“Creationism: Religious Belief Posing As Science”

(Author’s Note: Under the heading and title above, the following editorial appeared in the Asheville Citizen Times, May 11, 1986, p. 2D.) Supreme Court justices must wince at some of the silly issues they are asked to decide. Fatuous matters, though, sometimes hold serious questions of law. Thus it is with “creationism,” and the attempt …

Evolutionism: Religious Unbelief Posing As Science

By Larry Hafley Supreme Court justices must wince at some of the silly issues they are asked to decide. Fatuous matters, though, sometimes hold serious questions of law. Thus it is with “evolutionism,” and the attempt by a small number of people to get this set of beliefs included in the curriculum of public schools. People …