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Proposed Missouri bill would force schools to alert parents when evolution is taught
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"Well little Billy, only God knows what X is."
They don't want to give them the option of common sense. They're scared of losing their children to the Science Devil.
viciouskillersquirrel
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The fact that the teaching of evolution in schools isn't required by the state is what's crazy to me. This guy has pulled this crap before and failed, but not having it as part of a mandated curriculum basically deletes a whole area of knowledge from the horizons of potentially thousands of students.
SteveWinwood
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Take pride in the good stuff. Micheal Sam, the Cardinals (if you're into that I guess...), you've got a really awesome movie theater in columbia...
Every state has shitty stuff.
Thus perpetuating the ignorance. Hooray. Progress.
Then you go down the rabbit hole of "well, they aren't teaching MY version of creationism! How dare they!"
Without any sort of proof or evidence, why bother teaching fiction?
True Underdog
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Are you advocating the teaching of intelligent design in public schools? Or are you saying in general to let kids learn both (evolution at school, ID at church) and let them decide that way?
Lord Fagan
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Too many americans choose devolution, not evolution. The country is indeed going backwards.
Fenderputty
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Thus ensuring an uneducated base incapable of thinking for themselves. The republican way of getting votes and keeping them.
Because it's not science and has no business in public schools.
Not sure what it's like in the US, but in Germany we have "religious education" classes where you learn about the believes of every big religion.
Fenderputty
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Right .. Religious studies. Not religion taught next to science. These people want intelligent design taught next to evolution.
We have those classes also. The difference between intelligent design and what you're referring to is that one is taught as a "fact" in a science class and the other is an overview of history and religion.
Religious people want their beliefs taught in a science class, specifically a science class.
They don't understand that the bible's story is not a scientific theory, which can be tested/observed. They think that the word "Theory" is the same as "story." Thus the whole herp-derp 'why not teach it as an alternative.' logic. It isn't an alternative scientific theory. Its a story.
SteveWinwood
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High five damn right
Ah, alright. Putting intelligent design in to a science class would of course be pretty crazy. I assumed those parents were worried about their kids learning nothing about religion at all, didn't think they'd go as far and consider it a science.
Which is good, we have that in The Netherlands as well. It's called educating people on beliefs. It's not however telling you that any of these beliefs are rooted in scientific evidence.
I still can't believe the way a first world country like The United States of America has almost 50% of the population believing in creationism. It's downright laughable.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Education is America is state-controlled.
Thus the huge discrepancies in quality, facilities, and policy.
Brian Griffin
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Many people here see teaching evolution as the perversion.
Well the other 50% is laughing. Unfortunately the other side just goes, "Laugh at us, will you? We're gonna fucking double down!"
That is absolutely fucking stupid.
Well, evolution and creationism aren't even in the same ballpark in terms of credibility, so why elevate creationism at all and have it waste time when the kids could be learning something real instead?
just wanna say, I love how completely obvious this is from the outside world looking in.
Its so simple. Yet, we have debates/death threats/court hearings, etc over and over and over again.
the dover case, that ruled creationism isn't science, is an interesting subject to watch if you're interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HZzGXnYL5I
Man, I would have done so much better in school if I only needed to learn stuff from one book.
I know, right? Colleges don't want to teach creationism because they'll lose out on all of their textbook bullshit each year!
"Hey, make sure to buy the 2014 version of the Bible, with special parables that can only be found in the BBL 210 textbook for this year!"
Too many people seriously believe the federal gub'mint wants to enslave them for it to ever be otherwise.
Professor Renegade
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Is Bill Nye going to debate against Missouri next?
RoadHazard
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What's with all these US states trying their hardest to revert to the dark ages lately? The sane parts of the US should break away and form a new country where logic and rationality is allowed to rule.
Some people are stupid, but they don't want other people to think they're stupid, so they do everything they can to make everyone else as dumb as they are.
Unless it's a denominational private school why would they be obligated to teach religious doctrine? I'm as against that as I am not teaching evolution.
Like the hat?
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All I know is if a school tried teaching my sons creationism I'd pull them out of the class.
Dude Abides
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Does this have a reasonable chance of passage or is it just a stunt?
UltimaPooh
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Yes please. I want to meet him.
They can. Not a requirement usually.
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