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How did it not occur to you that equating the burning alive of young women for witch craft with teaching children beliefs (alongside apposing beliefs, no less!)

How did it not occur to you that equating the burning alive of young women for witch craft with teaching children beliefs (alongside apposing beliefs, no less!) commonly held among billions of people (who do not burn people alive as witches) would be offensive? Please think before you post next time. e: phrasing

MisterBastahrd 13y ago
How is it offensive? The creationism in public schools movement is a religious pseudoscientific movement directly aimed at destroying children's trust in science. You want to teach your kid that God created the world and that evolution isn't a real phenomenon? Do it at your home or in your church. It has NO place in a science class and it retards both social and scientific progress. It doesn't matter HOW many people hold a belief if that belief isn't founded in reality.
- wildgift 13y ago
  Creationism also has little place in church. Most denominations of Christianity reject the literal story of Genesis, and do accept evolution. They're just a little quiet about it because there are masses of people out there who do believe in creationism. The main reason why they do is because they think a literal interpretation of the Bible is a sign of strong faith. That's just how many people are: doctrinaire. At least on a handful of controversial issues. (They aren't so uptight about impractical things.) At the same time, the religions must adapt to reality. They need to be practical. Indeed, the only way that the Catholics in PNG managed to do that peace rosary thing was basically by rejecting the old doctrines that, among other things, led to Catholic enslaving or killing "savages" and others who didn't believe in their God.
stratosvoukel 13y ago
Some people burn witches, other people kill gay people. Recently 15000 religious people and priests gathered in Georgia , in the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and started hitting on the LGBTQ crowd that was there for celebrating the day. Tens of people were sent to the hospital, a couple badly hurt. If you are straight , white, catholic and male you may do not feel/know or even care about how religion harms our everyday lives, but what is happening to these women in PNG is happening to non-male/straight/white/religious people all around the world, maybe not in such a ritualistic way but still....

MisterBastahrd 13y ago

How is it offensive? The creationism in public schools movement is a religious pseudoscientific movement directly aimed at destroying children's trust in science. You want to teach your kid that God created the world and that evolution isn't a real phenomenon? Do it at your home or in your church. It has NO place in a science class and it retards both social and scientific progress. It doesn't matter HOW many people hold a belief if that belief isn't founded in reality.

wildgift 13y ago
Creationism also has little place in church. Most denominations of Christianity reject the literal story of Genesis, and do accept evolution. They're just a little quiet about it because there are masses of people out there who do believe in creationism. The main reason why they do is because they think a literal interpretation of the Bible is a sign of strong faith. That's just how many people are: doctrinaire. At least on a handful of controversial issues. (They aren't so uptight about impractical things.) At the same time, the religions must adapt to reality. They need to be practical. Indeed, the only way that the Catholics in PNG managed to do that peace rosary thing was basically by rejecting the old doctrines that, among other things, led to Catholic enslaving or killing "savages" and others who didn't believe in their God.

stratosvoukel 13y ago

Some people burn witches, other people kill gay people. Recently 15000 religious people and priests gathered in Georgia , in the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and started hitting on the LGBTQ crowd that was there for celebrating the day. Tens of people were sent to the hospital, a couple badly hurt. If you are straight , white, catholic and male you may do not feel/know or even care about how religion harms our everyday lives, but what is happening to these women in PNG is happening to non-male/straight/white/religious people all around the world, maybe not in such a ritualistic way but still....