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  • Poll: Should I Delete the Creationist Comments?
    Ethan commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    Poll: Should I Delete the Creationist Comments?

    I say don't delete, though many of the comments made were rather appalling.

    The case you make for deleting above strikes me as judging that people aren't intelligent enough to decide for themselves.  I frown on nannyism.  As you mention, there are resources posted.  Any mind able of being swayed or worth swaying would do the due dilligence of reading such resources and filtering out the drivel.

    Or straight up post the intent of the blog.  If it's to be a one-sided forum, then clearly say so, and no harm is done.

  • Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists
    Ethan commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists

    "the Holocaust."  My apologies for this grammatical error and any others that may be found.

  • Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists
    Ethan commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists

    I love how if one supposes God to behind the origin of the universe, one therefore also believes the earth is flat and that Holocaust didn't happen.

    I'm a spiritual man myself and a Christian.  The whole evolution debate is sort of pointless one to me, as Genesis says "what" and "who" happened without address "how."  Evolution or waving a magic wand?  It's irrelevant to the rest of the book.

    The whole school thing would be fixed for me by following what my middle school teacher did.  "Look, we don't know WHY this happened, so don't draw up your life philosophy from it.  What you'll learn in this class is what we've observed."

    Leave the philosophy to churches or coffee shops or whatever.  And boom! Kids learn the popular science of the day, and questions of faith or lack thereof don't even arise.  Such questions have no place in a science classroom anyway.

  • Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists
    Ethan commented on the article | almost 3 years ago
    Petition: Thank Politicians Who Say "No" to Creationists

    Purported practitioners of "religion" have no monopoly on committing attrocities.  Mao? Pol pot? Hitler? Stalin? Not exactly men known for their spirituality.  Since there are both practitioners and non-practitioners, it does not logically follow to say that religion was the cause.  Religion may have been the tool, but take those behind the inquisition, remove religion, and they'd find another reason.  Just like Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, and Stalin.  So there is nothing blind about saying people are the problem, and to accuse someone of intellectual blindness for disagreeing with your position is resorting to argumentum ad hominem, otherwise known as not having points to back up your claim, so go after the person.

    And in response to Eric Ruth, your assertion seems to imply that their is some neutral position.  There isn't.  Teaching evolution as doctrine isn't a "middle of the road" position.  It is choosing one group's position over another's.  Why should people who don't believe it be forced to pay with their tax dollars for something that tears down their beliefs?

    I had a middle school teacher who handled this well.  She said, "Some scientists think the earth is 6,000 years old-- others think it's billions of years old.  My job isn't to tell you which to believe.  My job is to teach you this curriculum, and then you'll make your own decisions."  She taught the science while reminding us that science is just the work of people, not some window to absolute truth.  A healthy dose of sanity check would be much welcomed on this topic.

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