Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

[Elizabeth]

Would you let me teach evolution in your church?

Of course not!

Creation is a matter of religion, evolution is a matter of science. Which is why "intelligent design" should not be taught in public schools as if it were science. I don't have a problem with creation being taught in schools, but it should be taught in religion classes where it belongs, not in science classes. I think you'll all agree with me that creation isn't scientific.

If you have a problem with your kids learning evolution at all, homeschool them or send them to private Christian school. Just because you don't want YOUR kids to learn something doesn't mean that knowledge has to be withheld from everybody.

[Ebenezer Wright]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

Why do you have such a problem with the truth being taught to our children? Do you really want your children thinking that they are mere monkeys? Not to mention, they will burn in hell for all eternity for this wacko belief.

[Nobar King]

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'Intelligent design' is a lot better than 'stupid design'.

[WickedWitch]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

Would you let me teach evolution in your church?

Of course not!

Creation is a matter of religion, evolution is a matter of science. Which is why "intelligent design" should not be taught in public schools as if it were science. I don't have a problem with creation being taught in schools, but it should be taught in religion classes where it belongs, not in science classes. I think you'll all agree with me that creation isn't scientific.

If you have a problem with your kids learning evolution at all, homeschool them or send them to private Christian school. Just because you don't want YOUR kids to learn something doesn't mean that knowledge has to be withheld from everybody.

I completely agree with you. I also have to add that I think that if children are going to be taught the Christian creation myth (in religion classes only, of course), then they must also be taught the creation myth of every other religion out there, Pagan religions included. Each one should be discussed as being equal with the others, with no preference given to any specific creation myth. Honestly, though, I'd much prefer my future children learn about evolution. I'll teach them religion at home; at school I want them learning standard academic subjects.

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

Would you let me teach evolution in your church?

Of course not!

Creation is a matter of religion, evolution is a matter of science. Which is why "intelligent design" should not be taught in public schools as if it were science. I don't have a problem with creation being taught in schools, but it should be taught in religion classes where it belongs, not in science classes. I think you'll all agree with me that creation isn't scientific.

If you have a problem with your kids learning evolution at all, homeschool them or send them to private Christian school. Just because you don't want YOUR kids to learn something doesn't mean that knowledge has to be withheld from everybody.

This is typical LIEbral thuggery – take my tax money away from me to support the schools and then try to tell me what you are going to teach with my money.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

What is the point of Evilution?

How would we have been worse off if, when Darwin said, “By George! I think I’ve got it!” His wife had said,

“Yes, yes, Charles, now can you find a real job?”

And he’d gone off to be a illustrator of Bibles or something useful and never mentioned monkeys again?

I think this encapsulates the pointlessness of teaching Evilution.

PS I think your idea that rabbits became horses is mad.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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Elizabeth, you are up against big guns here. In a short but brilliantly argued piece, Mr. Eric Hovind dismisses evolution.

http://www.drdino.com/letting-god-create-your-day.php

Hydraulics are part of our everyday lives. Fluids – such as the brake fluid used in your car – cannot be compressed, so when you step on the brake pedal that fluid can be forced from a cylinder into the braking mechanisms attached to your wheels. All hydraulic machines work in a similar way because the fluid used will flow easily to areas where there is less pressure.

Our Creator made great use of hydraulic principles in many of His creations. We have rigid bones and use fluid to expand and contract our muscles to bend and then stretch our legs. But the spider, for example, does not have a rigid skeleton, so it uses muscles to bend its legs, then pumps fluid into its leg to straighten it out.

The North American Dwarf mistletoe builds up hydraulic pressure equal to that found in a truck tire in order to catapult its seeds out to a distance of almost 50 feet at a speed close to 60 miles per hour. The squirting cucumber found in the Mediterranean area uses the same principle to propel its seeds up to forty feet.

Unless you think that the brake system in your car came together by chance and natural forces, it doesn't make any sense to believe that spiders and other plants and animals came about without a Designer and Creator.

It is only a pity that Eric’s father, Dr Kent Hovind, is presently serving a ten-year prison sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution, Edgefield, South Carolina, on 58 federal charges, otherwise, I’m sure he would have presented the argument even more clearly.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

Would you let me teach evolution in your church?

Of course not!

Of course not, because the Bible forbids it.

1 Corinthians 14:34-36
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Now shut up and go fetch me a sandwich!

[Hieronymous Bosch]

Re: Evolution vs. Creation in Schools

Would you let me teach evolution in your church?

Of course not!

Creation is a matter of religion, evolution is a matter of science. Which is why "intelligent design" should not be taught in public schools as if it were science. I don't have a problem with creation being taught in schools, but it should be taught in religion classes where it belongs, not in science classes. I think you'll all agree with me that creation isn't scientific.

If you have a problem with your kids learning evolution at all, homeschool them or send them to private Christian school. Just because you don't want YOUR kids to learn something doesn't mean that knowledge has to be withheld from everybody.

I think you are on to something Lizzy. We should just privatize all the schools. Get rid of public schools altogether and then you stupid liberal atheists can teach whatever you want in your schools and we Christians can teach what we want in our schools. The government would give us vouchers and we can teach our kids where-ever we want. This would eliminate all of the fighting at the school board meetings. Also, we wouldn't have all these school buses polluting the atmosphere with their diesel engines. Why if we got rid of all school buses I bet that would really lower the carbon emissions from the US. Yep, I'm going to speak to Pastor Deacon Fred about us supporting eliminating public schools altogether. I'll bet there will be a whole lot more Christian private schools than atheist public schools, too. Another good result will we will get rid of that demonic NEA that is ruining the school system.
Col 2:8: "Beware lest any man spoil you through Philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Paul new first hand about Philosophy. He started out as a scientist when he was named Saul. He became a blasphemous murderer but on his way to Damascus our Lord, Jesus Christ, gave him a dope slap upside the head. After a couple of years he became a preeminent scholar.
Maybe, one of these days Jesus will give Lizzy a dope slap.