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Author Topic:   Which religion's creation story should be taught?
Nij
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Message 211 of 331 (584450)
10-01-2010 9:15 PM
Reply to: Message 205 by JRTjr
10-01-2010 2:02 PM


The "religion" of atheism
Thank you for, at least partially, acknowledging that Atheism is a religion.
Holy fuck, he provided the quote in context and still managed to twist it!
How about you read what other people actually wrote instead of reading what you want to hear? It might go some way towards raising opinions of you. Same goes for that stupid curly text; it adds no emphasis whatsoever and makes everybody skip past because it's not worth the time to decipher. Colours are okay if while writing your messages, you remember that the normal background is a dark blue -- use yellow or orange, but not green or blue or purple.
First is the myth that the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America requires that all government entities be completely religiously neutral. I.E. they cannot express any religious opinions at all
It actually does require that. A government employee expressing their own opinion is only expressing their own opinion. This has nothing to do with their official status and it is not that official expressing an official opinion on the subject.
Do you even see the difference between stating your own opinion and stating the government's opinion? If you are stating your own opinion, you are not expressing the government's opinion. If you are stating the government's opinion, you are not stating your own opinion.*
Secondly is the myth that atheism is not taught in public schools; it is, under the guise of science
Bullshit. Science is not atheism, atheism is not science. See the list below for groups that both believe in deities and accept evolution.
Macro-Evolution has been disproved as a scientifically plausible explanation for the existence, and proliferation of life
Macroevolution was never used as a scientific explanation for the existence of life. Maybe if you knew what you were talking about, it would be worth going further with this. As it is, you don't even know enough to understand evolution, let alone discuss it.
The only reason that it is taught as if it were a fact, is because the atheists can not stomach anything that may even suggest that there may be a god; and they have craftily framed their religiously held beliefs in the language and mystique of science.
Then how do you explain all the
  • Christians
  • Sikhs
  • Jews
  • Buddhists
  • Daoists
  • Muslims
  • Shintoists
  • pagans
  • Hindus
  • Jainists
  • Rastafarians
  • and members of nearly every religion in the world
    that accept evolution as the current and only scientific model for explaining the diversity of life?
    {because you'll either ignore or dance around this point, I'll say it now}
    Yeah, didn't think you could.
    * Unless they happen to be the same.

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