British government won't fund schools that teach creationism

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  1. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/15/free-schools-creationism-intelligent-design[/quote]

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

    What do you guys think of this?
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    10/10

    This is what progress is.
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  3. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    Indeed.
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    Wont you feel stupid if you die and find out the Creationists are right.
    Karakoran, Jan 15, 2012
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    No, because I'd be dead.
    Toast, Jan 15, 2012
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    Well I don't think that religion should be taught in schools , simple as that.
    Vassilli1942, Jan 15, 2012
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  7. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    What? Do you mean "I think religion should be taught in schools" ?
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    Sorry about that, I meant. I don't think religion should be taught in schools. Sorry for the double negative.
    Vassilli1942, Jan 15, 2012
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  9. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    Okay, it's cool.
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    VICTORY!!! The British government actually did something that is considered good for once. I wonder what the creationists are going to think about this.
    SovietEmpireUSSR, Jan 15, 2012
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  11. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    'British government won't fund schools that teach creationism' sounds unneccessarily alarmist to me; the majority of faith schools aren't fundamentalist enough to have any objection. I mean funding will be withdrawn for any free school that teaches what it claims are "evidence-based views or theories" that run "contrary to established scientific and/or historical evidence and explanations" is fairly reasonable. They can still hold their various views. Plus we still have a state religion, so Anglicans at least can't really complain.
    Achtung Kommunisten!, Jan 15, 2012
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    The Creationists can fuck off.
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    This is not really that much at my school Evolution and The Big Bang are taught in Science class and Creationism is taught in Religious Education. But my R.E teacher dosen't belive in religion anyway. So yeah Whooo!
    Redbullk1d, Jan 15, 2012
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  14. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    How can he/she not believe in religion? Don't you mean "My R.E teacher isn't religious"?
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  15. Achtung Kommunisten! Well-Known Member

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    Maybe it lets them teach more objectively? (Insert some degree of sarcasm).
    Achtung Kommunisten!, Jan 15, 2012
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    Well I think they are Agnostic, so yeah! Non-religious people teaching religion how cool!
    Any way R.E is all about social issues for some reason anyway, and Kaleb come on skype!
    Redbullk1d, Jan 15, 2012
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  17. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    If you don't follow any religious values and your not religious, or worse yet anti-religious, you're not really giving it a fair fight. Of course, no wonder Atheism is so huge in the UK, the only taste of religion is from Atheists.
    Karakoran, Jan 15, 2012
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  18. NInja_Buffalo Well-Known Member

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    Fine...
    NInja_Buffalo, Jan 15, 2012
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    To be honest it's far worse than that. I didn't have any athiest RE teachers, just a crazy old black christian woman and a Muslim woman. For some reason, the emphasis was on stupid social issues that religious people might have. So it was all 'what do Christians think about arbortion' or some such stupidity as opposed to teaching about the people who might hold these views. Plus obviously each religion has plenty of followers with differing views. And for some reason all the muslim kids got to do about Islam and all the white kids about Christianity.
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    I guess Religious Education probably doesn't get the best funding, nor do the best people go into it.
    Karakoran, Jan 15, 2012
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