Source: Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1986), p. 75
“The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth.”
In a letter to J. Kunamoto, 1972.
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Dissertation for doctor of philosophy in christian education (May 25, 1991)

Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987) (dissenting) http://www.belcherfoundation.org/edwards_v_aguillard_dissent.htm
Has been misleadingly quoted without Scalia's statements attributing the assertions to witness testimony paragraphs earlier, "Before summarizing the testimony of Senator Keith and his supporters, I wish to make clear that I by no means intend to endorse its accuracy... Senator Keith and his witnesses testified essentially as set forth in the following numbered paragraphs:", as in Michael Stone, " Scalia Commencement Speech Supports Young Earth Creationism http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2015/06/scalia-commencement-speech-supports-young-earth-creationism/" (), Progressive Secular Humanist, Patheos.
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Arkansans Ask
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Wiles
Is Evolution Arkansas's Hidden Curriculum?
2005-01-01
Reports of the National Center for Science Education
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“Neither evolution nor creation qualifies as a scientific theory.”
Creation, Evolution, and Public Education
Source: Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015), p. 155.

Creation seminars (2003-2005), The Age of the Earth

Dissertation for doctor of philosophy in christian education (May 25, 1991)

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