HB1701 House Vote - Arkansas State Legislature
Creationism bill passed in Arkansas House, headed to Senate
==== the result
Creationism bill narrowly defeated in Arkansas | National Center for Science Education
"Arkansas's
House Bill 1701 (PDF), sponsored by Mary Bentley (R-District 73), was narrowly
defeated, on a 3-3 vote,
in the Senate Education Committee on April 21, 2021. If enacted, the bill would have allowed teachers in the state's public and open-enrollment charter schools to "teach creationism as a theory of how the earth came to exist."
"House Bill 1701
passed the House of Representatives on a 72-21 vote on April 7, 2021, after passing the House Education Committee on a voice vote on April 6, 2021"
====================== My POV as a creationist ============
Given that:
1.
Creation has a particular doctrine on "origins" that explains how all life we see today got on Earth at all major levels from plants to humans.
Creation Science relates to "observations in nature" that evaluate intelligent design as well as studying short-term geochronometers found in nature.
2.
Creationists know that Evolution (at the level of evolution
ism) has its own
competing doctrine on "origins" that includes a story about how all life we see today got on Earth at all major levels from plants to humans.
Evolution vs Evolutionism example from wikipedia
Evolution - Wikipedia
>> I call this "Evolution": -- as observed science fact
quote from wikipedia:
>> I call this part "Evolutionism" – the doctrine on origins believed by atheists – in direct opposition to Creationism. A story that explains how all the diverse life on earth seen today - came about.
quote from wikipedia:
“It is this process of evolution that has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organization, including the levels of species, individual organisms and molecules."
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My suggestion is that both of these religious views be left out of the science classroom - and just the actual science part should be taught.