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 God vs. Darwin:
The
War Between Evolution and Creationism in the
Classroom
Dr. Mano
Singham
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 PM
Maple Heights Library,
OH
Please note the change from the normal
meeting day of the second Wednesday.
Mano Singham, a
theoretical physicist and Director of the University Center for
Innovation in Teaching and Education at Case Western Reserve
University, will discuss his new book God vs. Darwin:
The War Between Evolution and Creationism In The
Classroom and sign copies. Here is what Mano says about his
book on his blog,
www.blog.case.edu/singham.
"The book
deals with the thorny question of the role of religion and the
Bible in US schools. While school prayer has been one important
facet of these attempts and has perhaps received the most
publicity, the teaching of evolution has also been, at least in
the US, the focus of many court cases involving various subtle
shades of meaning and interpretation of the U.S.
constitution...My book interweaves this general history of
religion in schools with the specific history of the opposition
to the teaching of evolution in US classrooms, starting with the
Scopes trial in 1925 and ending with the intelligent design
Dover trial in 2005, focusing on how the nature of this
opposition has itself evolved as a result of repeated setbacks
in the courts."
Philosophy Group Meets
Monday Night
The next meeting of the CFINO
Philosophy Group will be Mon., Nov. 9, 7 p.m., at the
Brecksville Library. Group leader Gil Wancheck invites anyone
who is interested in high-quality, intelligent discussions to
participate, even if you've never attended a Philosophy Group
meeting before.
Topics for the Nov. 9 meeting
include:
1. What can we say about the purpose
of life? The meaning of life? We can easily reject both question
as invalid, assuming a theistic power. We can argue that man
assigns his own purpose or meaning to life. But isn’t that
just ego, emotion, animal drive? Is it more valid to talk about
social purpose as opposed to individual purpose?
2. Which of the following do you
agree with?
A. Religion encourages mythical
thinking.
B. Religion attracts people who are mythical
thinkers.
C. Intelligent people may go to church but leave
their analytical powers at the door and operate on emotion
only.
3. Why are some people able to see
the falsity of religion at an early age whereas others go
through their entire lives without questioning religion. Is
there a skeptical gene? Are some people born independent
thinkers?
For more information or to
RSVP for the meeting, contact Gil at
kitchengil@msn.com.
Please Volunteer To Help CFINO in 2010
Your CFI Community is looking for officers and volunteers to
guide our organization in 2010. Anyone with skills and interests
in educational programming, marketing or clerical tasks can
contact Randy Pelton at Repelton6681@yahoo.com, Charles Pervo at
Chas4Prog@gmail.com, or Tom Reke at
t.reke@sbcglobal.net.
Join Us For Cafe
Inquiry Informal Socials
Join your fellow humanists for discussion of interesting
topics at the upcoming Cafe Inquiry informal socials. The
Akron-Canton socials will be Mon., Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. at
the Panera Bread restaurant on Howe Road near Chapel Hill mall,
and on Thur., Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. at the On Tap Grille,
3263 State Road, Cuyahoga Falls. There will be no Cleveland
chapter Cafe Inquiry in November or December because of their
close proximity to Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Cleveland
socials are normally on the fourth Wednesday of the month. They
will resume in January, 2010.
The
Mission of the Center For Inquiry
The mission of the
Center for Inquiry is to foster a secular society based on
science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist
values.
For more information,
please visit www.centerforinquiry.net/neohio or email neohio@centerforinquiry.net.
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