I mean, schools should teach both sides of the argument (even if one side has all the evidence (like evolution) and the other side doesn’t).
Let the children decide what they want to believe.
2007-02-25 03:47:32 · 22 answers · asked by gruz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
good question. but hey, standing where we are the earth seems flat to me (creationism) and the idea is a lot easier to understand because id be scared to live on a ball!
but....maybe god tricks us that the earth is round, like how some people believeevolution is just a trick because god planted bones and stuff.
well i spit on you peoeple.
GOOD DAY
I SAID GOOD DAY
2007-02-25 03:59:45 · answer #1 · answered by its not gay if... 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Evolution, creationism and teh story of Genisis has not yet been 100% scientificly proven. So you can't use that argument.
As for "teaching that world is flat along side that the world is round" That is taught in history, as a HISTORY lesson, not a scientific lesson. If you are to teach that the world "flat" next to "roung" then you would have to also go into the geography books and change all of that, change so many differnt models, mathatical things and so forth.
I mean, why no terach the kids that the eart is the center of the universe? Or that the sun revolves around the earth..or any other old notion on space and earth that has been disproven.
If you want your kids to learn about creationism, then DONT send them to a public school, funded by the government (which by law state and church are supposed to be seprate) and teach them either at HOME or at a private school that teaches them what you want. Remember that little thing about freedom we all have? yeah, i'm sure you do. You have the FREEDOM to school your child anywhere you want. But, if you don't like a way you kid is being taught at a certain school, then you have the FREEDOM to send them someplace else. Remember, the governemtn also has the FREEDOM to teach what they want...
2007-02-25 03:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Pandora 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Public schools do teach the world is flat ... and the "World New's" supports this. Don't you see all the pictures of the Flat maps everywhere ... really man, get a grip, we're in the 21 century.
Didn't they teach you anything with public scholl ed? Why do you think it was necessary 4 them to creat the space program? Simply so we could get from point A to point B quicker.
2007-02-25 04:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , of course .
I believe the Earth is flat.But only a Christian can accept this because only a Christian understand what is a miracle and that the powers of God cannot be controlled by humans .
So although to atheists the ideea that the Earth could be falt seems to be abstract at least , this ideea could be taught in schools , because some abstract aspects of abstract ''sciences ''are taught in schools like ''phylosophy''and ''psychology'', and ''mathematics''.
Besides the idea that the Earth is flat is having the best God , who gives the best prize...
Actually the argument that the world is flat is that , it is illogical that people are living upsidedown...So it results the world is flat but it looks round...for some curious people.. If you look at your face in a spoon , you could see that your face becomes a little ..round..
2007-02-25 04:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I argued once in school that the earth is not round (a circle) it is a spheroid (three dimensional) - got a A on that one! So sure, there is lots of room for other theories. Some nations still believe the earth rides on the back of a giant turtle.
2007-02-25 03:52:54 · answer #5 · answered by barefoot_always 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not focus on teaching subjects that can be proven?
Evolution can not.
And to use your own argument, why not teach creation and evolution and let the children decide?
Of course, teaching either point of view is really a collosal waste of time. Each teaching does not prepare the student for a productive life. The things needed for success in this country do not include how life came about, but how to live it now that it is here. Who the hell cares if creation or evolution are true?
We need adults that can successfully read,write, and do mathematics.
2007-02-25 03:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The earth isn't flat first of all. I don't think religions should be taught on spiritual level, but given only the facts. It's in the constitution that religion is to be seperate from public schools.
2007-02-25 03:54:42 · answer #7 · answered by mackenzie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yessss! "Teach the controversy", man. We could call it "Intelligent Flattening" and get all sorts of bogus Flat Earth societies to spring up and get tons of donations, tax-free of course. Then we could have idiots with no real science education claim they know more about the shape of the earth than Ph.D.s in geology. It could be a bigger thing than cretin-, er, creationism!
2007-02-25 04:00:51 · answer #8 · answered by crypto_the_unknown 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Actually, the earth is more a rectangular shape, you know, just as God made it..." LOL of course not. Those creationists and ID people are seriously messed up. The truth is that stuff just can't compete with science. Only in the hearts and minds of the brainwashed do tose arguments make sense.
2007-02-25 04:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by Jedi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the earth has been scientifically proved by photographs taken from space to be a sphere so there is absolutely no reason to teach a myth beside it.
2007-02-25 03:57:10 · answer #10 · answered by genaddt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