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I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).

by return0 12y ago

makomk 12y ago
Yes, it was an issue in the UK. Our previous Government intentionally gave control of some state-funded schools to Christian fundamentalists with limited oversight and their schools have been teaching kids that the world is 6000 years old in science classes, complete with bogus scientific evidence for it. The current Government has been expanding this program.
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- Silhouette 12y ago
  That is a rather one-sided presentation of how this happened. Neither Academies in general (the invention of the previous administration) nor Free Schools (one development of that idea by the current administration) are necessarily anything to do with religion. Moreover, we have had successful religious schools since long before that without the problems we're talking about here. Whatever your politics and whatever think of either the Academies concept or allowing schools to be run by organisations with religious motivations, singling out a few cases where things have obviously gone wrong with insufficient oversight as if that is what either government intended to happen with the changes in recent years is hardly constructive.
  - makomk 12y ago
    The successful religious schools were, for the most part, run by some of the older and slightly calmer institutional religions like the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. With academies, the Government deliberately let random Christian fundamentalist businessmen with interesting religious views run them on the basis that their religion and business skills would make them suitable owners. They didn't actually expect them using this opportunity to teach kids creationism but it was fairly inevitable under the circumstances.
- PPLwynSPFJ5p 12y ago
  Just one of the scientific discoveries pointing to a young earth (which you describe as being 'bogus', and without evidence) was found recently by Dr. Mary Schweitzer, an evolutionist, not a creationist, and can be found here along with photographs. http://creation.com/dinosaur-soft-tissue http://creation.com/dinosaur-soft-tissue How would you explain this, makomk?

I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).

by return0 12y ago

I wonder if that was even an issue in the UK (or really everywhere except some parts of the US).

Yes, it was an issue in the UK. Our previous Government intentionally gave control of some state-funded schools to Christian fundamentalists with limited oversight and their schools have been teaching kids that the world is 6000 years old in science classes, complete with bogus scientific evidence for it. The current Government has been expanding this program.

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Silhouette 12y ago
That is a rather one-sided presentation of how this happened. Neither Academies in general (the invention of the previous administration) nor Free Schools (one development of that idea by the current administration) are necessarily anything to do with religion. Moreover, we have had successful religious schools since long before that without the problems we're talking about here. Whatever your politics and whatever think of either the Academies concept or allowing schools to be run by organisations with religious motivations, singling out a few cases where things have obviously gone wrong with insufficient oversight as if that is what either government intended to happen with the changes in recent years is hardly constructive.
- makomk 12y ago
  The successful religious schools were, for the most part, run by some of the older and slightly calmer institutional religions like the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church. With academies, the Government deliberately let random Christian fundamentalist businessmen with interesting religious views run them on the basis that their religion and business skills would make them suitable owners. They didn't actually expect them using this opportunity to teach kids creationism but it was fairly inevitable under the circumstances.
PPLwynSPFJ5p 12y ago
Just one of the scientific discoveries pointing to a young earth (which you describe as being 'bogus', and without evidence) was found recently by Dr. Mary Schweitzer, an evolutionist, not a creationist, and can be found here along with photographs. http://creation.com/dinosaur-soft-tissue http://creation.com/dinosaur-soft-tissue How would you explain this, makomk?