03-31-2002, 12:16 AM | #521 |
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RE, I agree with that one. Emplynx, you kinda didn't answer my questions and points and you threw a buncha quotes at me from a book.
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03-31-2002, 01:17 AM | #522 | |
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My schools had no problem with teaching religion in religion class and science in science class. Which is as it should be. The province (where I live, education is governed by the individual province) sets the regular curriculum, and all schools have to teach the standard curriculum. Religion class is an add-on to that and is set by the school. There is no overlap. I have no idea how it's done in the various Muslim, Sikh, and Jewish schools around the area though. I think some parts of the US are just weird. They say "separation of church and state", which is totally right and fair, and then go and have public schools that have school prayers. I mean, unless you really have time to lead a prayer for each religion represented in the student population, you're going to cause some resentment, besides which, it's just a waste of time. It's so odd. I read about some case where some lady had to sue the courthouse for posting the 10 commandments by the doorway. The article said something about the central issue being whether the 10 commandments constitutes a religious document (therefore having no place in public state affairs) or a secular document on which the justice system is based. Some people just have no common sense. When rule number 1 reads "I the Lord am your God and you shall have no other Gods besides me...", if that's your idea of secular, then I shudder to think of what your idea of religious is. The idiot who thought that it would be OK to put it up should be sacked. It totally gives people a bad impression of the court. It's funny and sad at the same time. I don't know what the verdict was, but i get the impression that this kind of thing flares up alot. |
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03-31-2002, 09:02 PM | #526 |
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Wow, this is still going on. Like your new name, RE.
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03-31-2002, 09:34 PM | #529 |
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*sits back to watch the show*
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03-31-2002, 10:39 PM | #530 |
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Is it just me but whenever I read these forums that fall into evolutionary arguments, people are so busy reading the bible they don't bother to interpert it...
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03-31-2002, 10:41 PM | #531 |
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Wow! I have fans!
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03-31-2002, 11:49 PM | #532 |
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wayfarer on a breakaway he splits the defense shoots and...
What save by RE wayfarer was robbed on that one
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Similarly, contrary to what you might think, current research in evolutionary biology is not written in plain English (if that's your primary mode of communication) but in a highly specialized esoteric code which for the sake of convenience call "science". And there are many different dialects of "science" where the same word might not mean the same thing. Only those who fully devote their lives to a particular branch of any particular study can become fully fluent in that particular dialect, leaving the rest of us to wonder whether they wrote what we think they wrote. This helps to make things all the more muddy. It makes it almost not worth it. |
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04-01-2002, 12:43 AM | #534 |
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Heh heh heh. Its not merely translation difficulty, as there are many ways to interpert biblical text. It's that people actually use the literal meaning when debating such things.
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Well, that's just the trouble...using a book as evidence of anything. A good debater can make the words say anything he wants. Hence my mistrust of anyone using any alleged "holy text" as a primary source of argument.
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There has been a recent debate in the administration about religious debate threads. I recently read the moderator forum and it seems Darth Tater was really the only one left who thought these threads should stay open. I am closing this thread.
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04-01-2002, 06:30 PM | #538 |
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You've always gotta be the martyr, don't ya, Tater? And a fake one is the best you could reach your vile tendrils around.
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Ai! Back online.... *breathes a shakey sigh of relief*
(Seems I missed the worst of the April Fools pranks... )
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Hey - we still have an hour and 40 minutes here on the east coast left of April Fools. Several hours if you think about it until the date line changes.
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