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Author Topic:   Which religion's creation story should be taught?
MexicanHotChocolate
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Message 1 of 331 (115272)
06-15-2004 3:30 AM


If we are to teach creation in public schools, which creation story should we teach? Do we teach Genesis? If so which version of Genesis? Do we teach the story of the Norse gods carving the world from the bones of giants? Or the Hindu belief that the world is God's dream? Heck, even Christians don't agree on a literal six-day creation less than 10'000 years ago or Genesis as metaphor for divinely inspired evolution...
I say evolution belongs in the science classroom and creation belongs in comparative religion...

Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth. Our obligation to survive is owed not just to ourselves but also to that Cosmos, ancient and vast, from which we spring.
--Carl Sagan, 1934-1996

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MexicanHotChocolate
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Message 4 of 331 (115466)
06-15-2004 4:52 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by custard
06-15-2004 4:43 PM


That's my thinking exactly. I stopped taking Genesis literally when my mom made me watch Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth instead of the Cosby Show.

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MexicanHotChocolate
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Message 16 of 331 (116317)
06-18-2004 4:45 AM


I bet their are Norse scientist out there right now trying to prove that the Earth is carved outta giant bones...I mean if Christians can prove a literal flood, anything is possible...

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