WHY
THE CONTROVERSY
Part 5
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THE WEDGE DOCUMENT
Adding to the CONTROVERSY is the WEDGE DOCUMERNT which was authored by the DISCOVERY INSTITUTE, a pro-religious, anti-science organization. They just don't get the whole ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE thingy. They don't believe religion and science can live in harmony. Wikipedia says this:
"The Discovery Institute is a non-profit public policy think tank based in Seattle, Washington, best known for its advocacy of intelligent design creationism."
To call them a "think tank" is a little misleading. Perhaps "thunk tank" would be more correct term since they clearly stopped thinking years ago. They are the folks who thunk up the whole "Teach the Controversy" campaign in a feeble attempt to get religion into the public schools.
The document escaped onto the Internet on Feb. 5, 1999.
http://www.churchofvirus.org/virus.1Q99/0510.html
To read a more detailed account of the CONTROVERSY check out the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_strategy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Institute
To see a scan of the actual document go to:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.pdf
To see a printer friendly version go to:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html
"The Discovery Institute is a non-profit public policy think tank based in Seattle, Washington, best known for its advocacy of intelligent design creationism."
To call them a "think tank" is a little misleading. Perhaps "thunk tank" would be more correct term since they clearly stopped thinking years ago. They are the folks who thunk up the whole "Teach the Controversy" campaign in a feeble attempt to get religion into the public schools.
The document escaped onto the Internet on Feb. 5, 1999.
http://www.churchofvirus.org/virus.1Q99/0510.html
To read a more detailed account of the CONTROVERSY check out the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_strategy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Institute
To see a scan of the actual document go to:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.pdf
To see a printer friendly version go to:
http://www.antievolution.org/features/wedge.html