Evolution by Monroe W. Strickberger

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	Chapter 4 - The Darwinian Impact: Evolution and Religion What were some of the interesting or influential books or ideas being floated during the intellectual era of Charles Darwin's writing? The C. Warren Irvin, Jr. collection summarizes a few of them. Visit the The C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Darwin and Darwiniana web site. (The site will open externally in a new window) The elementary and secondary education bill recently passed by the US Congress and signed by the President includes a conference report calling for the teaching of alternative views in controversial science issues. Specifically, "intelligent design" is offered as an alternative to "Darwin's theory of evolution." This is a really current event! What is it all about? Views of advocates and critics are presented in this dialogue from Natural History Magazine. Read the comments, rebuttals, and write a paragraph or two of your own to summarize your feelings. Visit the Intelligent Design: A Valid Criticism of Evolutionary Theory? web site. (The site will open externally in a new window) A Supreme Court decision in 1968 dealt with an act of the Louisiana Legislature not to ban teaching of evolution but to require teaching of creation as well whenever evolution was taught. How did the court decide in that case? Visit the Edwards, Governor of Louisiana et al. vs. Aguillard web site. (The site will open externally in a new window)