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Sgian_Dubh  2 stars
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notmforce2k posted:

And "for profit" schooling is just a joke. I won't get started on that.



A very not funny joke.

 

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suntzukali2  3 stars
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Sgian_Dubh posted:

notmforce2k posted:

And "for profit" schooling is just a joke. I won't get started on that.



A very not funny joke.



but still a joke none the less.

 

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notmforce2k  4 stars
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Bump. I know he was on earlier, maybe he'll see this instead of running away again.
Arc_DT  2 stars
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Registered: 2002-5-28 08:25:51
Good luck with that.

 

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Uccello
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Registered: 2001-12-21 13:52:29
-Rando- posted:

Who better than a bunch of idiot redneck legislators to tell science teachers what to teach?

Thanks Republicans!

http://www.ibj.com/senate-panel-oks-creationism-teaching-bill/PARAMS/article/32182

An Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana's public schools.

The Times of Munster reported that the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted 8-2 Wednesday to send the legislation to the full Senate despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms.

The bill allows schools to authorize "the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life" and specifically mentions "creation science" as one such theory. Creationism is the belief that the Earth and its creatures were created by a deity.

Purdue University professor of chemistry John Staver told the panel evolution is the only theory of life's origins that relies on scientific investigations. He says creationism "is unquestionably a statement of a specific religion."



Wow the level of ignorance, inability to read and understand the constitution as well as just blind religion in the above decision is truly scary. I had a difficult time understanding why this decision would even be made but then I found it....... "Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted 8-2". Bet there are 2 non repubs on that panel or an equally ignorant democrat or libertarian.
Chogram  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-8-23 02:52:32
Just to play devils advocate...

It says "allow" it to be taught.

Why should we ban anything from being taught?
Ah-Schoo  4 stars
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Chogram posted:

Just to play devils advocate...

It says "allow" it to be taught.

Why should we ban anything from being taught?

The science of man-boy love...

 

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Kanga_Roo  2 stars
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Registered: 2002-2-26 12:58:17
Chogram posted:

Just to play devils advocate...

It says "allow" it to be taught.

Why should we ban anything from being taught?



To allow it to be taught as science in a publicly funded institution is ridiculous. Not funding something is not equal to banning it. If people want to teach their kids that "God did it" is science then that's their deal. But there is no reason for the US taxpayers to under-right it.


Why religious folks would want to turn religious instruction over to public schools is beyond me. Spiritual upbringing is the right and responsibility of the parent, not the State.

 

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Arc_DT  2 stars
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Chogram posted:

Why should we ban anything from being taught?



This is not the first world, nor is it the first universe. There have been and will be many more worlds and universes than there are drops of water in the holy river Ganges. The universes are made by Lord Brahma the Creator, maintained by Lord Vishnu the Preserver and destroyed by Lord Shiva. Since the universes must be destroyed before they can be recreated, Lord Shiva is called the Destroyer and Re-creator. These three gods are all forms of Supreme One and part of the Supreme One. The Supreme One is behind and beyond all.

After each old universe is destroyed nothing is left but a vast ocean. Floating on this ocean, resting on the great snake Ananta, is Lord Vishnu. Some say that a lotus flower springs from his navel and from this comes Lord Brahma. And it is from Lord Brahma that all creation comes.

How dies Lord Brahma create? Some tell of how he grows lonely and splits himself in two to create male and female. Then he becomes one again and human beings are created. In the same way he creates all the other living things, from the great animals to the tiniest insects. Others say that everything comes from different parts of Lord Brahma's body. All the different animals and all the people come from his mouth, arms, thighs and feet. Everything comes from one - Lord Brahma, who is part of the Supreme One - so everything is part of the Supreme One. For this universe, this world and this Lord Brahma, like all those before and all those to come, will be destroyed by Lord Shiva.

How long is the life of a universe? Its length is beyond imagination. One day to Lord Brahma is longer than four thousand million of the years that we know. Every night when Lord Brahma sleeps the world is destroyed. Every morning when he awakes it is created again. When the Lord Brahma of this universe has lived a lifetime of such days the universe is completely destroyed by Lord Shiva.

Everything disappears into the Supreme One. For an unimaginable period of time chaos and water alone exist. Then once again Lord Vishnu appears, floating on the vast ocean. From Lord Vishnu comes forth Lord Brahma of the new universe and the cycle continues for ever.

 

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Chogram  3 stars
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Arc_DT posted:

Chogram posted:

Why should we ban anything from being taught?



This is not the first world, nor is it the first universe. There have been and will be many more worlds and universes than there are drops of water in the holy river Ganges. The universes are made by Lord Brahma the Creator, maintained by Lord Vishnu the Preserver and destroyed by Lord Shiva. Since the universes must be destroyed before they can be recreated, Lord Shiva is called the Destroyer and Re-creator. These three gods are all forms of Supreme One and part of the Supreme One. The Supreme One is behind and beyond all.

After each old universe is destroyed nothing is left but a vast ocean. Floating on this ocean, resting on the great snake Ananta, is Lord Vishnu. Some say that a lotus flower springs from his navel and from this comes Lord Brahma. And it is from Lord Brahma that all creation comes.

How dies Lord Brahma create? Some tell of how he grows lonely and splits himself in two to create male and female. Then he becomes one again and human beings are created. In the same way he creates all the other living things, from the great animals to the tiniest insects. Others say that everything comes from different parts of Lord Brahma's body. All the different animals and all the people come from his mouth, arms, thighs and feet. Everything comes from one - Lord Brahma, who is part of the Supreme One - so everything is part of the Supreme One. For this universe, this world and this Lord Brahma, like all those before and all those to come, will be destroyed by Lord Shiva.

How long is the life of a universe? Its length is beyond imagination. One day to Lord Brahma is longer than four thousand million of the years that we know. Every night when Lord Brahma sleeps the world is destroyed. Every morning when he awakes it is created again. When the Lord Brahma of this universe has lived a lifetime of such days the universe is completely destroyed by Lord Shiva.

Everything disappears into the Supreme One. For an unimaginable period of time chaos and water alone exist. Then once again Lord Vishnu appears, floating on the vast ocean. From Lord Vishnu comes forth Lord Brahma of the new universe and the cycle continues for ever.



Why not?

Perhaps if kids learn more about different religions and what they believe in, instead of simply listening to the media who only talks about extremists, there won't be so much hatred and ignorance about it from adults.

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