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In reply to the discussion: the 4th grade science test that has gone viral: sad but its true [View all]Brimley
(139 posts)140. Statement from Sarah Palin
"Well Todd and I are thrilled that the Mavericky teacher who wrote this test was not intimidated by those lamestream 'scientists' with their 'knowledge' and 'facts' but instead chose to teach the Lord's Truth to these kids in defiance of President Obama's plan to turn our children into Muslim Atheist Socialist gay people who can't have kids out of wedlock like my Bristol did God Bless Her youbetcha!"
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Amen! I feel bad for the President's children, who must be getting a second rate education
hughee99
Apr 2013
#5
To paint all home schooling with the same brush as this school is wrong.
Lady Freedom Returns
Apr 2013
#149
This is what we deserve when we put religious beliefs on a pedestal and shield it from criticism.
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#2
Sorry, but you don't get to define "child abuse" based on whatever suits your mood.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#37
I edited. Putting me back on ignore? Now I don't need to read YOUR shitty attitude.
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#56
Sorry, but I've had my fill of bandying words with willfully ignorant and obtuse people for one day.
eqfan592
Apr 2013
#161
It may not be actual child abuse, but does come damn close sometimes, IMO. n/t
AverageJoe90
Apr 2013
#51
I do too. They are crippled. Both in critical thinking and how the world works.
we can do it
Apr 2013
#164
NO! You are free to believe whatever you want. You should not be free to force...
TheMadMonk
Apr 2013
#18
So parents can't raise their children in a particular religious upbringing?
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#24
Again, just the above example, or should all religious teaching be criminalized? /nt
demwing
Apr 2013
#88
religious education is one thing, indoctrination into a particular religion another.
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#126
You Hit on My Thoughts Exactly. They'll Be So Far Behind Other Students in College
dballance
Apr 2013
#13
Wait-- is the "vast majority" of Christianity evolution-denying fundamentalists or not?
Marr
Apr 2013
#118
You believe that man lived amongst dinosaurs and the earth is only 6000 years old...
truebrit71
Apr 2013
#55
I'm not sure about 6,000 years old, but I do believe 10,000 years or younger. nt.
TimberValley
Apr 2013
#59
Believing it to be true doesn't make it so, and believing in the fact of contrary facts...
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#62
You can agree all you want, but you will continue to be wrong and wilfully ignorant.
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#60
Republicans win because there are those like yourself that would prefer we ignore reality
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#75
It should be illegal to deliberately teach lies and call yourself a 'school'
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2013
#115
telling kids santa is real is WAY WAY different than telling them god is real.
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#130
i don't think it should be outlawed, but curriculum should be secular.
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#138
Teaching ones child about ones relgion is one thing, brainwashing them to believe nonsense is anothe
cleanhippie
Apr 2013
#142
As Frank Schaeffer described it - "The home school and Christian school movement are creating the
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#116