Comments on: Teaching “science” the Sarah Palin way http://www.bloggernews.net/117891 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Robert http://www.bloggernews.net/117891#comment-641436 Robert Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:06:42 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117891#comment-641436 <i>She is on record as believing that creationism should be taught in schools alongside evolution.</i> No, she isn't. She's on record as stating that the existence of alternative points of view should be taught, and that her personal experience of being raised by science teachers and also given the religious story was a positive one. <i>I don’t know which of the many forms of creationism that Mrs Palin wants taught...</i> Exactly. You don't know, because she isn't "on the record" as saying anything like what you've written. You're just repeating Obama talking points. She is on record as believing that creationism should be taught in schools alongside evolution.

No, she isn’t. She’s on record as stating that the existence of alternative points of view should be taught, and that her personal experience of being raised by science teachers and also given the religious story was a positive one.

I don’t know which of the many forms of creationism that Mrs Palin wants taught…

Exactly. You don’t know, because she isn’t “on the record” as saying anything like what you’ve written. You’re just repeating Obama talking points.

]]> By: shadyshall http://www.bloggernews.net/117891#comment-641434 shadyshall Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:02:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/117891#comment-641434 The thing that people seems to forget or shove aside is that the bible, especially the OT, was written thousands of years ago by man who had more or less just discovered the wheel and fire. The bible was written as an explanation - the best they could come up with at the time - for the how and the why of things at the present. Now, thousands of years later, why are we supposed to use this ancient textbook (of sorts) written by ancient man, just because the majority of people on earth are still gullible enough to believe it. Schools get yelled at by communities when they have textbooks from the '80s that list Ronnie as the current president. Why are we letting ANYONE force the idea of using the writings in the Bible as a textbook? This is of course a separate argument to the fact, as you pointed out, that these teachings BELONG IN CHURCH. It's bad enough we allowed "under god" to be added to the pledge in the '50s. I thought we were smarter than this by now... If we are going to allow the teaching of 'creationism', it should be in mythology class alongside the Greek and Roman gods and ancient Egyptian Pharos. Who's got any proof that those theories aren't correct and the ones we should believe. But I digress, if Oldie McGee and Mrs. Religiod make it into the White Palace, creationism is the least of our worries... At least I can wield parental power and have my daughter taken out of class when the teachers crack that egg, or I can rebuttal those teachings at home. Nice blog post! The thing that people seems to forget or shove aside is that the bible, especially the OT, was written thousands of years ago by man who had more or less just discovered the wheel and fire. The bible was written as an explanation - the best they could come up with at the time - for the how and the why of things at the present. Now, thousands of years later, why are we supposed to use this ancient textbook (of sorts) written by ancient man, just because the majority of people on earth are still gullible enough to believe it. Schools get yelled at by communities when they have textbooks from the ’80s that list Ronnie as the current president. Why are we letting ANYONE force the idea of using the writings in the Bible as a textbook?

This is of course a separate argument to the fact, as you pointed out, that these teachings BELONG IN CHURCH. It’s bad enough we allowed “under god” to be added to the pledge in the ’50s. I thought we were smarter than this by now… If we are going to allow the teaching of ‘creationism’, it should be in mythology class alongside the Greek and Roman gods and ancient Egyptian Pharos. Who’s got any proof that those theories aren’t correct and the ones we should believe.

But I digress, if Oldie McGee and Mrs. Religiod make it into the White Palace, creationism is the least of our worries… At least I can wield parental power and have my daughter taken out of class when the teachers crack that egg, or I can rebuttal those teachings at home.

Nice blog post!

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