“Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, ‘God’ if you will, is pushing them down,” said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.
Burdett added: “Gravity — which is taught to our children as a law — is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force. Isaac Newton himself said, ‘I suspect that my theories may all depend upon a force for which philosophers have searched all of nature in vain.’ Of course, he is alluding to a higher power.”
[…] The ECFR, in conjunction with the Christian Coalition and other Christian conservative action groups, is calling for public-school curriculums to give equal time to the Intelligent Falling theory. They insist they are not asking that the theory of gravity be banned from schools, but only that students be offered both sides of the issue “so they can make an informed decision.”
“We just want the best possible education for Kansas’ kids,” Burdett said.
Proponents of Intelligent Falling assert that the different theories used by secular physicists to explain gravity are not internally consistent. Even critics of Intelligent Falling admit that Einstein’s ideas about gravity are mathematically irreconcilable with quantum mechanics. This fact, Intelligent Falling proponents say, proves that gravity is a theory in crisis.
Gotta love The Onion. Found via ***Dave who ponders if we’ll see this actually end up on the AP wires. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
Posted on 08/17/2005 at 11:11 PM 
This has to be a joke.
I mean, Chances are my son won’t have to go through this shit up here in Canada. But it still saddens me to see that intelligent people who probably don’t even believe in that sort of stuff, promote it mainly to be in the spotlight.
This is also an attempt at mass brainwash.
They are trying to teach young kids about intelligent design because at their age they are vulnerable....they will believe what you will tell them. It might also be appealing for the same kids to be part of a little revolution bashing science and evolution.
I have a feeling that there is an other purpose to all of this ...Conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy!!!
I’ll go think about how I’ll formulate my theory.