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billh58

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40. I totally agree with members of COPE --
Sat Jan 18, 2014, 07:23 PM
Jan 2014

since they have not evolved beyond the single-cell stage, we shouldn't be teaching them complicated shit like science, math, or logic. The Talking Snake can teach them all of the basics they need to know.

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So, does this group plan to close the medical school? greymattermom Jan 2014 #1
Who knows ... sometimes it's so bizarre words pale to describe what RKP5637 Jan 2014 #2
The National Center for Science Education calls COPE’s lawsuit “silly” and “frivolous,” riversedge Jan 2014 #3
Anymore, I think many of the RW are organically dysfunctional, it's difficult RKP5637 Jan 2014 #4
Well, start with---they are unable to comprehend that their thoughts are riversedge Jan 2014 #13
Yep! In short, there just ain't much to work with when all you're talking to with RKP5637 Jan 2014 #19
Um hmmm... Berlum Jan 2014 #5
Very much a good read: Kansas Board Votes to Adopt Common Science Standards on June 12, 2013 riversedge Jan 2014 #6
I am very grateful Kansas' presence DrDan Jan 2014 #7
Yes, there are many good Kansans. Sadly, the state gets knocked because of the RKP5637 Jan 2014 #10
It seems to me they are openly admitting teaching religion amounts to indoctrination Bandit Jan 2014 #8
Yep, they are just parrots, they don't think! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #35
No science is not a belief system, it's a heuristic method, empiricism, that is all. bemildred Jan 2014 #9
It would be interesting to see a correlation of these individuals knowledge of RKP5637 Jan 2014 #11
I worry about the Kansas kids who want a future in the sciences theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #12
It's a total mind twister. They make absolutely no sense and have an extremely strange RKP5637 Jan 2014 #36
What I don't and never have understood is why any of the thinking people that Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #14
There have been wackos everywhere I've ever lived struggle4progress Jan 2014 #16
There are wackos everywhere, it's just that most places don't put them in charge of anything. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #20
Many do. I think with better communications of today, etc., many are recognizing more RKP5637 Jan 2014 #18
why would any thinking person want to live in a state where elected officials would vote for slavery DrDan Jan 2014 #33
Well then, buy-bye physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry as well. Barack_America Jan 2014 #15
What Kansas doesn't get (TPTB) IMO is highly educated people leave Kansas. Many people RKP5637 Jan 2014 #17
Think about this .... earthside Jan 2014 #27
This is nuts, and they are clueless! n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #21
Lawsuit to challenge doctors who practice science, Christians seek to bar anyone who studied science Coyotl Jan 2014 #22
COPE fighting the good fight against Scientific Materialism mathematic Jan 2014 #23
I know I should not laugh but nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #24
I saw the 'Virgin? Mary' once in a Petri dish! RKP5637 Jan 2014 #34
*Headbangdesk* Lunacee_2013 Jan 2014 #25
Definitely what is going on ... in Kansas, for example, there are many schools for RKP5637 Jan 2014 #37
Brownbackistan workinclasszero Jan 2014 #26
My Maternal Grandmother was born in Kansas Stainless Jan 2014 #28
They are, and many give them a free pass in the US. They are a destructive RKP5637 Jan 2014 #38
Evolution being a religion makes about as much sense as creationism being a science!!!! benld74 Jan 2014 #29
Well said!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #39
Then magic ocurrs is never a valid hypothesis hootinholler Jan 2014 #30
Science is very much anti-religion. Vashta Nerada Jan 2014 #31
What a Bizarro World notion. n/t Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #32
I totally agree with members of COPE -- billh58 Jan 2014 #40
Never underestimate the stupidity of flat earth morans Major Nikon Jan 2014 #41
Belief in Creation Science versus Science without Creation Science. Festivito Jan 2014 #42
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