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Unread 08-21-2009, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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That's good to hear. I was about to go insane myself from the thought of it not being properly taught
It is being taught (evolution). My son learned about it in science.

And they are not getting "Bible teachers" to teach this class.
They are being very careful how this class is taught and by whom due to it's potential "religious" nature.

It's also only worth 1/2 credit so it's only a 4 month class as well.

Give it a semester or two and see how it goes; it is an elective after all and only then if 15 or more students sign up for it.
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Unread 08-21-2009, 11:24 PM
 
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Careful, objective study of the Bible is what caused me to lose my faith and eventually become an atheist. It is interesting and important culturally, but it takes a lot of mental gymnastics to believe everything in that book is true. Once I started questioning the Bible, the questions kept coming! It's turned out to be a wonderful thing for me and a jumping off point for exploring spirituality beyond religion. As a mother, I have no problem with my children studying the Bible in an objective manner. That is something we do at home as well as study other religions and philosophy.

I think the bill sponsor's intent - to introduce Christianity into public schools - is probably going to backfire here.

I feel sorry for the teachers chosen to conduct this class. They are going to become a lightning rod for controversy. Either they won't teach it favorably enough towards Christianity, or they will - either way people will not be happy!
Then you're proof that this should not bother the atheists in the least.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 06:50 AM
 
Location: Fairfield County, CT
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Then you're proof that this should not bother the atheists in the least.
Except there is no way a teacher who has a Christian agenda (and let's face it, in Bumblespear, Texas, many do), will teach in an objective manner. They will teach from their own theistic perspective.

Hence it's better to leave it out of the public schools and teach it in church, where it belongs.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Geez, if my husband (who teaches Earth science) even TRIED to teach about Creationism, he'd be fired in a second here in NYC schools. I don't even know why this is up for debate. The Bible and school should be totally separated.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Geez, if my husband (who teaches Earth science) even TRIED to teach about Creationism, he'd be fired in a second here in NYC schools. I don't even know why this is up for debate. The Bible and school should be totally separated.
It's not up for debate. It's already passed and will be offered this semester for the first time.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 11:17 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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I mean people debating it here on the forum, or anywhere in the country for that matter.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 11:36 AM
 
Location: Austin
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Geez, if my husband (who teaches Earth science) even TRIED to teach about Creationism, he'd be fired in a second here in NYC schools. I don't even know why this is up for debate. The Bible and school should be totally separated.
They're not teaching creationism in science class. It's in a completely separate elective course that studies biblical literature. Teachers here could get fired for talking about creationism in science as well.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Fairfield County, CT
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It's not up for debate. It's already passed and will be offered this semester for the first time.
If its all the same to you, the debate should continue. When you get elected "Fuhrer of That Which Is Debatable" I'm sure we'll stop for you.

HOWEVER, since we, as a representative democracy (even in Texas) have the opportunity not to reelect the people who appoint the clowns who make these decisions based on their religious views, the debate should CONTINUE loud and clear. And it should continue until reasonable and constitutionally guaranteed separation of church and state exists in Texas schools.

The ONLY thing that shouldn't be up for debate is that evolution is science and creationism is theology.
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Unread 08-22-2009, 12:03 PM
 
Location: Fairfield County, CT
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They're not teaching creationism in science class. It's in a completely separate elective course that studies biblical literature. Teachers here could get fired for talking about creationism in science as well.
So the people who talk about their children's science teachers stating that the Earth is 6000 years old are lying?
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Unread 08-22-2009, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Dallas, Texas
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So the people who talk about their children's science teachers stating that the Earth is 6000 years old are lying?
Either that or those teachers could be fired. TEKS has very strict requirements, "young Earth" isn't there, evolution is.

I believe it was only one poster who made that claim.

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