RumpusParable said:
you know, my school taught both. it was great. but it was also simple:

evolution taught in science classes
various creationist theories taught along with the religion & culture they came out of in the philosophy portions of world/history courses.

worked well.

If you ever wonder why Americans have such a cultural inferiority complex when it comes to Europe. This is why. We're just unevolved.

erm, that school was in NY state. ha!

FreakPirate

Canada

November 2002

NOV 07, 2004 09:55 PM

RumpusParable said:

erm, that school was in NY state. ha!

I had that in high school too. However, it wasn't in the curiculum. My biology teacher took a poll of the class asking if we would like the opportunity to debate creationism as a valid scientific theory. We collectively agreed that we would do it. We weren't forced. At the end of the day we concluded that, as far as science goes, creationism is full of shit.

Idjit

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

NOV 08, 2004 07:48 PM

Not even the fucking Pope believes in Creationism - which shows you just how fucking backward American Fundamentalists really are.

ccfoo

I'm lost

May 2004

NOV 08, 2004 08:02 PM

OK, my son is 5 and is starting to read and is really enjoying kindergarten at a Christian school...

Today he asked me:
Who made God?

I don't know if all kids his age ask questions like that but I can't believe there are adults who don't understand the difference between fact and metaphor. Hell, even his Veggietales CD jokes about Bob the Tomato having "metaphorical toes." He knows what metaphor is. Adults should as well...

JoshXXX

Northborough, MA

March 2004

NOV 08, 2004 08:34 PM

They forgot God the clockmaker.

Vampirate

Durham, NC

October 2004

NOV 09, 2004 11:08 AM

Idjiit said:
The primary difference of course is that the Greek Gods were fuckups.

I love the way you said this. Thank you.

Shifting gears:

Ambrosio said:
There are also no classes called Honesty, Integrity, Courage, etc, yet we (still, I hope) value and encourage expressions of these subjects in our schools. Whether you consider yourself religious or not, religion is a powerful cultural force that cannot be simply stripped away from those who embrace it any less violently than it can be forced upon those who oppose it.

Yeah, but religion didn't spawn these things; it's the other way around. These things show up as virtues in religions worldwide because they are necessary for a smoothly running society.

Edited because I forked up the BBS quote code. Twice.

[Edited on Nov 09, 2004 by StackedUpXXII]

TeenageSuperstar

United Kingdom

September 2004

NOV 09, 2004 11:13 AM

God was in science once. His priests told them to shut up. and they did. for 2000 years, we did not learn more of the peiodic table as religion said that the four basic elements were what we were all made of.

Ambrosio

Seattle, WA

August 2004

NOV 09, 2004 03:53 PM

StackedUpXXII said:

Yep; that's one way to look at it. (And you're apparently not the only one having trouble with quotes. [smiles])

[Edited on Nov 09, 2004 by Ambrosio]

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