General News Texas fundamentalists want to teach Garden of Eden in science class

Teach that stuff in Sunday school where people want to hear it.

 

*flame shields up!* I think they should, on one condition. They use science to explain how God created. They can't just say, "It happened because God did it". No, no, no. Use SCIENCEnto get it done, or go away.

 

just the title alone is enough to make me facepalm

 

I will ignore your atheistic comments, mainly because I can't prove with 100% certainty I'm right yet.

 

i sorta agree, down south its super religious in many areas, and parents probably demanded this. However it shouldn't be regarded as a truth, maybe a belief instead, because no one knows.

*holds breath and hides behind a rock*

 

Right. You are now my friend.

 

If it's a private school, they can do whatever, but public schooling and religion should not mix.

Now IF they have to teach the Judeo-Christian creation story, that's more of something for a social studies class, and I would suggest putting it along with other religions' beliefs, like they did in my old middle school when we learned about the various religions of the world for about three or four days. They presented everything in a tasteful manner and there was no pressure into believing any of it, it was merely a learning experience. Now, I didn't like it because a bunch of the kids in the classroom were complaining about "Learning that not-Christian stuff" and made the experience as unpleasant as they possibly could

 

And I want to strangle them. We don't always get what we want.

 

This.

 

Even private schools can't have authority to regard scientific curricula as false, when they haven't any evidence beyond belief. Just because a school is religious/private, they can't fail to provide comprehensive education. That's how the next generation get brainwashed. Students often don't have a say in their school, so anti-scientific education does not pass as a choice, either.

 

didn't some people try to change the history textbook in texas some time ago for some political agenda?

 

Well private schools do have to teach what is mandated by federal guidelines, but they can also add to their rhetoric with much more ease than a public school can hope for. This can be a blessing/hindrance since said addition to their rhetoric can influence their students futures in many different ways

 

Schools shouldn't be teaching things that aren't correct, or at least widely held as correct. If they do, what's the point in education?

 

i agree completely
where i went evolution, origin of species, and all the scientific creationary theories were taught im sciences, and then it was required to learn all five major world religions and the different sects involved. i think its all fascinating and was taught very well. probably the only thing about NYS education i like.

hmm? no one knows what is or isnt correct, so therefore everything should be taught.
i agree with the last statement.

as far as this article i really dont see anything that is violating any rights or anything. this sounds like a christian school (was it, i dont remember) so no crap theology will be involved. as long as the state law for education is fulfilled its constitutional and fair.

 

Separation of church and state, Texas...
If they want to put that passage in science textbooks, we will deter people from being scientists; they'd be more likely to say "God must have done it" whenever they do not know something.
I concur. Put it in social studies, and include other religions in the unit.
Besides, people who are Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist, atheist, etc. would almost definitely be offended. Shit would definitely go down.

 

What really makes me mad about this is that Texas runs most of the textbooks for the entire country. If they manage to do this, they would be affecting a lot of public schools in the country, not just their own state. However, I agree that if they want to include "creation science", they should include it into a social studies class that studies several religions.