Society & Culture - 5 November 2006

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN CHRISTIAN RELIGION THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED THAT REFUSE TO ASSOCIATE WITH "UNBELIEVERS"

SO WHY NOT JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE US ALONE

2006-11-05 08:05:08 · 34 answers · asked by Jean Simmons 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Please everyone I really need some good and nice ideas for an wsome chirstmas present for my boyfriend...please it needs to be a really good idea :(

2006-11-05 08:05:01 · 4 answers · asked by Lanna 1 in Other - Holidays

im not sure but my sis or brothers keep telling me that you (girls and boys) r not real people is that ture?

2006-11-05 08:04:10 · 13 answers · asked by George G 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

no wrong answers cause it is for my project

2006-11-05 08:03:51 · 1 answers · asked by ghostromero1 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

how many times has it been translated? has it ever been translated by a woman? i can tell this book has been passed by a hundred men before we got to see it. i dont think god would realy say all that stuff. does the original bible writen in stone still exist somewhere?

2006-11-05 08:03:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want to participate in volunteer activities outside the country that I live in right now (Yemen). I am not a European or American citizen and I have no idea about the possibility for a person have the nationality of a third-nation country to participate at any volunteer forum or activity out the borders of his or her region.

2006-11-05 08:01:44 · 2 answers · asked by AshOsaki 1 in Community Service

I love ANGRY CAT

2006-11-05 08:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 08:00:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 08:00:28 · 12 answers · asked by Simply_Me 3 in Other - Holidays

Like you make up a location and name to protect yourself online?

Or you lmake a small white lie to protect yourself and to get you justice as long as it's in the intent of selfLESS act?

2006-11-05 07:58:51 · 19 answers · asked by Out of the Blue 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 07:58:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

about God and religion if you had no outside influences, no parents, churches, internet.... I know this question is impossible to answer, but what would you imagine you'd believe?

2006-11-05 07:58:04 · 12 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 07:57:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

EVOLUTION IN EDUCATION



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"It is the height of bigotry to teach only one view of origins."
-quote from Clarence Darrow, ACLU lawyer, during his defense of John Scopes


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Before the 1930's, creation was the accepted explanation of origins and was taught as fact in American public schools. In 1925, a young science teacher named John Scopes wished to teach evolution to his class. He was forbidden to do so by the Dayton, Tennessee school board, so he took his case to court. In July of that year, an event which shook the foundations of our country took place in the Dayton courthouse, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. This was the great turning point in our country concerning the creation/evolution in education debate. Even though John Scopes lost his case and was forbidden by law to teach anything other than creation in the classroom, by 1933, evolution was taught alongside creation in American science classes. Today, creation is out, and only evolution is allowed to be taught in the classroom.

Evolution today is taught in schools as a fact. Some institutions may refer to it as theory, but not very many. What is the truth? The truth is, evolution is only a theory, if you approach it via the scientific method. The scientific method allows for the progression of observations into a scientific hypothesis, from there into a theory, and potentially into scientific fact or law. This method is used throughout the scientific community to prove findings. Without this method, anyone could propose any silly idea, and call it fact. For instance, I could observe the fact that slugs here in the Pacific Northwest are larger than slugs in drier climates. From there, I could claim the reason for this anomaly is due to the slugs drinking great northwest coffee and thriving on it. Of course it's nonsense, but that's why scientists use this "scientific method" -- to find objective support for their claims. However, in their rush to embrace evolution - the humanist view on the origins of man, they seem to have bypassed this method. The truth is, evolution has not been subject to direct observation, and cannot be supported or reproduced in experiments. Oh, some will tell you they've observed evolution, but all they've truly observed is small mutations within a species -- quite different from evolution. For all their grand claims, an HONEST scientist will have to agree that evolution is a theory only, and barely one at that.

