A belief in Darwinism has supported evil since the 1800s.  An example is that of school violence in America and abroad.  While Darwinists would not publicly support this nor encourage it, many of the school violence incidents in recent years were, at least in part, due to misguided students believing in evolution and carrying it to extremes, both in their conclusion that if we are nothing but random chemical reactions then there is no meaning in life, and that violence is justified in the "survival of the fittest" sense.  The Nobel prize-winning physicist, Dr. Steven Weinberg of UT-Austin, once wrote, "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it seems pointless."   A devout atheist like Dr. Weinberg may think that makes sense, but to an impressionable teenager it may spell disaster.

The most infamous example of this disasterous result is the Columbine Colorado shootings.  The shooters in that case were devotees of Darwinism, with numerous diary entries to that effect along with claims that they were speeding up the process with their actions.  One of them even chose to wear a shirt that had "Natural Selection" emblazoned on it the day of the shooting.

The father of one of the victims sent a letter to the Texas State Board of Education that said, in part,

 

"Board members, ideas have consequences. Sometimes we don't like them, but to deny the link is literally fatal. I know this too well. The point is that if we continue to ignore the scientific weaknesses of Darwinism, in deference to teaching 19th century discredited science, God will use other means to get our attention. Bullying in the classroom is big news. Isn't it time we face the logical connection that if we teach "survival of the fittest" uncritically in the classroom, then some students may take this corrosive "kill or be killed" concept onto the playground or street?  (full text of letter here)
 

There are MANY more examples.  Benjamin Wiker's book "Moral Darwinism" can be ordered from Amazon here.  John West's book, "Darwin Day in America," also addresses some of these issues and may be ordered from Amazon here.

Texas:  The Institute for Creation Research Graduate School (ICR-GS) continues to be summarily snubbed by the Governor Perry-appointed Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).  The latest twist is that we filed a "Public Information Act" request for correspondence on the issue to and from THECB staffers including Dr. Paredes, and the THECB has chosen not to release some of the requested information by invoking a loophole in the law.  Some information already obtained through press and other sources has revealed a pattern of favoritism toward the militant evolutionist viewpoint and discrimination against the ICR-GS application. 

What else was in the THECB files that was so damaging as to have them choose to shield it from public scrutiny?  It has oft been said that "sunlight is the best disinfectant."  When 80% of Texans, including most evolutionists, think it is good to teach both strengths and weaknesses of evolution theories, and ICR is one of the only science teacher education programs in the state to prepare teachers to do just that, it is breathtakingly arrogant that an appointed board that serves at the pleasure of the Governor would openly go against the will of the people and DO the will of the Darwinists.  We call on the THECB to:
 

• Stop hiding documents regarding the ICR application,
   
• Immediately grant ICR an operating license in Texas, and
   
• Promptly refund ICR legal costs in defending their position. 
   

Information about how you can file your own public information act request with the THECB is located online from Greg Abbott's Attorney General's website here or the THECB website here.  It is your right and duty to keep our government checked, and the PIA is a powerful tool to help do so.

Other resources for you to consider how you might join in the current battle:

You can call the Governor's office at 800-252-9600 or contact them in other ways listed at the Governor's website here.  ICR's administrative appeal (details here and here). 

More information can be found at the ICR website here or at their "Never Stop Questioning" portal (click here) that lets one drill down to about any level of detail on many important questions of both science and philosophy.

"Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed":  The latest threat to "Expelled", a civil court case focusing on about 15 seconds of the song "Imagine", that sought as part of the remedy to keep Expelled from being distributed on DVD, has been dismissed by the presiding judge.

If you didn't see it in theaters, be sure to get the DVD when it comes out around Christmas or sooner.