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> Homer stated in post bibvd8-024.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx on 6/30/11 3:56 PM:
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> ____/ Homer on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 21:32 : \____
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that RonB spake thusly:
>>>>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:27 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>> ____/ Rex Ballard on Thursday 30 Jun 2011 14:07 : \____
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For me, it was God working a miracle anonymously.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That was a good post until that last line (maybe a metaphor though)
>>>>>> ;-
>>>>>
>>>>> Religious belief should be "censored" now?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not religious, but equally I'm not venomously anti-religious - a
>>>> disturbing trend in today's society. Imperialist history and certain
>>>> fundamentalist beliefs aside (Jihadism), there's nothing immoral
>>>> about religion per se, and indeed I share many (but not all) of the
>>>> moral tenets expounded by certain religions, even if I don't share
>>>> their members' faith. In fact, in many ways some members of the
>>>> anti-religion movement behave like /it/ is a religion, and a rather
>>>> Jihadist one at that. It's spiteful, bigoted and unnecessary, IMO,
>>>> like homophobia. The fact that I'm not religious shouldn't mean I'm
>>>> at war with those who are.
>>>
>>> What if a school teaches your kid that dinosaurs lived with humans
>>> (for example)?
>>
>> My school taught me that an atom is a ball with electrons flying around
>> the outside of it in a linear fashion. That turned out to be inaccurate
>> too. Should I have launched a Jihad against all science because of that
>> fact?
>>
>> I can think of far more important things to worry about than the origin
>> of the species, whatever it may be. Presumably those Texan children get
>> taught to read, write and count, without Darwinism or Creationism being
>> a problem. If people choose to teach their children their beliefs, then
>> that's none of my business. Those children grow up eventually, discover
>> this miraculous thing called an opinion, and decide for themselves what
>> to believe in.
>
> I think it is important to teach science in school. I find it sad you do
> not agree, but given your past admission that evidence and science are not
> important to the way you build your views (at least in some areas), I am not
> surprised.
>
>> I'm not going to persecute people for merely /having/ an
>> opinion, especially if the opinion has no detrimental effect on my life
>> whatsoever. They're not attacking me, so why should I attack them?
>
> People can have whatever opinions they want - but that does not give them
> the right to teach religion as science.
> ...
No, not "religion"... "intelligent design" (paint religion as a science)... the religious
dogma fund this lobby group, the Discovery Institute, to substitute real science
with bogus one. Similar to the way Microsoft pays front groups to pretend to
represent small businesses.
The situation in the UK is vastly different, so people don't appreciate that
it's a problem (globally). Heck, in the US, some schools will teach kids
that the Earth is 6,000 years old, that radiometric dating is a scam,
and diversity of species is "just a theory" (yeah, like gravity!).
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~~ Best of wishes
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