facepalm of the day

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...oards_and.html

'theories'

obviously the ouachita school superintendent doesn't know what that word means.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...oards_and.html

'theories'

obviously the ouachita school superintendent doesn't know what that word means.

Nor do you.

Theory
def.
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something.

Supposition
synonyms: belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption .

[dellinger63]

Here's one from Slate that makes the facepalm list.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...ast_lives.html

[somerfrost]

Not getting into semantics, the issue when this debate comes up is what is appropriate to teach in a science class and what is an invasion of religious doctrine into academia. I have no problem if a school wants to offer a class teaching the theory of creationism but I do have a huge problem when evolution is discarded in a science class in favor of a religious belief which by definition is not subject to scientific scrutiny. If one believes that the Christian god created all including mankind that's one's right but it is a religious BELIEF not science.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Not getting into semantics, the issue when this debate comes up is what is appropriate to teach in a science class and what is an invasion of religious doctrine into academia. I have no problem if a school wants to offer a class teaching the theory of creationism but I do have a huge problem when evolution is discarded in a science class in favor of a religious belief which by definition is not subject to scientific scrutiny. If one believes that the Christian god created all including mankind that's one's right but it is a religious BELIEF not science.

creationism isn't a theory.
it kills me when they say 'teach facts' when in fact they don't want to teach facts.

the scotus ruled that they can't teach religion in science class, but some continue to try to find clever ways to get around that ruling.
and then we wonder why other countries are passing us in science. probably because we have too many school districts who don't understand what a scientific Theory is-so how can they teach what they don't understand? or what they deny, when evolution is as proven as something can be.
besides, evolution explains the diversity of life-not how it began. creationism isn't science, the bible isn't a science book. when someone says 'we didn't descend from no monkeys', they're right. but they don't know why they're right.
these school people are entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. it's too bad they refuse to teach science in science. the law should be repealed.
this is one of the things i do have an issue with regarding religion. it's one thing to wish to go to church, to worship as you choose...but quite another to force your beliefs on an entire school full of other peoples children, and break the law in the process...and then they get angry when they get called out for it, because they think they're doing nothing wrong.

[dellinger63]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...x-tourism.html

WTF?

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...x-tourism.html

WTF?

As a member of PETA and other animal rights organizations, I certainly agree with the new law. The fact that it's a new law is astonishing to say the least but bestiality is unfortunately nothing new and is practiced throughout the world.