Dark Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 lolmonkeytrial. (micro)evolution is a proven fact. Even in humans. Parents need to get over it and let the kid have his edjewmakashun. Biology has both micro and macro evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 lolmonkeytrial. (micro)evolution is a proven fact. Even in humans. Parents need to get over it and let the kid have his edjewmakashun. Biology has both micro and macro evolution. Schools also teach that Macroevo is nothing more than a theory. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 That should definitely not be allowed. Here in the UK we have to take religious education. >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted September 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 lolmonkeytrial. (micro)evolution is a proven fact. Even in humans. Parents need to get over it and let the kid have his edjewmakashun. Biology has both micro and macro evolution. Schools also teach that Macroevo is nothing more than a theory. :/ But hearing the word (macro)evolution will apparently drive this Christian kid crazy and make him lose faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelsthla-Mental Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Honestly, I think all people should be forced to learn RE and Evolution. Gives them a choice. Yes if they believe in one they won't take the other seriously, but High School is pretty much learning a bit of everything to choose your path in College/Work etc. besides, we learn plenty of subjects (or sections of) already which we'll probably never use, but have to learn anyway. It isn't anything new. As for your hypothetical kid with a new religion. i'd say he needs a tutor. Course that would have problems if the kid's family was too poor for a tutor. If the religion becomes more popular and widespread, then you may have some ground to move the school hours or simply have a new type of school to accommodate the new religion. And as you said Dark, if hearing about it would drive the kid crazy and make him lose faith, he musn't have had really much to begin with and probably only due to overprotective parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 lolmonkeytrial. (micro)evolution is a proven fact. Even in humans. Parents need to get over it and let the kid have his edjewmakashun. Biology has both micro and macro evolution. Schools also teach that Macroevo is nothing more than a theory. :/ But hearing the word (macro)evolution will apparently drive this Christian kid crazy and make him lose faith. If he loses faith in his God over something like this....then he sucks. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 lolmonkeytrial. (micro)evolution is a proven fact. Even in humans. Parents need to get over it and let the kid have his edjewmakashun. Biology has both micro and macro evolution. Schools also teach that Macroevo is nothing more than a theory. :/ But hearing the word (macro)evolution will apparently drive this Christian kid crazy and make him lose faith. If he loses faith in his God over something like this....then he sucks. lol. Which is why I am saying he should drop out of school and become a preist. owait, he can't do that either because people will question him. He still doesn't know I am an atheist. I keep talking to him on AIM, and 98% of the school (including teachers) know I am an atheist. Is he stupid or refuses to believe it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. So does that mean I can report my school to the government and get it shut down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. So does that mean I can report my school to the government and get it shut down? Is it a public school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Chief13 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 totally and completely not fair. i can see where he is coming from tha he wouldn't want to learn it but if they teach it he has to suck it up and deal with it. actually, i took bio last year and didn't talk about evolution. hmmm....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. So does that mean I can report my school to the government and get it shut down? Is it a public school? Yes. I understand his religion says evolution is fake, but I see no reason why he has to not learn about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. So does that mean I can report my school to the government and get it shut down? Is it a public school? Yes. I understand his religion says evolution is fake' date=' but I see no reason why he has to not learn about it.[/quote'] That technically violates the separation of church and state. You can't get the school shut down, but you can go to court and a judge will likely make him take an F on all the things he's missing, or he'll have to take the class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 You cannot exempt a student from work based on religion in a public school. So does that mean I can report my school to the government and get it shut down? Is it a public school? Yes. I understand his religion says evolution is fake' date=' but I see no reason why he has to not learn about it.