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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:15 PM Original message |
Richard Dawkins: Evolution should be taught to all children, starting at age 5. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. So they didn't teach science in the UK in the 60's? |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Prejudice? Where? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Calling Christians "fundies", accusations of brain washing, how could you miss it? |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Fundie" Christians do brainwash kids... You do know that. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Quite true. The Archbishop of Canterbury has recommended teaching evolution not creationism in |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #21 |
119. Looks more like a prejudicial assumption to me, unless you have psychic super powers. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
128. Fundamentalists brainwash their kids with untruths, that is 1 reason they are called "fundies". |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
106. Fundies DO brainwash kids. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #106 |
120. Yes, I've met plenty of Atheist Fundies. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Oh, good grief. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Are they brainwashing kids? |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #120 |
131. If disproving ancient myths with scientific facts makes me an "Atheist Fundie" than so be it. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #120 |
153. I know of zero Atheists brainwashing kids, funny stuff, Atheist fundies thanks for the laugh. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. That's not entirely possible, since the term "fundie" implies a fundamentalist approach |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. There wasn't a National Curriculum in the 1960s... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, I think they should learn to read first, but that's just me. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I know kids that are taught to read at 4. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. I disagree that evolution "is very simple." |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. You are talking as if they will be forced to read Darwin's Origins |
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personman (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
89. "survival of the fittest" |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Perhaps a few links can explain this better than I could |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
78. Thank you. There is a physiological limit to a childs understanding |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #78 |
97. Its kind of like trying to talk to young children about reproduction. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. At five my kid was reading my anthro textbook over my shoulder. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Unfortunately that is not the norm for many kids, especially here in the USA |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. I was reading easy books before kindergarten |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. In the UK, children do start being taught to read from before 5 |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. That comes way before 5. nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. He' s right |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was taught about evolution in Catholic school. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. where i grew up in az and calif and within the religious environment, it always, too. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm currently reading his book The God Delusion... |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Maybe an audio copy would be better for them. Not sure they can read! |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. A truly marvelous book. |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. I taught 9th grade bio last year. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. he thinks it is an "explanation for our existence"? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Uh.... no - Science is not religion or a religion. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. oh, it does not HAVE to be a religion - that is true |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. How is it incomplete? |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. It's principally complete within the area it covers, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Evolution basically starts with the first self-replicating molecule. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I don't think there's anything "ticky-tacky" about understanding evolution as |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Again, you appear to be assuming that Dawkins is stupid. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I'm not suggesting anything of the kind. All I am saying is that |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Perhaps the interview or article from which this Dawkins quote came... |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I'm sure you're right. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
82. Living things have children that are a lot like them but often a little different |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #82 |
112. And from the 5 year old -- |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
67. I don't think there is anything 'ticky-tacky' about expecting people to mean |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
126. ... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. At least science looks for explanations of things based on fact |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. well it may start out that way |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. You got it correct. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Creationists have had a grand time misrepresenting Colin Patterson's |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #72 |
93. Talk origins is more propaganda from evolutionary atheists. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #93 |
115. Here's your chance. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #115 |
132. Weak |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #93 |
124. Propaganda? How could science be propaganda? |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #124 |
133. I was only stating that it is a known harbor for atheists. Propaganda |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. I see your point, however, one cannot pick an choose what's proven. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #133 |
137. Actually, only here do you say |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #137 |
146. You proved my point Collin Patterson's speech isn't creationist |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Funny, I don't see that story with the talking snake backed up with evidence... |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. If you're questioning the Darwinian Chair of Evolutionary Biology |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Oh, see, "faith" gives you a free pass on fancy book learnin'! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. what facts? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. So I'm assuming you have this same contempt for the people who wrote the Bible? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. not quite the same thing |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
91. And why would you put any stock in this silly book? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. because I was taught to by the age of 5 |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #94 |
101. I think you are completely wrong |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
99. Nope |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #99 |
102. the question was whether I had as much contempt for the Bible |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #69 |
110. doesn't it also say some stuff about it being ok to have slaves, |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #110 |
143. And eating shellfish is a death penalty offense |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
