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Intelligent Design?
| Sun, 08-31-2008 - 11:09am |
Are you concerned about a potential vice president that supports teaching the idea of intelligent design side by side with evolution? I have tried to look into it since hearing that Sarah Palin supports both being taught and I confess I am deeply troubled. Maybe someone could enlighten me but I definitely do not what my children taught that 'intelligent design' as scientific fact. I live in an area where religion is already dangerously encroaching on public education and this bothers me. My religious beliefs are personal and I am tired of people telling me that I should believe what they believe - everyone seems to think their religion is 'the one' without allowing that I may feel the same about mine. Maybe someone can enlighten me - but this idea really concerns me. I know vice presidents don't make policy - but should something happen to McCain this woman would be president.




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>>I agree.
>>The same should fall with discussions in the classroom.<<
And how do you propose the science teacher deal with such discussion?
Its turtles, all the way down!
My 7th grade son has already decided that if folks start talking about religion in his science class (evolution is covered in grade 7 in CA) he is going to insist on this creation story being discussed too.
Rose
"you cannot equate what the medical profession does to treat a patient with what a teacher must teach in a classroom"
The topic of nursing came up b/c a previous poster brought up nursing and hard science (which nursing is not).
"Since we can't prove them scientifically should we not use them?!? Of course not! The same should fall with discussions in the classroom. In nursing you are taught to treat the whole person.....why can that not be that way elsewhere?"
This is the post I was referring to - the author of the post questioned why nursing and teaching couldn't be treated the same way. My post attempted to address her argument - sorry if I wasn't clear. Teachers are responsible for teaching the subject they are hired to teach - in other words science teachers do not teach religion.
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