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I didn't but so what if I did. Can't I believe what I want and teach my kids the same? Has the theory of evolution been proven? No. Neither has creationism, but we teach one over the other even though a majority of people believe in a god.
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"Like it or not, I'm right!"What I'm going to say will be totally ignored by you, but I'll say it anyway: YES Evolution is a SCIENTIFIC fact. If you chose to ignore the evidence does not make the evidence disapear in a puff of smoke. Please remember that the foundations and theories underpinning evolution (genetics, mutation, etc) are used in other areas such as biotech companies. When people argue that evolution has not been proven are implying that the foundations on which it is built (today, in Darwin's time people didn't know about genetics ofcourse) are false too. So if they're false how does one explain the billions of dollars of research spent on genetics to come up with new cures? Are all these scientists dumb? Oh, and to really spoil the fun, the Roman Catholic Church weighed in recently (I think it was 1994) with a statement accepting the "theory" of evolution as fact. Brian Azzopardi You don't by any chance believe that the world is flat do you? bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur
[eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
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You make some excellent points. But i don't think you go far enough; relying on our often over-worked, under-paid professional educators to properly indoctrinate tomorrow's society using purely academic techniques is too much of a gamble. Children are notoriously obstinate creatures; no matter how many times you tell them one thing, a few will always persist in believing something else. No, we need something a bit more powerful... We need drugs in schools. Powerful ones. Lots of them. And none of this wussy Ritalin crap; we can start out with last-ditch depression treatments and work up to horse tranquilizers. Maybe throw a little LSD into the mix & see if we can't burn out that troublesome youthful curiosity early on before it causes problems. Oh, and electroshock therapy. Can you believe, we've had this great tool at our disposal for better than half a century, and still haven't put it into regular use on children? We need to stop slacking off here and get going on this! Now, i suppose some people might worry that a few children will be left babbling, worthless wrecks after 14 years of constant druggings and electrocution. This is just irrational thinking. Obviously, those children were disturbed and unfit for life in society anyway; we would merely be identifying them ahead of time, before they could cause serious damage. And as a side bonus, we'll be ensuring a healthy market for the mental institutions, which i predict will see massive expansion after we start throwing in parents who try to homeschool their children (clearly these parents were not comfortably in-tune with the societal norms). So come on, let's get this plan in motion. Remember, freedom of thought is just a tool of the Axis of Evil.
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Shog9 wrote: We need drugs in schools. Powerful ones. Lots of them. Your plan has merit. I seem to recall that a good hit of methedrine did wonders for my self esteem for 8 to 10 hours. :cool: Shog9 wrote: Oh, and electroshock therapy. Can you believe, we've had this great tool at our disposal for better than half a century, and still haven't put it into regular use on children? I have never understood why ECT machines have not yet been sold at places like Circuit City. They are, after all, perfectly safe. :) Andy Cowenhoven
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What I'm going to say will be totally ignored by you, but I'll say it anyway: YES Evolution is a SCIENTIFIC fact. If you chose to ignore the evidence does not make the evidence disapear in a puff of smoke. Please remember that the foundations and theories underpinning evolution (genetics, mutation, etc) are used in other areas such as biotech companies. When people argue that evolution has not been proven are implying that the foundations on which it is built (today, in Darwin's time people didn't know about genetics ofcourse) are false too. So if they're false how does one explain the billions of dollars of research spent on genetics to come up with new cures? Are all these scientists dumb? Oh, and to really spoil the fun, the Roman Catholic Church weighed in recently (I think it was 1994) with a statement accepting the "theory" of evolution as fact. Brian Azzopardi You don't by any chance believe that the world is flat do you? bibamus, edamus, cras moriemur
[eat, drink, for tomorrow we die]
I believe there is some mutation/evolution but I don't believe I evolved from a tiny amoeba. That's what I believe and if you don't want to respect that I could care less. Brian Azzopardi wrote: You don't by any chance believe that the world is flat do you? You take me for a fool because I believe in something I cannot see or prove, yet you do it all the time with darwinism. Who is the fool now? If you cannot respect by beliefs and quit labeling me an idiot, I will totally ignore you.
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