98. Bullshit |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. funny I heard this same argument as a freshman in college |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Your reading comprehension is as bad as your |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. your understanding of reason seems limited here |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Are you drunk? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
121. clearly nothing |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Sorry if it was an offensive question to you. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
135. It's an explanation that covers our physical presence on this planet, yes. |
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atheistprogress (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. uderstanding that we came from cynobacteria |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
108. You can't prove humans evolved from cynobacteria |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #108 |
150. humans and cyanobacteria share a common ancestor. That's for sure. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Even William Jennings Bryan had no objection to teaching evolution |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. It should be taught but age 5? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I was collecting 'Prehistoric Animals' cards at age 4 |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. This is probably the way to do it. I'm still concerned about |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. I started talking to my kids about it pretty early, in very simple terms. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. We started learning about dinosaurs and where they came from |
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Fantastic Anarchist (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
74. I understood the general concept of evolution at a very early age. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. nah. make the kids look at the real world and interact with it: magnets and prisms |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. "bugs and flowers and animals at the zoo" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. science is first about enjoying looking at the real world |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Language is first about babbling. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
90. Ira Remsen on Copper and Nitric Acid |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #90 |
109. OK, thanks for the Google randomness. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. I am somewhat inclined to agree. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. He's wrong. String theory must be taught if we are to understand ourselves. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. When my daughter was 5, she made up a character called "Cave Girl" |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. British primary schools are already required to teach about evolution, though the age is not |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. I taught both my kids this at some point |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. I could read at a bit past 3 |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
46. When does the study of evolution move from science to a pseudo-religion of its own? |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Things that are evidence-based and subject to |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. What i meant by calling it pseudo-religious wasn't the theory of |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Dawkins deals with that extensively, |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. If "God" could be explained by science, then it would't be "God". |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Five hundred years ago |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Science is for reality, religion for what is beyond reality. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. There is nothing beyond reality: |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. There is nothing beyond reality -- except, of course, for the conundrum underlying conscious |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. "Mathematics as an abstract tool" is just something that matter does |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. On my blackberry just now, so I can't say much, |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. The 'complication' is US. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #88 |
111. It seems to me |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #111 |
117. I think it is foolish to attempt to prove that "G*d exists". Your post reminds me |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. Just in passing, |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. So why did the child have to die? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. You tell me. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. The trouble is that most religious explanations blame the victim |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #86 |
116. "Most" is not "all". |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
103. ... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
55. Lets also teach contraception. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
64. The myth of the "survival of the fittest" must die in order to have a better society. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. I was taught evolution in elementary school. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
95. Me too. I went to elementary school in the '50s also. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. That stuff turned up in Sunday School. |
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Fantastic Anarchist (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
71. K&R n/t |
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NOMOREDRUGWAR (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
76. Evolution is FACT |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. It's still an evolving theory ... |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #80 |
141. Which side encourages you to ask questions and prove them wrong? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
81. It should be taught when kids are able to understand the concept. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
147. My child understood evolution at age 5. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
113. Teaching evolution to elementary school kids is a bad idea |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #113 |
154. Correct. The origin of life is better explained through chemistry. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
114. There are many creeds beyond Christian |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
118. Can We See... EVOLUTION?!?! |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #118 |
138. Yes, you can see...EVOLUTION. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
129. What's wrong with telling kids the truth? Which is: no one freakin' KNOWS. |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #129 |
140. Because the truth is, some people know. Not you, apparently. But others. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Okay, Provocative One! So glad you're so secure in your delusion...er, sorry knowledge n/t |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #140 |
144. re-read some of your posts on this thread. Looks like we're on the same side. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #129 |
145. knowing about the crawl out the primordial ooze is crucial to effective compassion |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #129 |
148. Evolution's one of the most thoroughly confirmed bits of scientific knowledge out there. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #129 |
149. Yeah. Right. You could be a head in a jar, dreaming all this. Who needs "science"? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
136. he's right. |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
139. Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you ... |
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Andy B. (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
151. Teaching ANY academic subject at 5 is daft! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
152. Right on. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
155. 5 year old kids should be allowed to be young kids without any of this shit. nt |
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