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ladjf

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19. No, it was an early grade school teacher. She was also putting out some bad

Reply to edhopper (Reply #17)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 03:43 PM

Jun 2015

information about Earth science, a.k.a. Creationism. I believe it is child abuse for a professional teacher to substitute religious notions under the guise of "science". However, most smart and inquisitive students can eventually recover from the dose of ignorance.

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Were You There? As a creationist kid, I was determined not to learn about evolution. [View all] mr blur Jun 2015 OP

Evolution is "written in stone". nt ladjf Jun 2015 #1

I get it. edhopper Jun 2015 #10

Beautiful fossil. (From China, I believe.) ladjf Jun 2015 #16

I hope it wasn't a science teacher. edhopper Jun 2015 #17

No, it was an early grade school teacher. She was also putting out some bad ladjf Jun 2015 #19

creationist never evolve safeinOhio Jun 2015 #2

Yes I was LostOne4Ever Jun 2015 #3

I love Shortpacked. Too bad it ended last year. AtheistCrusader Jun 2015 #4

Yeah, I never quite got that one. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #6

"Jesus died on the cross for our sins!" trotsky Jun 2015 #9

The answer is that god told them Lordquinton Jun 2015 #26

Ding ding ding! trotsky Jun 2015 #28

Gah!! gcomeau Jun 2015 #27

This is so weird to me. tymorial Jun 2015 #5

I attended Catholic School from grades 1-7, and our science education was very good. Maedhros Jun 2015 #30

Fortunately, for some reason, at a relatively young age drm604 Jun 2015 #7

While of course the science teacher needs to teach accepted science, SheilaT Jun 2015 #8

The types of people who use this argument inevitably reply with... gcomeau Jun 2015 #14

How do you know, were YOU there...(nt) LostOne4Ever Jun 2015 #20

While appreciating that's the valid logical rebuttal... gcomeau Jun 2015 #21

The only way to penetrate a young earth creationist's skull requires power tools. :D (nt) LostOne4Ever Jun 2015 #22

I avoid discussing science with creationists... rexcat Jun 2015 #24

I tend to do it for the benefit of the audience... gcomeau Jun 2015 #25

It's a good jumping off question for how to know things... jberryhill Jun 2015 #18

I went to Catholic grammar school in the '50s. nichomachus Jun 2015 #11

Well, if you want to get technical, adding a god at any step of the process goes against science.n/t trotsky Jun 2015 #12

I'm not that interested in getting technical. I thought it was a good compromise on their part. nichomachus Jun 2015 #15

Which is exactly the problem. gcomeau Jun 2015 #23

Some people will always insist on "god of the gaps" Warpy Jun 2015 #29

How do you know Adam ate an apple? Were you there? hvn_nbr_2 Jun 2015 #13

To be fair, none of those things actually happened, so you're comparing apples to oranges. Maedhros Jun 2015 #31

I was taught creationism in grade school, but as I got older and started reading archaeology demosincebirth Jun 2015 #32