[Comment left on an article in Nature , the UK's premier science journal...]
Let's look at simple facts: is it really scientific to teach a theory that relies on Random Big Bangs, Chance chemical soup & Trillions of genetic mistakes turning hydrogen into you & i?! 'In the beginning God created the heavens & the earth': a 'round earth', 'hanging on nothing', in 'stretched out' space, where the 'sun circuits the heavens', & everything only reproduces 'After its Kind' - now that's observable science, written down under inspiration some 700 to 2000 yrs ago. What you should be doing is teaching how to think, not what to think.
25 comments
Haha, this post is like going into a Chelsea fan club wearing Liverpool memerobila (or for you Yanks, walking into a Chicago Bears fan club wearing Favre's jersey).
That being said, I'm tired of arguing how Biblical stories isn't science.
"How to think" is actually a monologue album by Steve Allen. It's great for the younguns. Curiously it doesn't ever mention "do what the Bible tells you". On the other hand, I still get the "Limbic System" song stuck in my head every once in a while.
ArmandT:
Either that, or going anywhere near Boston with a Yankees cap on.
For the Aussies: It's like going anywhere in NSW wearing a Maroons jersey during State of Origin.
"What you should be doing is teaching how to think, not what to think."
I laughed my arse off when I read this. Mirror, mirror anyone? Or "take some of your own advice" maybe?
1. one big bang not "big bangs " a 'round earth', 'hanging on nothing', in 'stretched out' space, where the 'sun circuits the heavens', & everything only reproduces 'After its Kind' - now that's observable science and yet it took fundies many centuries to finally admit that although some still seem to be surprised when monkeys don't give birth to humansWhat you should be doing is teaching how to think, not what to think agreed.
I'm sorry, you seem to have a misconception of science common amongst religious retards. You see, the theory of evolution does not depend on genetic mistakes, the theory of evolution came first, and the observation of genetic mistakes (yes, they've been observed) validates the theory.
I do like that he claims God creating the heavens and the earth is 'observable science'. I guess they edited that bit out of Genesis.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the impartial observers did see that he had done this, and did take notes and measurements - and lo even a video record - so that this would later be confirmable by independant scientists.
"What you should be doing is teaching how to think, not what to think."
Except that in your case you haven't been taught either how to think OR what to think. Even being taught what to think would be a vast improvement over being taught what to believe through blind faith.
Next on the tour is the town of Epic Fail. If you'll look to the left, you will see a gigantic strawman being knocked down. Now, if you'll all look to the right, you will see mysterious, ambiguous, and yet-to-be-defined Biblical terms being used as if they mean anything scientific. Now pay attention, folks, because in a few moments we'll be passing the pot calling the kettle black.
"What you should be doing is teaching how to think, not what to think."
I agree wholeheartedly, science classes don't devote enough time to the scientific method. Maybe if people were able to rat it off from memory, there would be a lot less Fundies in the world?
(And if you don't teach the theories, no one will ever expand upon them. Duh.)
Yes it is , because each step of the process (because no, evolution does not explain how you turn a big bang into a human) has been documented in its large length.
All you have is an old book with hearsays about a hippie.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.