[/quote'] That technically violates the separation of church and state. You can't get the school shut down, but you can go to court and a judge will likely make him take an F on all the things he's missing, or he'll have to take the class. I don't want to get involved in his personal problems, but when taking the final exam for biology, he automatically gets all the evolution questions wrong unless he gets lucky guesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jono Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well, I'm a Christian and I think what the kid did was perfectly fine. The school and other people should respect other's religion. In this case it's like being forced to learn about something you believe to be false and someone shouldn't have to go through that. I don't believe in Buddhism but I don't go around crying that some people won't believe in God. tbh, I would like everyone to know that God is real and believe in him but there are those, Dark, that are too stubborn. And I feel sorry for them. You may think the same of me but that's your opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skuldur Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm Christian, but still I've learned about evolution, Norse mythology, Buddhism etc. in school. I find it extremely stupid of people who are Christian to refuse to learn about other people's beliefs and still want them to learn about Christianity. Hypocrites, I say, hypocrites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well' date=' I'm a Christian and I think what the kid did was perfectly fine. The school and other people should respect other's religion. In this case it's like being forced to learn about something you believe to be false and someone shouldn't have to go through that. I don't believe in Buddhism but I don't go around crying that some people won't believe in God. tbh, I would like everyone to know that God is real and believe in him but there are those, Dark, that are too stubborn. And I feel sorry for them. You may think the same of me but that's your opinion.[/quote'] What's disrespectful about teaching a valid theory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrir Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Well' date=' I'm a Christian and I think what the kid did was perfectly fine. The school and other people should respect other's religion. In this case it's like being forced to learn about something you believe to be false and someone shouldn't have to go through that. I don't believe in Buddhism but I don't go around crying that some people won't believe in God. tbh, I would like everyone to know that God is real and believe in him but there are those, Dark, that are too stubborn. And I feel sorry for them. You may think the same of me but that's your opinion.[/quote'] I love the fact that you have a Bleach avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntar! Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 If hes such a devoted christian and doesn't believe in evolution, than he shouldn't be allowed to take a biology class in the first place, seeing as how its one of the fundimental aspects of the subject. In my school, Biology is mandatory to be taken by all students, so Christian kids like that are out of luck. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Красивая Ведьма Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 One of my best friends. He is a Freshmen in high school' date=' and he is currently taking Biology. They started with a unit on evolution, and one Christian kid brought a note from his parents and was exempt from taking the class for 2 weeks until the evolution chapter was over. Do you think that this should be allowed, or should it be required for everyone to learn about evolution? Note that evolution is a big part in biology.[/quote'] I actually agree with you. I believe in evolution and God. I think that God created us by evolution. Also, the Adam and Eve story isn't to be taken literally as many modern Christians do. By the way, do you ever make a post non-religion related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silas Angel Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 The kid, and his parents, are all ignorant... I could actually quote Scripture to prove what they did is wrong... Also what is wrong about learning it. Learning it and knowing it =/= you need to believe it. ^This. [/topic] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Culpa Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Aha, I lol'd at fail school. You can't exempt someone from something because of religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I have Religion lessons, although I deny god's existence.If they dont believe in evolution, fine. But that's no reason to "save" them from this topic. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Красивая Ведьма Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 Well' date=' I'm a Christian and I think what the kid did was perfectly fine. The school and other people should respect other's religion. In this case it's like being forced to learn about something you believe to be false and someone shouldn't have to go through that. I don't believe in Buddhism but I don't go around crying that some people won't believe in God. tbh, I would like everyone to know that God is real and believe in him but there are those, Dark, that are too stubborn. And I feel sorry for them. You may think the same of me but that's your opinion.[/quote'] No matter what fact is fact and should be treated as such. If you let the child get out of a lesson then you might as well take a brat out of Algebra because "numbers are the DEVIL." If his religious conviction makes him deny logic and truth the it is he who is flawed not the idea of evolution. I am a Russian Orthodox Christian, however I do accept evolution as what it is a fact. My beliefs aren't really important, but don't really care what religion you are as long as you don't practice prejudice or denial of facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweller of Parables Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 /\ Ugly sig. Topic: Tradition is never wrong. It is always correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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