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Message 37 of 52 (781502)
04-04-2016 8:40 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by starlite
04-04-2016 8:30 PM


Re: A Hypothetical Question
What's wrong with I don't know? Why teach kids something made up to pretend you do?
I see nothing wrong with teaching kids the best science has to offer, based on evidence, logic and reason, instead of teaching them old tribal myths that have had a lot of refutations over the years?
Just because you believe it doesn't make it so.
(See also taglines, below.)

Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.
Belief gets in the way of learning--Robert A. Heinlein
In the name of diversity, college student demands to be kept in ignorance of the culture that made diversity a value--StultisTheFool
It's not what we don't know that hurts, it's what we know that ain't so--Will Rogers
If I am entitled to something, someone else is obliged to pay--Jerry Pournelle
If a religion's teachings are true, then it should have nothing to fear from science...--dwise1
"Multiculturalism" demands that the US be tolerant of everything except its own past, culture, traditions, and identity.

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