Courts deny us academic freedom

Editor's note: We accidentally omitted a line in Mr. Hicks' original letter that appeared earlier this month. We regret the oversight.

Editor,

The Bible says that "a fool says in his heart, 'there is no God.'" My son Douglas, who visited us recently, quoted something from G.K. Chesterton that applies so well to the above statement: "If it is unthinkable that an unthinkable God created everything out of nothing, then why is it thinkable that an unthinkable nothing created everything out of itself?"

We Americans pride ourselves in our freedom of speech and the right to make inquiry into facts … but why do we allow the courts to deny us the right of academic freedom to examine the evidence for creation because it might be a "religious" notion? Heaven forbid that we should allow religion to have an say in the matter!

Since when does science not allow the inductive method of reasoning allowing the evidence to lead us to the truth? Do we have design without designers? Do computers and cell phones just happen all by themselves? Can we have a creation of a universe without the Creator?

Why don't we stop this foolishness and allow our students the freedom of inquiry into the facts?

Those who believe in the Darwinian theory of evolution have everything to lose if they allow academic freedom, and we have everything to lose (even our eternal souls) if we allow atheism to make the rules that govern our thinking.

What are "we the people" going to do about this? Is our Constitution going to become just a meaningless piece of paper? Let's insist on the right to examine all of the evidence.

Vern Hicks

Ronan