Creationism in Scottish Education (Politics)

by George Jelliss ⌂ @, Crewe, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 21:50 (3354 days ago)

Trouble with creationists again. Whack-a-mole.-https://paulbraterman.wordpress.com/-We are calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to issue official guidance to bar the presentation in Scottish publicly funded schools of separate creation and of young Earth doctrines as viable alternatives to the established science of evolution, common descent, and deep time. NB: “presentation” rather than “teaching”, since the problems generally arise from non-teacher visitors.-We are not requesting much, and certainly not asking for legislation. We merely seek a simple statement, similar to those in force in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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GPJ

Creationism in Scottish Education

by David Turell @, Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 23:12 (3354 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George: Trouble with creationists again. Whack-a-mole.
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> https://paulbraterman.wordpress.com/
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> We are calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to issue official guidance to bar the presentation in Scottish publicly funded schools of separate creation and of young Earth doctrines as viable alternatives to the established science of evolution, common descent, and deep time. NB: “presentation” rather than “teaching”, since the problems generally arise from non-teacher visitors.
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> We are not requesting much, and certainly not asking for legislation. We merely seek a simple statement, similar to those in force in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.-Actually I agree. What should be presented in school is a brief summary of alternative theories, not espousing any one of them.

Creationism in Education

by George Jelliss ⌂ @, Crewe, Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 22:35 (3347 days ago) @ David Turell

Possibly this is the way creationists would like to see 
natural selection taught in schools!-http://www.theonion.com/articles/natural-selection-kills-38-quadrillion-organisms-i,37873/-“It is painfully clear this slaughter was perpetrated by a force that holds zero regard for the value of life,”

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GPJ

Creationism in Education

by David Turell @, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 01:33 (3347 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George: Possibly this is the way creationists would like to see 
> natural selection taught in schools!
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> http://www.theonion.com/articles/natural-selection-kills-38-quadrillion-organisms-i,378... 
> “It is painfully clear this slaughter was perpetrated by a force that holds zero regard for the value of life,”-The Onion is always lots of fun. As a passive mechanism, for it can only kill what is presented to it, it sure is active.

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