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Please consider the following letter:

I am writing to you about a major problem I have with our school district presenting the existence of the hieroglyphic alphabet as a fact to our students. I am concerned that unchecked belief in this language is being used to prove the existence of an ancient intelligent source when it can be demonstrated that natural random chance could have created these markings.

When humans see hieroglyphics cut into sandstone we are supposed to see clear patterns that convey readable information. We are to assume that thousands of years ago someone with a mind and intelligence cut the stone in order to share or dictate information. We are to believe that because we have a mind and intelligence that we are able to decipher this alphabet and decode its language. Why do we believe this? There are no eye witnesses to prove that intelligence created hieroglyphics and it is possible for completely random and natural causes to erode the sandstone leaving behind what appears to be information. Since there is no way to prove beyond a doubt that it was not random erosion why would anyone believe this so called ancient alphabet to be the product of an intelligent being?

Take DNA for example. Scientists believe that our DNA is a set of clear patterns that convey readable information. They say they can read this DNA just like they say we can read these markings called hieroglyphics. The same principles that apply to reading hieroglyphics must also apply to reading DNA. In order for humans to read DNA we must believe it came from an intelligent source and that we have a mind that is capable of deciphering this DNA code. Just like there is no way to prove beyond a doubt that an intelligent being carved hieroglyphics there is no way to prove that an intelligent being created the information seen in DNA. I believe that humans are the product of evolution developed completely by random and natural causes. The same way the hieroglyphic alphabet was created. Just because random chance looks like a clear pattern that conveys readable information doesn’t mean we should attribute it to an intelligent source. However if DNA truly carries readable information it must come from an intelligent source. If it comes from an intelligent source A.K.A. God that means we are not natural beings that are here by a wonderful cosmic accident that started the spontaneous generation of life which over millions and millions and millions of years of non directed completely natural evolution produced us non special animals called humans. I believe it is unfair to trick our students into believing in God and I think the teaching of the ancient hieroglyphic alphabet should be removed from our schools because it promotes the concepts behind the intelligent design movement. At the very least the students should be exposed to the likely possibility that the hieroglyphic alphabet is the result of a completely natural and random occurrence. I think they should explore my theory which states that wind picking up bits of sand over the course of millions upon millions of years could have by chance carved the hieroglyphic alphabet. Let me know if you need me to come in and teach a class on this.
Now if this seems to be an outrageous claim, I would agree with you. However our school district has no problem presenting the “theory” of evolution as fact to our students when there is considerable doubt to its validity. I would like to see our district embrace the true practice of scientific investigation by putting Mr. Darwin’s theory to the test.

Sincerely,
Dan Krueger
“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long”
-Charles Darwin

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