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Is Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, scientifically illiterate for suggesting that creationism should be taught side by side with evolution in Utah's schools?
Is he unaware that evolution “is actually one of the best demonstrated facts in all of science” (“Scientific illiteracy,” Forum, June 8)? Well, I don't know Sen. Buttars. Perhaps he is scientifically illiterate, but certainly not because of what he said. And evolution - the "best demonstrated fact" (''Not good science,'' Forum, June 8)? Give me a break.
Clearly, Frank Messina and Mark Marsing should bone up a little on some of the more compelling scientific arguments against evolution. A good place to start would be Michael Behe's Darwin's Black Box. There's plenty more for those who do not do their research with ideological blinders, but this volume will do for starters.
Dave Thomson
Gig Harbor, Wash.
