Many Texas Schools Teach Creationism

[distraff]

Many Texas schools are failing to follow their own rules about the teaching of religion and creationism.

Texas Public Schools: Still Teaching Creationism | Mother Jones
Texas Public Schools Teaching 'End Times' Theology, Creationism: Study

BOTH OF THOSE REFERENCE THE EXACT SAME REPORT I QUOTED FROM!

Thanks for playing.

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Notice how both their titles say the same thing I am saying: Some Texas public schools are teaching creationism. So now after receiving these links, what is your point?

 

[Crackerjaxon]

The laws provide for private school, and that's a good thing in our wonderful country.

Teachers and adults in the private school homes should have regular back ground checks, and all who are teaching should have passed the teacher's state school exam they use for final certification.

Why? How is any of that remotely your business?

 

[PredFan]

Not officially. However some schools in Texas teach creationist ideas. When I talk about creationism in the classroom I am responding to people who think it should be taught there.

And the teaching of creationism hurts you how, exactly?

It is important that we raise a generation of good mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. Teaching kids myths and calling it science harms the science education of our children.

You do not know that they are calling it science and I learned both when I was a kid and i can separate the two. perhaps your kids aren't as smart as Texas' children are.

 

[PredFan]

Do you value science education? How can we be the best in science in the world if some of us teach kids myths and call it science?

First of all, you don't know that they are calling it science, second, it doesn't hurt real science, and third you didn't say how it hurts you exactly.

‘Creationism’ is likely not being taught in Texas pubic schools, at least officially, that would be un-Constitutional. See: Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).

That you fail to understand why conjoining church and state in violation of the Constitution and Framers’ intent is harmful comes as no surprise.

Actually, it comes as no surprise to me that you aren't smart enough to know that separation of church and state is not in the constitution.

Dumbass.

 

[PredFan]

When one teaches creationism anywhere in school, they are damaging science education by confusing children on what is or is not true about our origins.

Your unfounded opinion.

Confusing children about what is true or not is not something our professional educators should be doing.

Most kids are smarter than you give them credit for.

 

[PredFan]

First of all, you don't know that they are calling it science, second, it doesn't hurt real science, and third you didn't say how it hurts you exactly.

When one teaches creationism anywhere in school, they are damaging science education by confusing children on what is or is not true about our origins.

Worse than that. They are teaching those children to mistrust education and the belief scientists have some "ulterior" motive. That's all the right wing teaches these days. Mistrust and lies and suspicion.

No, they aren't you idiot.

 

[PredFan]

You can't prove one invalidates the other is the point: the value systems are different, distraff.

Evolution has mountains of evidence, which means that creationism can't be true. So evolution has invalidated creationism. For example we have thousands of fossils supporting human evolution.

As a believer in evolution, and a great fan of science, i really wish people who know so little about evolution would quit arguning about it. Most often, you hurt the cause.

 

[distraff]

And the teaching of creationism hurts you how, exactly?

It is important that we raise a generation of good mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. Teaching kids myths and calling it science harms the science education of our children.

You do not know that they are calling it science and I learned both when I was a kid and i can separate the two. perhaps your kids aren't as smart as Texas' children are.

Most creationist call creationism science. What I am saying here is teaching creationism as a fact in schools, whether you are calling it science or not is misinforming children.

 

[distraff]

First of all, you don't know that they are calling it science, second, it doesn't hurt real science, and third you didn't say how it hurts you exactly.

‘Creationism’ is likely not being taught in Texas pubic schools, at least officially, that would be un-Constitutional. See: Edwards v. Aguillard (1987).

That you fail to understand why conjoining church and state in violation of the Constitution and Framers’ intent is harmful comes as no surprise.

Actually, it comes as no surprise to me that you aren't smart enough to know that separation of church and state is not in the constitution.

Dumbass.

