Should creationism be taught in schools?

**George** · 05-29-2007, 10:49 PM

Should creationism be taught in schools? I think the idea is absurd because that's what churches are for.

Armel P · 05-30-2007, 02:38 AM

Umm... well... I think creationism should be ridiculed in schools. Does that count as teaching?

**SithLord** · 05-30-2007, 09:39 AM

Sure as long as they teach hindu, muslim, branch dividian, satanism, and every other wacko religion's version of how the earth and universe were created.

jaej · 05-30-2007, 01:40 PM

I don't have an issue with ID being taught so much as I have an issue of where it's taught. Let me clarify. It should not, under any circumstances, be taught in science. If you want a religion class fine, but it DOES NOT belong side by side with evolution.

**The An-Jel** · 05-30-2007, 03:14 PM

Keep Creation in the Churches where all mythology is kept... if they have to I believe the combination Sithlord/jaej opinion needs to be done. Personally and I have always believed this... Philosophy 101 should be taught in HS at the Sophmore or Junior year as a requirement and to exploit world religious views and cultural thought with an expanded class for Seniors should students take an interest (an elective)

Maximus · 06-05-2007, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by The An-Jel

Philosophy 101 should be taught in HS at the Sophmore or Junior year as a requirement and to exploit world religious views and cultural thought with an expanded class for Seniors should students take an interest (an elective)

The High School I went to taught Philosophy in Grade 12, but I went to a Catholic school and our teacher was a deacan, he knew almost everything there was to know about philosophy but in his teachings he'd always try to prove how philosophical teachings of Kant for example related to christianity and the bible, he was a religious fanatic obviously and whenever I pitched him the idea of there not being a soul or a heaven or hell and tell him about Spinoza or alike he'd always refer to people like Socrates and say they believe in good blah, blah, blah.

Then in University a friend of mine was taking a Philosophy course and he said the teacher ( heavy Liberal like most professors ) tried to downsize philosophers like Nietzsche and Hume to the point where the class was basically him praising philosophers he agreed with and giving you the biased basics of philosophers he didn't agree with.

Philosophy is almost impossible to teach, you know the person teaching you will not give the full jist, you have to go out and read these books.

Anyway, creationism is a fairytale written by Jews in what, 2000 B.C.? Yeah, hell no, might as well teach kids about Hari Hari Krishna.

411314 · 06-17-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jaej

I don't have an issue with ID being taught so much as I have an issue of where it's taught. Let me clarify. It should not, under any circumstances, be taught in science. If you want a religion class fine, but it DOES NOT belong side by side with evolution.

That's exactly my view.

moorehurst · 06-17-2007, 03:03 PM

This reminds me of the Bruce sketch in Monty Python when John Cleese says something along the lines of "you can teach all the major Marxist philosophers as long as you point out they were wrong."

I don't mind bonkers nonsense being taught in schools. If people then want to believe bonkers nonsense it's up to them. There are people in this world who buy, actually buy with their own hard earned dollars and pounds and euros, music recorded by Natasha Beddingfield. It is their choice, they only do harm to themselves.

I'd rather be taught Marxist philosophy than creationism though.

jaej · 06-17-2007, 03:35 PM

Who is natasha beddingfield?

moorehurst · 06-17-2007, 04:11 PM

Oh, she is an English singer who, apparently, has had hits in the US, producing songs of unspeakable repulsiveness. Apparently before she went mainstream she recorded a track called Jesus is my superhero.

She has a brother called Daniel who some say is even worse.