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Author Topic:   Should Evolution and Creation be Taught in School?
Nuggin
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Message 240 of 308 (328746)
07-04-2006 12:34 PM
Reply to: Message 231 by The Tiger
06-09-2006 1:23 PM


HUH?
Hello, Tiger. Welcome to the boards.
Please try and seperate your thoughts into text blocks, it will help us understand what you are trying to say.
I get the feeling from your post that you don't have a very good grasp of the scientific method. That's unfortunate.
It seems like you are suggesting that since we can't "disprove" a particular creation story (the world is built on top of an infinite stack of turtles, for example) that we should accept all of them.
Well, we know a lot about turtles. We've never seen one big enough for the world to be built atop. Also, our understanding of physics, biology, astronomy, logic, etc. sorta precludes us from believing that there is infact an infinitly high stack of immortal extra-planetary turtles holding everything aloft.
Can I "prove" that there isn't a stack of invisible giant immortal turtles? No. Should we teach turtle stacking in school? No. Should turtle-stack theory be given equal consideration under science? No.
Is the turtle stack creation story a wild example? Of course. But, frankly no wilder than the "magic disappearing water" story, or the "flying spagetti monster is jealous of gods which do and don't exist" story.
If you want to believe in turtles or magic water or whatever, more power to you, but don't pretend you also know anything about science. Mutually exclusive thought process.

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