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News: Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns
Posted on Friday, December 09 @ 16:20:01 PST by Virgil |
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A University of Kansas professor who drew criticism for e-mails he wrote deriding Christian fundamentalists over creationism has resigned as chairman of the Department of Religious Studies. Paul Mirecki stepped aside on the recommendation of his colleagues, according to Barbara Romzek, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"This allows the department to focus on what's most important -- teaching, research and service -- and to minimize the distractions of the last couple of weeks," Romzek said in a statement Wednesday after receiving Mirecki's resignation.
Contacted by The Associated Press, Mirecki declined to comment about his decision, only saying he was still a member of the university faculty and planned to continue teaching.
Mirecki had planned to teach a course in the spring that examined creationism and intelligent design after the State Board of Education adopted science standards treating evolution as a flawed theory.
Originally called "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies," the course was canceled last week at Mirecki's request.
A recent e-mail from Mirecki to members of a student organization referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face." Mirecki apologized for those comments.
Later, other e-mails written by Mirecki that surfaced were deemed "repugnant and vile" by Chancellor Robert Hemenway for their views toward Catholics and other Christians.
On Monday, Mirecki was treated at a Lawrence hospital for head injuries after he said he was beaten by two men on a country road. He said the men referred to the creationism course. Law enforcement officials were investigating.
Mirecki, who joined the university in 1989, is an expert in ancient Mediterranean cultures, languages and religions.
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Re: Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns (Score: 1)
 by Virgil on Friday, December 09 @ 16:24:07 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | What needs to be pointed out is that there are some apparent inconsistencies in his statements given to the police over the aledged beating. Mike Adams from Townhall.com attempted an interview with the guy here:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/mikeadams/2005/12/08/178356.html
Also, there are more details about the incosistent events here:
http://badgerherald.com/news/2005/12/09/mirecki_resigns_as_d.php
If you ask me, I think it is highly unlikely he was beaten by fundamentalist Christians. He either made up the events and bashed his own head in (which wouldn't be a first in police annals) or it was a random criminal act.
Regardless...the guy is a jerk if you ask me. |
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Re: Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns (Score: 1)
 by Writerx on Saturday, December 10 @ 09:34:16 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | Don't you just love that word, "Fundamentalist?"? I get happy every time I'm given such a wondrous title. It makes you feel really––ah––special to know that you're a part of a minority of people whose views should be treated as ridiculous drivel because they reflect the Word of God.
-A.J.
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Re: Anti-Creationism Professor Resigns (Score: 1)
 by Windpressor (Giddi_one) on Monday, December 12 @ 03:02:38 PST
(User Info | Send a Message) | Two views speak for themselves:
FIRST ==
Mind the Gaps - Intelligent design as an answer to all life's great conundrums. By Dahlia Lithwick
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 -- http://www.slate.com/id/2127054/
"Let's face it: The problem with science has always been that each new discovery unleashes thousands of new questions and ambiguities. So really, the more we discover new stuff, the stupider we get. Clearly, that isn't working. ID says we shouldn't bother ourselves with resolving scientific inconsistencies or untangling puzzles. We should recognize that what God really wants is for us just to stop learning.(3rd para)
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"Replacing every single gap in human knowledge with a theory of divine agency would save us billions of dollars in wasteful public education. In fact, while we're at it, replacing every single Gap store with a God store would save us billions of dollars on flat-front chinos."(para #8 of 9)
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SECOND ===
http://www.csulb.edu/~jmastrop/prize.html
$10000 Reward for finding an evolutionist that completes a Life Science Prize trial.
"Default-judgment. Judgment entered against a party who has failed to defend against a claim that has been brought by another party." -Black's Law Dictionary.
"For years, the claim has been made that evolution is an inverted-fantasy religion taught in the public schools in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. The Debate Dodgers (see below) unanimously have failed to defend in court against that claim. Therefore, the default-judgment applies to all evolutionists in general and particularly those on the Debate Dodgers List. This is proof positive that evolution is an inverted-fantasy religion taught in the public schools in violation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
"Evidently, evolution is devoid of scientific evidence. As an acid test of that finding, the most outspoken evolutionists worldwide bar none were challenged to contend for the Life Science Prize. The rules and results follow. These data confirm the scientific peer reviewed articles of objective, valid, reliable, and calibrated evidence that evolution exists nowhere in the universe, never has, never will, except as an inverted fantasy based on vitalism superstitions 2,500 years old."
(list follows)
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