Another day off from school, yay (if I were still in high school) :(

[PyRo]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=572&ncid=572&e=2&u=/nm/20040212/lf_nm/darwin_dc_1

Darwin day

[ZAust]

unfortunately, this day will never happen. christian-biased governments around the world will successfully keep this down, while court houses in alabama continue to display the ten commandments.

[PyRo]

Hmm, I thought they made them get rid off all the 10 commandments things.

[ZAust]

Originally posted by PyRo
Hmm, I thought they made them get rid off all the 10 commandments things.

correct. i meant that our government is still heavily biased towards christianity. what kind of country can honestly promote freedom of religion when every piece of currency says "in god we trust"?

[bleachit]

"It is very, very scary," says Amanda Chesworth, head of the U.S. Darwin Day movement which works to counter the trend by organizing community festivals marking the biologist's birthday. "Creationism is spreading further and further."

Oh no!! creationism is spreading, like its going to destroy us all

[Restola]

Originally posted by bleachit
Oh no!! creationism is spreading, like its going to destroy us all

I would say that confusing people by teaching creationism as science is dangerous.

(oh yeah, and I'm in before the lock! )

[Lopy]

Originally posted by ZAust


what kind of country can honestly promote freedom of religion when every piece of currency says "in god we trust"?

That isn't to byast, because even though their are many religions, alot of them still worship god. Almost every religion has one main God, so it deosn't just apply to christianity, but then again, if your a pasionate athiast, then you could be pissed, but W/e.

[Restola]

Originally posted by Lopy
if your a pasionate athiast, then you could be pissed, but W/e.

I am a passionate athiest, and it doesn't bother me at all. "God" is a generic term. If our money said "Jesus saves!", or "Buddah is the way to enlightenment" it would be a lot different. Plus I think we only make up something like 4% of the population, so I doubt the atheists will be marching on washington anytime soon.

What bothers me is when religion is turned into law (in a way abortion laws, laws forcing the teaching of creationism, prayer in school, stuff like that).

I honestly can't understand why anyone would want something as dirty as the law or government anywhere near something as important as their religion. But I think it really boils down to the need for everyone to believe what they believe, and their inability to respect others.

[bleachit]

Originally posted by Restola

I would say that confusing people by teaching creationism as science is dangerous.

(oh yeah, and I'm in before the lock! )

I would say teaching evoulution as fact is more dangerous

(and I respond before the lock )

[Thordic]

Originally posted by bleachit

I would say teaching evoulution as fact is more dangerous

Thats just frightening.

[The Deacon]

Atheists: best way to protest the phrase "In God We Trust" is to boycott money. Send it all my way.

If anything, the atheists are dominating the scene. No one talks openly about religion anymore and religion is constantly getting slammed. Look at that article, it was a huge attack on religion, blaming the Catholic church for the shortcomings of Latin America without allowing a proper rebuttal.

Next thing you know, there will be "Atheist Eye for the Religious Guy" on Bravo.

[Thordic]

I dont understand why people think Darwin automatically means athiest.

[penguinpunk555]

You guys know Darwin renounced evolution right. He doesn't even belive it. Makes you think huh...

[Fixion]

Originally posted by ZAust


correct. i meant that our government is still heavily biased towards christianity. what kind of country can honestly promote freedom of religion when every piece of currency says "in god we trust"?

It doesn't specify a specific god now does it?

I agree with The Deacon.

[Restola]

Originally posted by penguinpunk555
You guys know Darwin renounced evolution right. He doesn't even belive it. Makes you think huh...

Ever heard of the scientific method?

Just because someone changes their faith doesn't mean they can discount peer reviewed scientific papers. And I don't think anyone is saying that evolution is perfect. Evolution is taught as a theory. The same way that atomic laws are taught as theories. A theory is ever changing. Its constantly being reviewed by many different scientists all around the world. Not in an effort to prove the original scientist was a genious, but in an effort to try to disprove it. "Science" isn't a underground force trying to prove itself. It's a very public and peer-reviewed system to explain the things we observe. If you want to prove Creationism, start doing research. Publish it. Let other scientists review you work. Assuming it stands up to that test you'll have your evidence. My guess is if that was possible, it would have been done.

Science isn't the enemy. Science is not a "thing". Science is a collection of thousands of researchers all trying to prove the next guy is an idiot. Don't hate "science" because your faith can't be proved by it. Faith shouldn't need to be proved to anyone but yourself.

And Deacon. Atheists aren't dominating the scene. We are a tiny minority. People who love and respect the Constitution are dominating the scene (a huge majority of which are God loving people who don't want or need the government to tell them their faith is right).



And this is my absolute final post in this thread. I'm not going to try to disprove the Bible. I'm going to trust peer-reviewed science by independant (and God loving) scientists over anything you can dig up. I'm not here to change your opinion. If you want to force by law people to learn about your faith...that's your choice to try (although once again I wouldn't want the courts anywhere near my religion if I had one). But what I posted is a brief summary of how I feel.