How dare they even question what you're trying to get your kids to accept as fact?!?! A different point of view........NEVER!
There's a difference between a point of view and a belief that is in direct opposition to decades of scientific knowledge.
BlitzCraig64
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no matter which side you take in this debate....you have to realize that most parents who send their children to a private Christian school do so for education following their beliefs.....otherwise they would let them go to public schools or a private school with no religious affiliation. These parents have that right in this country.....don't agree with it....teach elsewhere.....
Of course, we did not come from monkeys. You didn't know that, teaching in a Christian School and all?
Here is knowledge resulting in a fact, this is what scientific theory is, its not your average theory you like to belive it is
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/evo/blfaq_sci_theory.htm
Even if it's true for decades, scientific theory is still theory; that's part of what makes it empirical, the fact that it can be disproved.
scientific theories only change slightly, they dont get changed to something completely different
This link puts it the best
http://wilstar.com/theories.htm
"A scientific law is like a slingshot. A slingshot has but one moving part--the rubber band. If you put a rock in it and draw it back, the rock will fly out at a predictable speed, depending upon the distance the band is drawn back.
An automobile has many moving parts, all working in unison to perform the chore of transporting someone from one point to another point. An automobile is a complex piece of machinery. Sometimes, improvements are made to one or more component parts. A new set of spark plugs that are composed of a better alloy that can withstand heat better, for example, might replace the existing set. But the function of the automobile as a whole remains unchanged.
A theory is like the automobile. Components of it can be changed or improved upon, without changing the overall truth of the theory as a whole.
Some scientific theories include the theory of evolution, the theory of relativity, and the quantum theory. All of these theories are well documented and proved beyond reasonable doubt. Yet scientists continue to tinker with the component hypotheses of each theory in an attempt to make them more elegant and concise, or to make them more all-encompassing. Theories can be tweaked, but they are seldom, if ever, entirely replaced."
scientific theory != everyday theory
If you want to support God made people that is fine if you bring evidence to the table otherwise please STF.
Ok, you mention 1) its a private CHRISTIAN affiliated school, 2)you introduce all possible theories to your students.
Yet you never introduced creationism to them as a theory apparently....and you say you are open minded, but when the preacher is presenting the creationism theory and your students turn around to look to you for approval, you shake your head no. How is that being open minded and letting them open up their minds?
And in your disclaimer you claim that you have considerable respect for all religions, yet you completely despise the fact that they introduced another theory to the students that BILLIONS of people in this world believe.
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You work for a Christian affiliated school. They are free to bring in whomever they feel like to present the opposite side of the story. Feel lucky that they're willing to do that, even though the guy turned out to be a tool. My highschool allowed a privately funded (and fairly militant) gay advocacy organization to come into the school and preach hatred against religions, yet refused to allow a local pastor to come in (Unitarian, was willing to do same-sex marraiges too).
Jeff7
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You didn't see my post, so here it is again:
I read something Creationism as science:
?For instance, the law of gravity states that more massive objects exert a stronger gravitational attraction than do objects with less mass when distance is held constant. This is a scientific law because it could be falsified if newly-discovered objects operate differently with respect to gravitational attraction. In contrast, the core idea among creationists is that species were placed on earth fully-formed by some supernatural entity. Obviously, there is no scientific method by which such a belief could be shown to be false. Since this special creation view is impossible to falsify, it is not science at all and the term creation science is an oxymoron. Creation science is a religious belief and as such, does not require that it be falsifiable.?
- ?Ten myths of science: Reexamining what we think we know about the nature of science?, by William F. McComas
Summary: Creation is not valid, falsifiable scientific theory, and thus cannot be taught as such.
GTaudiophile
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