Why some politicians are more dangerous than others

[jhale667]

Now that's just ridiculous Sesh! Everyone knows the Earth is only 6,000 years old!

...And that the fossil record was put here by Satan to trick us! He invented carbon dating too, that sneaky hoary host of the neitherworld....

[Seshmeister]

To be fair Elvis is not a young earth creationist.

Most Christians aren't, those that are are clearly ignorant or very stupid.

[FORD]

Loch Ness monster cited by US schools as evidence that evolution is myth

By CLAIRE MCKIN
Published on Monday 25 June 2012 14:05

THOUSANDS of American school pupils are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real – in an attempt by religious teachers to disprove Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Pupils attending privately-run Christian schools in the southern state of Louisiana will learn from textbooks next year, which claim Scotland’s most famous mythological beast is a living creature.

Thousands of children are to receive publicly-funded vouchers enabling them to attend the schools – which follow a strict fundamentalist curriculum.

The Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) programme teaches controversial religious beliefs, aimed at disproving evolution and proving creationism.

Youngsters will be told that if it can be proved that dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time as man, then Darwinism is fatally flawed.

Critics have slammed the content of the religious course books, labelling them “bizarre” and accusing them of promoting radical religious and political ideas.

One ACE textbook called Biology 1099, Accelerated Christian Education Inc reads: “Are dinosaurs alive today? Scientists are becoming more convinced of their existence.

“Have you heard of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland? ‘Nessie’ for short has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by eyewitnesses, and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a plesiosaur.”

Another claim taught is that a Japanese whaling boat once caught a dinosaur.

One former pupil, Jonny Scaramanga, 27, who went through the ACE programme as a child, but now campaigns against Christian fundamentalism, said the Nessie claim was presented as “evidence” that evolution could not have happened.

He added: “The reason for that is they’re saying if Noah’s flood only happened 4,000 years ago, which they believe literally happened, then possibly a sea monster survived.

“If it was millions of years ago then that would be ridiculous. That’s their logic. It’s a common thing among creationists to believe in sea monsters.”

Private religious schools, including the Eternity Christian Academy in Westlake, Louisiana, which follows the ACE curriculum, have already been cleared to receive the state voucher money transferred from public school funding, thanks to a bill pushed through by Republican state governor Bobby Jindal, a Hindu convert to Catholicism.

Boston-based researcher and writer Bruce Wilson, who specialises in the American political religious right, said: “One of these texts from Bob Jones University Press claims that dinosaurs were fire-breathing dragons. It has little to do with science as we currently understand. It’s more like medieval scholasticism.”

Mr Wilson believes that such fundamentalist Christian teaching is going on in at least 13 American states.

He added: “There’s a lot of public funding going to private schools, probably around 200,000 pupils are receiving this education.

“The majority of parents now home schooling their kids are Christian fundamentalists too. I don’t believe they should be publicly funded, I don’t believe the schools who use these texts should be publicly funded.”

http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-ness-monster-cited-by-us-schools-as-evidence-that-evolution-is-myth-1-2373903

[ELVIS]

I don't believe that story...

[Nitro Express]

That little piece of Mormon doctrine always cracked Us up even more than the bit about Satan being My brother.

Mormons are into doing things big. The Muslims limit the number to 72. Mormons are into eternity and seed more than the grains of sand on the beach. You don't go to heaven, you become a god.

[Nitro Express]

Honestly life is too short to argue about this shit. You only have to look at the people who used to visit this place who are no longer with us to realize our mortal existence here is limited and can end at anytime. You will go. A few friends and relatives might mourn, some might celebrate. To most people on this rock, you are just one less asshole taking up space.

[binnie]

The fundamental problem with a study like this is that is based on a relatively small level of data - although we may be talking thousands of people, as a percentage of the entire US population it is very small and therefore not an accurate indicator of changing behaviour patterns in a society. The smaller the numbers, the more variations in the data seems significant (when in fact it is illusory).

[Seshmeister]

Yeah the original research looked kind of weak to me to be honest but I thought it would be good for a thread.

[ELVIS]

Lmao !!

[ELVIS]

Why can't I have all caps ??

[Seshmeister]

We're worried about you coming across badly.

[ELVIS]

LmAo !!