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Originally Posted by Fish2006
re:Creationism, a basic law of science is that you have to be able to validate your findings. If we are going to teach that theory, then, as far as I am concerned, you have to teach the theory that the world was created by a Giant Spaghetti Monster too, because I have exactly as much evidence as the creationists do, namely, zero. At some point, you have to draw the line and say that maybe we will let faith be just that, allowing that to be the domain of the church, and leave school to teaching actual science.
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Well... we teach our students that we were attacked in the gulf of tonkin which got us into the vietnam war... as it turns out, there was never any validation of that since IT NEVER HAPPENED (recently revealed by... i forget who... but he was a high up military general/admiral back then).... anyhow... that's not science... so it's not a good point... just wanted to throw that out there.
No, you are correct about that basic law of science... but at some point you have to cede to the will/beliefs of the masses, no? At least when it is overwhelming? A poll in 2004 showed that 55% of all Americans believe that God created humans in their present form and a further 27% believe that Humans evolved, but that God guided the process (in other words, God CREATED evolution).... that's 82% of Americans that, in one way or the other, believe in Creationism.... 13% believe that humans evolved and god dit NOT guide the process.... Not sure what happened to the other 5% lol.... anyhow, here is the link:
Poll: Creationism Trumps Evolution, Most Americans Do Not Believe Human Beings Evolved - CBS News