Originally posted by WatchNLearn
Students to be taught there isn't a God
news.ninemsn.com.au
Victorian state primary school students will soon be able to take religious education classes which teach there is no evidence God exists.
The Humanist Society of Victoria has developed a curriculum for primary pupils that the state government accreditation body says it intends to
approve, The Sunday Age newspaper reported.
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This title is misleading.
Why is it that whenever someone says there is no proof god exists people think that's the same as saying he doesn't. There's just no proof. If I
said I was teaching a class on proof that he doesn't you can throw a fit, be my guest, but it's not the same thing. There is no evidence that there
is any god. I'm talking about empirical evidence, not "look at that mountain, it HAD to be made by god".
It's a lateral move in any case. If you ask any science teacher (except for a misguided few) they will tell you that science has found no evidence
pertaining to god's existence. But it shouldn't matter, since no one really knows if he exists, even religious people, because it's belief. You
guys don't need proof either way and have gotten along without any sort of evidence (except fake evidence) for centuries.
As for choice...this "god" person is stuffed down my throat everyday. My #!$&*@) money's got his name and "trust". We don't get much of a choice
with many religions that demand their followers spread the "good word" to us. %#@$%^! mormons woke me up today, way too early for me not to
post.
Don't know what ego has to do with atheism, I can keep my mind open about the existence of omnipotence in this or some other universe. But I don't
think it's the guy they were telling me about this morning. It's not like I think I'm god, I just don't believe your god exists, and I don't see
anything pointing me torwards the existence of any god. Why is it that you can mathematically show the high probability of life in other parts of the
universe and still more people believe in god than extraterrestrials? It's like math doesn't matter that much.
I recomend gardening when in a bad mood.
