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Some time ago, an Atlanta court ordered the removal of creationist stickers from biology textbooks—apparently it was a violation of the principle of separation between state and church. However, it is possible to design stickers in such a way that they would criticize the evolutionary theory without violating the aforementioned principle.

The following could legally be included on such a sticker: “The evolutionary theory is deemed totally unscientific by many scientists. For more information read the articles . . . [list of articles].” There are plenty of articles expressing strong criticism of the evolutionary theory that do not mention any religion; these articles are written by geneticists, paleontologists, biochemists, etc., who criticize certain aspects of the theory without offering any religious alternative. Any lawyer would agree that this approach does not go against the principle of separation of church and state; a court order demanding removal of this sticker would violate the principle of free speech. School libraries could be ordered by the Board of Education to have copies of the articles so it would be easier for the students to gain access to them.

Another type of legitimate sticker would be something like this one: “Darwin committed scientific fraud in order to promote racist views reflected in the evolutionary theory. Examples of his racist views are as follows: . . .” (Darwin was never shy about his extremely racist views; there are plenty of examples).

The aforementioned stickers could be used simultaneously—there is nothing in the laws that would prevent such usage.

How about this one: “The evolutionary theory is not the only theory claiming to have the answer to the question about the origin of life. There are other theories as well.” The evolutionists’ lawyers will argue that this statement refers solely to the theory of Intelligent Design, but they are wrong; there are at least two more competing theories. These theories are as follows: 1) the theory of alien intervention stating that extraterrestrial civilization created the earth life forms and 2) the theory, believed by a very small number of scientists, that the universe and its life forms were never created because they always existed.

Neither of these two theories violates the principle of separation between the state and the church.

“As the history of mankind shows, mankind produced several theories regarding the origin of life; these theories include Intelligent Design, the evolutionary theory, the theory of the extraterrestrial origin of earth’s life forms, etc.” This sticker is simply a historic reference; there is nothing in the US Constitution, or the constitution of any other country, that would prevent the use of historic references in a textbook; otherwise, any reference to a religion should be banished from history textbooks (say goodbye to Zeus and Aphrodite!).