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nwr
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Message 6 of 126 (658957)
04-11-2012 10:57 AM
Reply to: Message 5 by New Cat's Eye
04-11-2012 10:23 AM


It doesn't look too bad to me.
It also looks okay to me.
I take it to mean that science teachers should point out that Genesis 1 is describing naive pre-scientific ideas, and in light of what is known to science, can be seen to be nonsense.
I take the law to imply that religion is no longer protected from criticism, at least on questions of science. If religion spouts scientific nonsense, then the facts should be presented to show that religion is wrong.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

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nwr
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Message 16 of 126 (658973)
04-11-2012 12:22 PM
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04-11-2012 11:44 AM


Wounded King writes:
Yeah, because that is so what the Discovery Institute and 'Focus on the Family' are all about, the science.
I was commenting on what the law actually says, not on the motivations of its proponents.
Wounded King writes:
Then again NWR you yourself used to have, and still may have, some sympathy for that attitude ...
No, I never had any such sympathy. If you thought that, then you grossly misunderstood why I started that earlier thread.
Wounded King writes:
..., you've swallowed the DI's nonsense (or Behe's at least) before after all.
No, I have never swallowed that.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

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