http://rt.com/uk/167044-uk-bans-teaching-creationism/

Can't believe I missed this two months ago...

Only a couple of months before this happened I was talking about how ridiculous it is that our free schools can teach this bullshit to children as if it were fact.



Thankyou.

When will America catch up to the times and stop allowing children to be mentally abused in their schools?

Teaching creationism as an "alternative" of what we actually really got with fucking fossils was pretty much a crime against the Mind... lol

I like to think we're becoming more scientifically literate in American but that Gallup poll just 2 years ago showed that 46% of the country are creationists. Hopefully things change since we're falling behind in all the sciences in this country. Our only saving grace is that the h1-b visa has all the foreign born individuals keeping our scientific infrastructure afloat. Getting creationism out of science classes would be a good start.

Where it is taught here:



Green is pubic, orange is private, red where it is the main curriculum.

This post was edited by Skinned on Sep 4 2014 10:03am

77 percent of the American population identified themselves as Christian in a study done
http://www.gallup.com/poll/159548/identify-christian.aspx

It might not be completely accurate but I imagine it's close ...

The uk is half to two thirds non religious depending on the study from the 5 to 6 I just went through .. More similar here to in Canada ...

The answer to your question is when people in America stop being religious ... Right now people who are god fearing and worshiping men don't mind that being taught in school because it aligns with their beliefs .


I agree with you , but there's no need for the rage about it .
It will change ... Over time ... You are talking about undoing thousands of years of mankinds understanding of the world .

A scary quote from the linked article -



19%

...



Although honestly I thought it would be lower. Maybe they are headed in the right direction after all.



No rage. It's slightly frustrating that such a developed country is so backwards in so many ways... But other than that no mad.

This post was edited by Vivienne on Sep 4 2014 10:04am

It doesn't really matter that much. Helpful for private charity work.

Plus, we're free to believe what we want. It isn't like materialistic determinism or other monist philosophies don't have problems.

This post was edited by Skinned on Sep 4 2014 10:05am

You're going to have to explain to me exactly what you mean by 'materialistic' determinism.

And yes. You're free to believe what you want... if you're entirely isolated from the rest of humanity. It's when those beliefs start affecting others that there is a problem... and there is a problem with teaching children lies in school.

"Last month, a Gallup poll revealed that the majority of Americans prefer to believe that humanity was created by the Almighty, or guided by God in its evolution. Only 19 percent believe humans evolved from a more primitive form of life without any help from a higher being."

oh