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Such changes are hailed by the government as increasing freedom of choice in a country that for decades excluded the religiously conservative majority. Opponents say the secular educational system is being threatened.“

The education system is becoming reactionary; [they] are now teaching religion in schools,”

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BucketHead wrote:

Such changes are hailed by the government as increasing freedom of choice in a country that for decades excluded the religiously conservative majority. Opponents say the secular educational system is being threatened.“

The education system is becoming reactionary; [they] are now teaching religion in schools,”

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That's what happens when you let powerbears visit your country.

BucketHead wrote:

Such changes are hailed by the government as increasing freedom of choice in a country that for decades excluded the religiously conservative majority. Opponents say the secular educational system is being threatened.“

The education system is becoming reactionary; [they] are now teaching religion in schools,”

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Haven't read the article due to password, but US driven creationist nonsense is as much of a risk to the progress of mankind as any Islamic idealogy at the moment by virtue of the fact that the US has more influence. Science should be rigourously tested but never dismissed, unless you think a return to the days of the Inquisition represents progress.

ps it's getting big over here too fwiw

odin wrote:Haven't read the article due to password, but US driven creationist nonsense is as much of a risk to the progress of mankind as any Islamic idealogy at the moment by virtue of the fact that the US has more influence.

It's really only an issue in a small set of situations, most related to biological science. Stem cell research, the beginning of life, etc. no one is seriously arguing the earth is flat or that the sun orbits the earth.

nafod wrote:... no one is seriously arguing the earth is flat or that the sun orbits the earth.

You sure about that? The bible says the sun orbits the earth afterall... http://creationwiki.org/Bible_says_the_ ... k.Origins)


And even if we say you are right, is arguing that all life was created 6,000 years ago in exactly the form you see today any better, or any less destructive on young minds??

ZOMG the Bible uses poetic language, we should abandon EVERYTHING EVEN REMOTELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

odin wrote:Haven't read the article due to password, but US driven creationist nonsense is as much of a risk to the progress of mankind as any Islamic idealogy at the moment by virtue of the fact that the US has more influence. Science should be rigourously tested but never dismissed, unless you think a return to the days of the Inquisition represents progress.

ps it's getting big over here too fwiw

Get back to me when Creationists are suicide bombing paleontology exhibits in other countries and we'll talk.

Schlegel wrote:

odin wrote:Haven't read the article due to password, but US driven creationist nonsense is as much of a risk to the progress of mankind as any Islamic idealogy at the moment by virtue of the fact that the US has more influence. Science should be rigourously tested but never dismissed, unless you think a return to the days of the Inquisition represents progress.

ps it's getting big over here too fwiw

Get back to me when Creationists are suicide bombing paleontology exhibits in other countries and we'll talk.

Of all the problems that are barely problems, Christian creationists must be included in that list. An annoyance, yes - a problem, not much. I used to know a lot of fundamentalist creationists and hardly any of them believed in a young earth. They thought that G_d was the clockmaker and that man didn't ascend from apes but other than that I never saw anything that was anti-science. In fact I encountered multiple Christian fundamentalists who were scientists.

In a western democracy, they will never get enough clout to be more than an annoyance.

Fat Cat wrote:ZOMG the Bible uses poetic language, we should abandon EVERYTHING EVEN REMOTELY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

Are you saying there are places where the bible is flat-out incorrect, in error, not true


BTW, not sure why this is now password protected. It was about Muslims in Turkey. Sounded very much like Texas