reply to post by melatonin
I'm not even talking about refusing parents the rights to teach whatever they like to children, to instill their own values etc. I actually
mentioned all this before. I'm not even saying that homeschooling should be outlawed, just performed by those who have the skills to do it to a
decent level.
I'm more suggesting that maybe we should expose them to a range of beliefs, positions, etc. Including the scientifically-supported one, without
worrying about whether such a position is in conflict with a parent's belief.
That's the same thing I am suggesting. Please, point out one place here (or in any forum) where I have suggested evolution not be taught. I am
suggesting that it is taught, and therefore it is illogical to cry foul when another theory is taught as well.
I would like to give children the freedom to think for themselves. You are quite happy for children to grow up with some sort of parent-sourced
authoritarian mind-control. Produce nice little mini-bots.
In my home, I stress the importance of science and scientific thinking, understanding the theories presented, making intelligent decisions based on
evidence (not opinion), the importance of creative writing and proper grammar, etiquette, and most importantly, mathematics. Both of my children
attend public school, and both are straight-A students, both on the honor rolls, Who's Who among High School Students, Beta Club officers, National
honor Roll inductees, and my eldest is also in her Spanish Club, SGA, and has already received a scholarship from JUNIOR HIGH. She intends to be a
psychiatrist and has already passed every grad exam before her senior year, and has 8 quarter-hours credit at the local college.
Sorry to burst that little fantasy.
reply to post by weemadmental
would you get a grip, god created this and that, prove it, evolution is all around you, i evolve my plants by cross breeding, does that make me
a god of the plants?
Oh, maybe you're right. How did you manage to breed corn with beans and get turnips? I've not been able to do that.
Sheesh, read the posts. I already explained that.
reply to post by darkelf
I went to school in the 1960s. We were taught the "theory of evolution" and the Biblical view of creation. We were allowed to make our own
decisions on which to believe. Of course, we also had prayer and the pledge of alligence each day. That schools no longer allow children to make their
own decisions does not suprise me.
Well said. that's all I want. People will make the proper decisions
when given the complete truth about the options.
reply to post by Conspiriology
I am going to be laughing the rest of the day! Beautiful!
reply to post by dave420
Creationism is still a baseless, unfounded, untestable, unfalsifiable theory. Evolution is none of those. One makes for a real, scientific
theory, and the other makes for a fairy tale.
I still haven't heard anyone here give me an explanation of what creationists even believe, as I did with evolution. Care to fix that? It might make
your claims a bit more 'scientific' if you knew what you were calling a fairy tale.
reply to post by Neiby
If you truly want to debate the issue, we must have a common frame of reference. You clearly do not even truly understand the theory of
evolution or the evidence supporting it. Therefore, no debate can occur.
Oh, forgive me. Exactly what among my brief summary was false/misleading? You left that part out.
reply to post by madnessinmysoul
they've yet to disprove any of the Australopithecus specimens as hoaxes
or the neanderthal's
or homo hablis or erectus
Absolutely correct! Which is why evolution is still a theory. That does not go to the issue of this thread, however, which is why creationism must
never be taught as theory.
Sorry to lump everyone together, but I do have to work, you know.
TheRedneck
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