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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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It would, to me, be a far more fascinating experiment to not teach these ideas at all and see what people choose to believe on their own.
[edit] Oh uh, more on-topic: it'll never work. Public schools in this country conform to policies set by universally adhered-to laws that are enforced by one body. There too many religious faiths, not to mention offshoots, you cannot just say, "LEMME SPEAK TO THE LEADER OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION" and discuss a change in the teaching policies in their youth groups.
[edit#2] To be more serious, I do think that if we're going to teach things of this nature in schools, we should give our children a complete education. It's also the democratic way: for our public school system to only teach an admittedly narrow range of belief structures is, as far as I can see, unconstitutional, not to mention horrific.
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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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I, F69, formally wish creationism to be taught in the classroom. But only if we also teach evolution during bible study Your comparing apples with oranges. Noone is forced to go to Bible study, whereas we are all mostly forced to send our kids to public school. If bible study were required for all people then yes I would agree that we teach evolution there also.
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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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I, F69, formally wish creationism to be taught in the classroom. But only if we also teach evolution during bible study Agreed ^^. But there is one thing everyone keeps mentioning: The Bible. If everyone should be taught how it dictates, whats stopping every other religion to be taught? Thus if the bible is taught, isn't it only fair that not only evolution but every other religious belief of how we came to be also be taught? Cheers Adoado
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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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you won't believe it but in atheist europe religion and bible lessons in public schools are very common. which isn't really a bad thing... True, it's definitely not all that bad. Mainly because they cover a lot of different kinds of religion. Even atheism got debated eventhough our teacher was Christian (the European way). What they did not do though was explain certain problems with religion. Mind you this was a Christian school I attended to, so it doesn't surprise me all that much. But if we're going to talk about evolution and even it's problems as far as there are any, which I'm sure are discussed in class nowadays anyways, then we need to talk about the issues with religion as well. I have yet to come across a book used in schools that claims to have full knowledge of the evolutionary processes. Cheers
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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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people should be exposed to all views and be given the chance to choose for themselves instead of just taught one theory or the other. Nope, I do not agree Education is neither a right nor a privilage Education is a duty Since parents are obliged to send their children to school , they should also be forbidden to expose their children to false theories
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Re: Q: Should creationism be taught in shools? -- A: YES!
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