.

State proposals this year would undo a recent decision by the state Board of Education and allow teachers to “present scientific information relevant to the full range of views on biological and chemical evolution.”

Kroto and other scientists surmise such legislation would allow teachers to present as credible theories of creationism and intelligent design, basically beliefs that God or a higher being created humans.

Proponents say it allows teachers “academic freedom” to explore a theory, and that laws clearly ban the teaching of religious theories.

The proposals would also protect from punishment students who refuse to accept Darwin’s evolution.

The bill’s Senate sponsor, Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, says teachers and students feel too frightened to even discuss intelligent design.

Senate Majority Leader Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, said the theory of evolution “had flaws.”

Republicans have voted for the plan to the point where it will be considered by the full Senate, and has only one more committee to pass in the House.

Kroto, whose father was Jewish and fled the Nazis in Germany, said the belief in God has never made sense to him.

“I just think science is the way the universe is and that’s how we figure things out,” Kroto said.

He won the Nobel Prize for discovering buckminsterfullerene, a carbon molecule with a soccer ball shape that students now call “buckyballs” for short.

He fears the recent debate over evolution is a sign science is becoming irrelevant.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s an abuse of position not to teach science correctly to children,” Kroto said. “Today they don’t need to know how anything works. The technology is so good if something breaks they get it fixed. There’s a large number of kids probably prepared to accept something without being too careful.

A church member has envisioned through imagination a wonderful memorial garden at the sacred site.  The possibility that each of our fabricated ancestors could be immortalized through talking tombstones has brought much excitement to several of the faith.   As each of these proofs created come and go,  it seems reasonable to honor those transitions and their fabricators.  The garden would be at the rear of the church building and located to not interfere with parking.  Those members who would like to donate to this endeavor should contact the church office.   The estimated cost should not exceed twenty thousand dollars, which is a small price for this worthy project. 

Florida won is the caption for the title blog at the Florida Citizens for Science web site. The on going push to have the imaginary teachings of Charles Darwin taught as fact continues. Wile the state did not insert the word “fact” it has recognized change over time as evolution. The true believers in the faith based teachings of the Prophet Charles Darwin continue to fight for their religion. More info on this biased group can be found at http://www.flascience.org/wp/

CHURCH BUS

The church bus will be put into service this month. The limo has been placed in ticket line at the Sebring 12 hour race track.  Church members are in the process of lettering the vehicle.  The church logo,  web site, and “it’s a matter of faith” will be written on this sacred shuttle.  

The Florida Board of Education has voted to include a portion of church doctrine within their standards.  After protest from nearly a 2 to 1 crowed against the new rules the board moved forward..   A spokesman  from the church was a the Orlando meeting to protest and warned the panel there that the inclusion of Darwinian imagination as a scientific fact could violate the separation of church and state.  Protecting the right to teach evolution could be jeopardized.  The board’s final decision has used the word theory with evolution to promote the process.