i must ask this........?

Question

this is a response from a previous question re: evolution.....

"Why don't we have university degrees in Santa Clause? Or Easter Bunny? or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? Why not make it mandatory for everyone to have at least 10 years of schooling on Neverland?

It's a waste of time and money. Non-productive. It leads to wrong conclusions."


are we not teaching our children what 'theory' means?

(sorry, had to rant...)

Answer 1

Probably not, but even if we were not everyone has the smarts to understand it, and some like those on here just put their hands over their ears and go lalalalalalala.

Answer 2

Confused ... I don't think I understand the question. If you're ranting because you think religion is on par with Santa Claus and Faerie Tales, I think that's a somewhat shallow point of view.

I also don't see where "theory" comes into this.

I believe we do have university degrees in Santa Claus and Faerie Tales; they take their form in certain aspects of study in history, culture, and literature. We don't have degrees focused directly upon them being literally true, because we know they aren't true, you can prove they aren't true, and in all reality, they don't have enough content or utility to develop a school of study on in their own right. Though I will admit there are excellent lessons to be learned from Faerie Tales (I'm a big fan of myth and storytelling).

Obviously not so with religion. Religion is not myth, at least according to the Judeo-Christian tradition (which includes Islam). Certainly, you cannot "prove" certain matters of faith false, just as you can't "prove" them true. It's not the nature of faith. Many things we take for granted we cannot in some sense "prove". For instance, we cannot _prove_ Napoleon really existed. We have to take it for granted from what has been passed down to us. And besides, religion does provide a great deal of wealth of knowledge for study, as it applies to the difficult questions "What is humankind?," "What is the end to which humankind is directed?," "How can I be happy and satisfied with my life?" among many, many other questions.

Answer 3

you know something. if there was a place in the north pole that offered work and paid well and such, I would take the 10 year courses of neverland schooling. its ashame its not true =*(

Answer 4

It's interesting that the theory of evolution is based on survival of the fittest.So why are we willing to give up our life to die for our love ones( our kids, wife or dear friend) Isn't this a quality of love and if we go by survival of the fittest, then we should let them die.
The quality of love was given to us when God created us. In His image He created us.

Answer 5

Apparently not. The word THEORY when used in the scientific world applies to things like...THEORY of gravity. THEORY of aerodynamics (ever get on a plane)?

So even if you don't understand the use of the word "theory" in scientific circles, should people NOT study germ theory, string theory etc? Is it just the word "theory" that you don't get or does science scare you that much?

Answer 6

Here, hear!!! They also don't know the difference between FACT & Fiction. A fact is a proven theory. Other than that, it remains a theory or just an idea until it is PROVEN as fact!

Answer 7

That is my response to religion classes or someone that believes in the fairy tale of a god

Answer 8

The point being made was, why do we educate our children about god as though it were a fact when it's a beleif system.

Answer 9

The devil makes people illogical and dumb. People will belief almost anything if it means it so they do not have to be responsible for their wrong actions.

Answer 10

Ranting is good. We are teaching our kids to be paranoid.
"He knows if you are good or bad"
" If I should die before I wake "
Have a nice day.