Dear Mr. Klenk,
I
thank you for your e-mail and am glad to respond to your question.
My
three grandchildren are all now adults, one is an ex-marine and in
college, one is an attorney in Washington DC and another is a sophomore
at the U. of South Dakota.
All
three attended public schools and at no time were they ever
indocrinated with any given point of view. They received,
like I did in my public school education, an open education that
enabled me to make choices. My teachers, like theirs, enjoyed
as most teachers do, academic freedom. I am a former teacher
and not once in my 40 years of teaching either in the public
schools or a public university have I ever NOT enjoyed academic
freedom. Academic freedom is not absent in our schools --
quite to the contrary it is what makes our public schools
places where all points of view are respected and valued.
All
of my grandchildren attended church regularly as well as
school. They are well educated in my judgment and I'm very
proud of them and thankful for the education they received in the
public schools they attended.
Again,
thanks for your contact. Best wishes.
Bill
Heller
Here is the e-mail from Rich
Klenk. Could you please copy me? Thanks.
Jimmie
-----Original Message-----
From: staff***(a)neprimer.com [mailto:staff***(a)neprimer.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:41 PM
To: Day, Jimmie
Subject: From 'Write Your Representative' Website
R Klenk
152 SW Monroe Circle N.
St. Petersburg,FL 33703-
(727)526-4790
03/27/08 4:42 PM
To the Honorable Bill Heller;
Dear Honorable FL Representative, Dr. Bill Heller (D-Dist
52), http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4392&SessionId=57
RE: FL's "HB 1483/ SB 2692 The Academic Freedom Act";
I called
your office yesterday and today to confirm that you have 3 grand
children in public schools and that you were opposed to any 'relevant
scientific evidence which evaluates, critically analyzes or challenges
the scientific theory of evolution' - basically demands that evolution
be taught as a scientific fact.
In light of the 'letter to the editor'
below that itemizes some obstacles to evolution, I would like you to
write me a letter describing your position to your children and also
what you told your grand children to their faces regarding your
position on evolution in their public school.
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EVOLUTION
Philosophy, not science (ref: (4/22/13
broken link) tp://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/8469.article
)
I worked for years in the aerospace industry and helped engineer the
Mercury and Gemini space programs. While I am a born-again believer and
a creation scientist, the following 10 statements discuss only
scientific problems with evolution theory.
1. No one has ever seen anything Darwinian evolve (macro-evolution).
2. The fossil record shows no intermediate forms.
3. Living species show no intermediate forms.
4. Natural selection removes rare mutations.
5. The Law of Biogenesis proves Darwinism is impossible.
6. The DNA Code Barrier proves Darwinism is impossible.
7. Gene Depletion proves Darwinism is impossible.
8. The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics proves Darwinism is
impossible.
9. Mathematical probability says Darwinism is impossible.
10. No one has ever seen nature add new and beneficial data or
information to an existing gene pool.
It is sad that so many modern scientists do not attempt to prove
paradigms or theories like evolution wrong. They merely interpret their
data in terms of the paradigm. Evolution for them is a philosophical
starting point, not a scientific observation.
It is unconscionable in the tax-supported public schools of our
pluralistic democratic society to indoctrinate our young people in an
unproven evolutionary theory while denying them the opportunity to even
consider the evidence for Creation Science that thousands of scientists
have found to be compelling. This results in a denial of academic and
religious freedoms, indoctrination in a materialistic, mechanistic
philosophy that encourages belief in atheism and agnosticism, and is
poor science and poor education.
Jerry Forsythe
Palm Coast
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Sincerely,
RE Klenk, (727-526-4790)
"Every Executive Order, Judicial Decree
or Law is a line drawn in the sand. On one side is Right on
the other side is Wrong. This is the DEFINITION of
morality. It follows that the Character of those who draw the
lines in the sand is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT !" - If you don't vote your
values, they will make evil legal.- rek