Here's an interesting tidbit in the news. A Xian biologist was fired by Woodshole Oceanographic Institute, for not accepting evolutionary theory. He has decided to file a lawsuit against them. An excerpt...
The latest U.S. academic spat over science and religion was first reported in The Boston Globe newspaper on Friday. Gibbs Law Firm in Florida, which is representing Abraham, said he was seeking $500,000 in compensation.
The zebrafish specialist said his civil rights were violated when he was dismissed shortly after telling his superior he did not accept evolution because he believed the Bible presented a true account of human creation....
Woods Hole, a federally funded nonprofit research center on Cape Cod, said in a statement it firmly believed its actions and those of its employees in the case were "entirely lawful" and that it does not discriminate.
Abraham, who was dismissed eight months after he was hired, said he was willing to do research using evolutionary concepts but that he had been required to accept Darwin's theory of evolution as scientific fact or lose his job.
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination dismissed the case this year, saying Abraham's request not to work on evolutionary aspects of research would be difficult for Woods Hole because its work is based on evolutionary theories.
Abraham said this condition was never spelled out in the advertisement for the job and that his dismissal led to severe economic losses, an injured reputation, emotional pain and suffering and mental anguish.
I think it's interesting that he claims he would be willing to do research "using" evolutionary concepts, yet feels they are fraudulent. Why would he even want to work there, and indeed what did he expect to produce of value, if used them and they were not true?
And I find it sort of cute that he is arguing evolutionary theory was not in the job description. I'm sure wearing clothes was not in the job description, yet one understands that would be expected.
This might make an interesting thread somewhere, but I'm just puttin' out the info right here.
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