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http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=6024&page=R2  1. **Is it consistent with the intentions of the framers to call every law that has the primary purpose of advancing religious beliefs a violation of the Establishment Clause?**  2. **Is it a violation of the Establishment Clause for a biology teacher to discuss with her students the reasons that she believes in "intelligent design theory" (the theory that holds the universe was the product of the conscious design of a Creator)?**  3. **Is it a violation of the Establishment Clause for a biology teacher to tell his students "the story of creation in Genesis is hogwash and here's why"?**  4. **If a State Education Board decides to drop evolution from the list of courses it requires to be taught in public schools, does that decision violate the Establishment Clause?**  5. **May a biology teacher be fired, on competence grounds, either for teaching creation science or for not teaching evolution?**  6. **Is the desire of state or school board officials to avoid entanglement in a primarily religious controversy a "secular purpose"?**  7. **May a school system allow Fundamentalists to opt out of classes in which evolution is discussed? Would that be a good solution to the controversy?**  8 **Perhaps the state should not force exposure to the theory of evolution to those students who view the theory as too threatening. Perhaps, but at the same time, the majority of students who do not subscribe to a literalist interpretation of the Bible need to be prepared for advanced study in biology, should they choose to undertake it. They need to know about evolution. Teachers should follow the facts wherever they go.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">9 **Creationism says that the world came about by what is outlined in the Bible.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">10 **Charles Darwin stated that the theory of Natural Selection is survival of the fittest.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">11 **Evolution is the process by which life evolves, or changes over time, with new species of plants and animals arising from existing ones** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">12 **Although scientists have many questions about the exact details of this process, they recognize the basic principle of evolution as the best explanation of the origin of species.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">13 **There is a large body of biological and fossil evidence to support the idea of evolution.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">15 **In 1925 evolution was the subject of one of the best-known court cases in American legal history, the Scopes "monkey trial." The theory remains under attack from some religious groups today.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica;">14 Some individuals and groups, however, have refused to accept the theory of evolution because it conflicts with their religious beliefs.**