Evolutionary Debate

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RUE

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:20 AM

"A) It is guaranteed that evolution and science will never be taught to kids in a way where the kids are made to feel pressured that they have to choose one or the other. (God/Religion or Evolution/Science)"

I don't think science is creating the showdown. It's the religious folk who say 'my way or the highway.'

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:22 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
"A) It is guaranteed that evolution and science will never be taught to kids in a way where the kids are made to feel pressured that they have to choose one or the other. (God/Religion or Evolution/Science)"

I don't think science is creating the showdown. It's the religious folk who say 'my way or the highway.'

This is because there is no religion in school and Science already won...

Next....

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RUE

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:23 AM

I keep most of my personal and professional life off of here for many reasons.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:24 AM

In all seriousness Rue, that is the most brilliant thing I've ever heard you say.

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RUE

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:28 AM

"This is because there is no religion in school and Science already won...

Next...."

There is no religion in school b/c, well, government funded-schools aren't supposed to teach religion. People can learn their religion from their church/ temple/ synagogue/ family/ whatever.

Bur science isn't taught in those places, so it's taught in schools. You know, science, that useful set of theories that makes your computer possible.

KHYRON

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:28 AM

Rue a government yes-woman? Lol. But I agree, a future where kids grow up to be questioning and independent thinkers would indeed be scary. We need more sheep.

I dismissed God when I found out there are no such things as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. It was a very traumatic day for me.

I think I was 21.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Khyron:
Rue a government yes-woman? Lol. But I agree, a future where kids grow up to be questioning and independent thinkers would indeed be scary. We need more sheep.

I dismissed God when I found out there are no such things as Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. It was a very traumatic day for me.

I think I was 21.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

Do you realize how rediculous you sound? You have closed your mind. Freedom from God isn't the same thing as freedom of the mind. Or vice versa. If you haven't been paying attention, I haven't made up my mind either way on any of this. To be a little kid and say there is no God is sad. I was probably around 19 when I stopped praying and now I don't know what I believe. But to come out and say that there is no God and then say you're not sheeple because of that belief is plain lunacy.

And Rue, evolution didn't do anything to make my computer work, unless of course, you're teaching the evolution of the typewriter to the modernday PC.

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KHYRON

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:37 AM

In that context, the "we need more sheep" comment was meant in reaction to your comment that it would be a scary future if kids grew up to be like rue.

But if you want to see it as a knock against believers, go ahead.

"To be a little kid and say there is no God is sad" - no, it was actually quite liberating. It meant I could finally be naughty without fearing any lightning bolts from above.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:54 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Khyron:
In that context, the "we need more sheep" comment was meant in reaction to your comment that it would be a scary future if kids grew up to be like rue.

But if you want to see it as a knock against believers, go ahead.

The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.

Well, your post seemed very anti religious, so I really don't see how you expected me to think you meant anything differently.

Many apologies to Rue here if I made a mistake, and I will admit that I am a bastard if I am mixing up people here, but wasn't it Rue who not only said that we should all have mandatory vaccinations, but also that homosexuality is genetic and now that atheism = free thought.

Ohhh.... wait a minute. I see what's going on here. You aren't pro Government Rue. You're just a die-hard liberal. Well that makes all the difference.

I hate Demoncrats and Repuglicans alike. We can probably agree that George Bush will go down in history as our worst president ever. Anyone who comes in after him is going to look like gold. It's like singing karaokee after the worst singer in the bar goes. You're going to look good no matter how much you suck. Once the Demoncrats get back in they can resume selling our country out behind our backs so we aren't aware of it happening like Clinton did.

Rue stands for everything that is not free thinking. I don't see how believing that your sexuality is predetermined and you should have no input in wheather or not you or your children get vaccinations is any different than Christians who believe in predetermined destiny, other than it's the same approach from an opposite standpoint. That still ain't freedom. I'm willing to bet that you're an anti-smoke health Nazi too Rue. Prove me wrong here.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, February 9, 2007 7:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Khyron:
"To be a little kid and say there is no God is sad" - no, it was actually quite liberating. It meant I could finally be naughty without fearing any lightning bolts from above.

Well that's fine. I do a lot of shit that would get me in a lot of trouble up there too, so I'd probably be pretty worried too. Sometimes your conscience alone ain't enough to keep people from doing wrong. Some much more wrong than others. I hope your gamble pays off for you. I'm surely not judging you here.

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