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11/25/05

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Fallout from University of Kansas Class

It is amazing when you examine the bias and hypocrisy of the professor at KU who will teach the course 'Special Topics in Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism and othef Religious Mythologies.'

An email of his has been circulated and written about in the Lawrence World Journal. For the story by Sophia Maines, click HERE.

In addition, the upcoming class has obviously upset ID proponents. For the story by Sophia Maines, click HERE.

One could easily counter by simply observing that Professor Mirecki is uneasy with the notion that one can offer rational arguments for beliefs that fit well within a religious worldview. This attitude would stifle the intellectual development of both him and his students. At an institution funded by citizens from a wide range of worldviews, the University of Kansas faculty and administrators have an obligation to offer respectful critiques of positions with which they disagree. American pluralism requires nothing less. Professors like Mirecki appear to be narrow minded religious bigots whose passion for protecting their orthodoxy clouds their otherwise good judgment.

It's this kind of activity that should cause some Kansas legislators to
question the extent to which Kansas taxpayers should be funding state sponsored faith bashing. Imagine if a religious studies professor announced an upcoming course bashing Native American 'mythologies.'

Of course, bashing ID seems to be just fine.

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