So why is evolution taught in school as a fact, or at best, a theory? Because the majority of the scientific community will do anything they can to deny the existence of a benevolent, supernatural Creator. They want to believe that all power and divinity in the universe can be found within each person, not in a powerful Almighty God. They wish to deny Him, to deny His power, to deny that we are all subject to someone greater and more powerful than anything we can see, feel, or touch. They miss the fact that evidence of His existence is all around us. They miss the fact that to accept evolution as a fact requires a leap of blind faith. To accept creationism, for which there is an abundance of scientific evidence, requires no blind faith. In order to maintain their comfort and sense of power over self and nature, they must indoctrinate our children at an early age. They teach our children in a religious doctrine though - a doctrine of religious humanism. The first amendment protects us against the government establishment of religion, but religious humanism is taught in our public schools every day, while the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Education Association, and humanists everywhere successfully block creationism from being taught. In other words, your children's first amendment rights are violated every day they attend school, with full knowledge and support of your government.

Does it bother you that your children's constitutional rights are violated by their teachers at schools supported by your tax dollars? It should. It doesn't have to be this way. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who should be bothered by this, choose to remain a "silent" majority? If you ARE bothered, then do SOMETHING about it! As one person, you may not change the system. But by adding your voice to millions of others, things CAN change. Please take the time to write to those who represent you in Washington D.C. Follow the link below to contact your congressional representatives. If you wish to email our president directly, please do that as well. However, don't forget to contact your representatives with the votes to legislate. We don't expect to expel the teaching of evolution from public schools. But we must get educators to teach evolution as a hypothesis as opposed to fact, and allow the schools to teach creationism as well. Get involved now, for the sake of your children!

2006-11-05 07:57:35 · 20 answers · asked by Jeff C 4 in Religion & Spirituality

How many of you hug your teddy bear when you sleep. Not just girls but guys. I have one myself and I love it.

2006-11-05 07:57:03 · 5 answers · asked by Webballs 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Shouldnt we as a free country ban this mediavial garment.

It really is a bit much to say that men cant control themselves if they see a females face.

It reminds me of what Victorian Britain used to be like with it being a scandel if a woman showed her ankles.

Shouldnt Muslim woman in Britain and the U.S.A make a stand against this man made rule to cover up?

2006-11-05 07:56:09 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-11-05 07:55:58 · 9 answers · asked by James Blond 4 in Religion & Spirituality

how can I make a ghost come into my house without doing an oujia board because i dont have one. I am not crazy but just want to prove to someone they exist so please help. How???

2006-11-05 07:54:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-11-05 07:54:22 · 10 answers · asked by Dave 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 07:53:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

He worked under Stephen Jay Gould.

2006-11-05 07:51:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Eve was a woman. She ate from the forbidden tree. This is something I wouldn't have done. It seems rather foolish. Adam was a man. He also ate from that particular tree. Although God punnished both of them, He took it a lot harder on Eve because she did it first. As punnishment women were cursed with many missfortunes, for example, women would menstruate every month. Now, millions of years later (or thousands, whatever you believe) women still menstruate every month. I did not commit the first sin, nor did I decide to be a woman, so why am I being subjected to such cruel punishment?

2006-11-05 07:51:23 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1-unrequited love
2-cupboard love

2006-11-05 07:51:20 · 10 answers · asked by blueyes 2 in Languages

im looking for websites on haunted graveyards as im doing a study of them at college

2006-11-05 07:50:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've seen some inject a needle/syringe full of drugs in their arm while driving

2006-11-05 07:50:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

a religion that I will not name encourages women to only wear skirts and dresses

2006-11-05 07:49:24 · 22 answers · asked by Jean Simmons 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-05 07:46:37 · 3 answers · asked by trebleqbp 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

in the church, isnt secretly gay?

2006-11-05 07:45:56 · 12 answers · asked by buttnut 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I mostly see ppl picking the answer that agrees with them. im like this myself.

2006-11-05 07:45:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

In light of Euro-ization. globalization, etc.? I'm a concerned American cousin who hopes you won't go "Dutch" or "Belgian" on us.

2006-11-05 07:45:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture