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Post by antichrist on Aug 7, 2009 12:38:57 GMT -5
Sorry, I just think it's funny and have been waiting to use it somewhere. I get the feeling that evolution is being removed from high school education in order to avoid angry parents throwing a hissy fit at the school. Instead of teaching the science, or the controversy, they just avoid the topic all together. I remember someone in my biology class asking how life started. I think my teacher handled it pretty well. He gave a general overview of different theories (including aliens and god), but then said, we don't really know for sure.
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Post by Vene on Aug 7, 2009 17:17:28 GMT -5
I remember someone in my biology class asking how life started. I think my teacher handled it pretty well. He gave a general overview of different theories (including aliens and god), but then said, we don't really know for sure. That's really not a good way of doing it. There is no room for God in a science class and the alien idea has nothing to support it. The only thing with any support with abiogenesis, the formation of life from organic compounds.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Aug 7, 2009 17:20:18 GMT -5
It kinda cuts off the idiots who pull out their Bibles and throw them at the instructor, though, doesn't it?
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 0:31:37 GMT -5
I agree Antichrist. I remember my fundie mom even being all "Why do they even have to talk about it in class? It's not relevant to biology! It doesn't matter where things came from. Just study what they're like now."
Yeah, it's just the unifying theory of fucking biology. And yeah, shouldn't we just you know, not study things because it might contradict the bibble? /me is full of hate.
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Post by lonelocust on Aug 8, 2009 0:34:05 GMT -5
Also your image is funny.
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Post by antichrist on Aug 12, 2009 14:23:32 GMT -5
I remember someone in my biology class asking how life started. I think my teacher handled it pretty well. He gave a general overview of different theories (including aliens and god), but then said, we don't really know for sure. That's really not a good way of doing it. There is no room for God in a science class and the alien idea has nothing to support it. The only thing with any support with abiogenesis, the formation of life from organic compounds. It was 25 years ago, and yes the organic compounds were mentioned. But as he said, we don't know. We definitely didn't know back then as much as we do now, and for high school biology, I still say he handled it well.
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Post by Vene on Aug 12, 2009 23:18:20 GMT -5
Oh, 25 years ago, I didn't even think about that. Yeah, he's forgiven.
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Post by deusmalum on Aug 13, 2009 11:46:21 GMT -5
It was a course proving the existence of Jesus because if he's just a myth, the story wouldn't still be around. Whenever I hear that arguement I start droping names like;Gilgamesh, Icarus, Theseus, Hercules, Jason, ...etc. All still with us and older the Jesus. Hinduism almost works better. Not only are the myths part of a religious tradition, not only is there at least one Jesus-equivalent character, it's a religion that is older than Judaism and has persisted to this day. (Though that isn't an argument for Hinduism in any way obvious, but an attempt to support your point with a possibly better example)
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