Do you know what an amendment is? It is a addition or change to something. Once it has been made, it is now part of that thing. That is the whole point with the amendments to the constitution. The separation of church and state is in the 1st amendment of the constitution therefore it is in the consitution.

Think before you profane.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The atheists are wrong, period, about not allowing creationism, ID, whatever, in the liberal arts classroom.

The IDers are wrong, period, about not allowing evolution in the science classroom.

The rest of the world watches the general argument and asks "are they all stooped?"

 

[Missourian]

Many Texas schools are failing to follow their own rules about the teaching of religion and creationism.

Texas Public Schools: Still Teaching Creationism | Mother Jones
Texas Public Schools Teaching 'End Times' Theology, Creationism: Study

BOTH OF THOSE REFERENCE THE EXACT SAME REPORT I QUOTED FROM!

Thanks for playing.

/thread

Notice how both their titles say the same thing I am saying: Some Texas public schools are teaching creationism. So now after receiving these links, what is your point?

Are you mentally challenged?

You need to read BEYOND the title.

The links use as reference the same material I quoted from.

They hope some gullible saps that failed reading comprehension will read the title and an ignore the material they cite.

That would be you.

When you read the cited material, you learn that what the title purports is not supported by the material they cite.

It is sad that I must explain this to you, you are making the other atheists look stupid by association.

 

[rdean]

Tough, rdean. Believe in atheism all you want, but you don't get to teach it in the science classroom.

Unlike "magical creation"?

I hate break it to you Sparkie, but "mysticism" and the "occult" rarely come up in science. So how do right wingers "teach" it?

 

[rdean]

It is important that we raise a generation of good mathematicians, engineers, and scientists. Teaching kids myths and calling it science harms the science education of our children.

You do not know that they are calling it science and I learned both when I was a kid and i can separate the two. perhaps your kids aren't as smart as Texas' children are.

Most creationist call creationism science. What I am saying here is teaching creationism as a fact in schools, whether you are calling it science or not is misinforming children.

I consider it "stoopifying" children. All that there is to learn and the little bit of time they have and right wingers want to waste it on "magic"?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Tough, rdean. Believe in atheism all you want, but you don't get to teach it in the science classroom.

Unlike "magical creation"?

I hate break it to you Sparkie, but "mysticism" and the "occult" rarely come up in science. So how do right wingers "teach" it?

You don't get to teach creationism, Sparky, either. Nor atheism.

Critical thinking and empirical data is how it is taught.

Check your faith beliefs like atheism and religion at the door.

 

[lukelk]

I was taught both, yet it has in no way inhibited my education or evaluation of existence.
I teach my kids both also.
Truth be known, we don't really know which is factual.

Are you kidding me? Yes we do, we have scientific consensus , the issue of evolution is not even in question anymore, there is MORE the. Enough evidence. If you happened to pick up any scientific journal around the world you would see that, story over, but hey if you want your kids to be lame, then have at it.

 

[THORAX]

Who cares. Quit worrying about other people and start worrying about yourself.

 

[Freewill]

There is really no valid theory for the rise of life on Earth. Sorry saying it was just one big crap shoot does not seem scientific to me. Creationism is just as valid as any other theory or thought. Even if the creationism is a variation of panspermia.

 

[Katzndogz]

The Bible doesn't say anything about how old the earth is. The 6,000 year figure isn't the age of the earth. It's the number of years of Christ's lineage from Adam and Eve to the birth of Jesus. Even as stupid as secularists are they should have figured out that 6,000 years would now be 8,000 years. They are so invested in 6,000 years they can't stop.

The story of creation is remarkable in that, for it's time, the steps are scientifically accurate. Atheists want to quibble over what a day is. The facts of what came first and in which order follows right along with that is known about evolution.

To further piss in atheist corn flakes, dinosaurs are not mentioned anywhere in the Bible or any other religious document.

 

[Toro]

Creationism

rofl

 

[blackhawk]

Unless these are being made into required courses so what.