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That was interesting

posted by SuccessWarrior on November 4, 2006 at 6:40 AM | link to this | reply

Check this out

Success, you'll really enjoy this clip of Richard Dawkins vs. Ted Haggart.

posted by TVBlogger on November 3, 2006 at 3:20 PM | link to this | reply

So many of them are firmly convinced....

that America is a Christian nation and that we must return to our Christian roots. Well, I have news for them. The First Amendment is written in such a way as to prohibit giving a preference to Christianity - or any other religion, for that matter. No matter what religion the Founding Fathers practiced, they wanted to avoid the practice of having an official federal religion, which is the common practice in Europe.

posted by kidnykid on November 3, 2006 at 2:09 PM | link to this | reply

If they want religion taught so badly in schools

Why don't they just have a world theology class or something?

Because they aren't going for equal ground. They are trying to suppress science. First they are going to try and bully their way in and then they will continue from there until our kids are being taught the distorted Christian bible view of the world.

posted by SuccessWarrior on November 3, 2006 at 12:39 PM | link to this | reply

SuccessWarrior and kidnykid - in answer to the suggestion that creationism

and the theory of evolution be taught as competing theories.

They are no such thing and merely have been proposed as such as a ploy to satisfy a religious agenda. Despite the fact that the theory of evolution has gaping holes in it and is not likely to ever be fully corroborated, it meets all of the criteria of a scientific theory. Creationism on the other hand does not get past the hypothesis stage when subjected to scientific methodology. To even be accepted as a hypothesis, the abstract element of an omnipotent creator being introduced by religious belief, should be changed to: "creation by a propagating event or by a party or parties unknown". Alternate origin theories should be introduced into any progressive school curriculum but not at the expense of the integrity of the scientific process. There may in fact be a place for creationism in the school system but not in a science class and certainly not competing with a real scientific theory while representing just one religion.

posted by gomedome on November 3, 2006 at 11:32 AM | link to this | reply

Kid, I suppose if they want to do that then they would need to add

all the other myths about how the world was created. Native American, Norse, Greek, Egyptian, and every other culture who has ever pretended to know how the world was made. Maybe do a whole chapter on the competing ideas about how the world was created and then come back to science.

posted by SuccessWarrior on November 3, 2006 at 8:28 AM | link to this | reply

What do you feel...

about teaching both creation and evolution in schools, together, as competing theories of the way in which the world got to be the way it is now?

posted by kidnykid on November 3, 2006 at 8:19 AM | link to this | reply

TV, I understand this.

They have to make up for my obvious lack of parental ability. I should be thankful. I'll tell you what I am thankful for. I'm thankful that I don't live in Kansas. =)

posted by SuccessWarrior on November 3, 2006 at 8:15 AM | link to this | reply

Solo, is he the Mark of the Beast?

My brother's name is Mark. We used to tell him things like, "Get me some water Mark," and dumb things like that. I have a picture of him with some kind of shirt. I look to see if I can find.