Here is the article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259844,00.html
I am a Christian, and it seems the guy should have been fired.
2007-03-20 05:45:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am also a Christian, and I agree that he should have been fired.
What he did was no just use a little quote from the Bible or give a little speech about why he thought Creationism was valid, he compared evolution to NAZIS! That is way over the line and ridiculous. And discussing Planned Parenthood at all was highly inappropriate....
Additionally, it's fine if you are Christian and it's fine if you want to evangelize, but there's a proper time & place. What this idiot did was disrespect anyone of a different faith tradition & turn people off to his religion.... how stupid.
2007-03-20 05:54:22 · answer #1 · answered by Tiff 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm... because he was fired for straying from the curriculum and he was just an interim teacher to begin with, yes, his firing was justified.
His statement is that he was trying to provide materials that aided critical thinking. I forget what grade this was, but if it was grade 11 or 12 or college, then I'm okay with it. Students in these grades should be focusing on critical thinking, discussion and investigation. If it was a lower grade, it could be considered brainwashing (which is what I consider Sunday School and church for children).
2007-03-20 05:51:12 · answer #2 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It reminds me of the episode of South Park where Mrs. Garrison teaches evolution.
Also, I've had high school teachers present intelligent design in ways that did not so obviously show their bias. It was in a Theory of Knowledge class, and we had a debate on it.
2007-03-20 06:32:52 · answer #3 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the moron should have waited until he was subbing a Critical Thinking class to teach Critical Thinking. Not in biology class... I dont buy that excuse for a minute...evolution, Nazis and Planned Parenthood?
What a putz. He deserved being canned...
2007-03-20 05:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That depends on what he said. They had no examples and the artical was biased in my opinion. It was obvious that they wanted him to look like a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher.
"He took passages that had all kinds of Biblical references," Rahm said. "It prevented her from learning what she needed to learn."
"How many minds did he pollute?" Dan Harrison, the father of a student in Helphinstine's class, said at the meeting. "It's a thinly veiled attempt to hide his own agenda."
These passages from the artical tell me that they are against what he taught. Without what he said, we have no way of knowing what to really think in an unbaised manner. The artical had him stating that he DID NOT teach Creationism, but the parents would have you think he did. I'd rather find out what was actually said before saying if he should be fired.
2007-03-20 05:53:29 · answer #5 · answered by sister steph 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A sub instructor who started out by utilising quoting a verse from the bible and whilst the pupil asked with regard to the verse then the sub pulled out the bible that the sub grow to be already donning with them and gave it to the pupil. This sub went to the college with the point of giving that bible to a pupil and fished until eventually one grow to be got here across. Now, shall we are saying this grow to be a sub instructor who surpassed out a satanic bible. might you nevertheless shelter the movements of the sub? I wager no longer.
2016-10-02 11:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God established the laws of the land. We as a nation have elected to keep church and state separate. They knew as a teacher that they could not discuss religion and biology together. Jesus said give to Cesar what is Cesar's and give to me what is mine, (paraphrasing). We must be as wise a serpent yet as humble as a dove. I guess the teacher has not learned that lesson yet.
2007-03-20 05:59:37 · answer #7 · answered by scooter 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to agree with you. "Critical Thinking"? Isn't that a fancy term for "B.S. Detection"? I wonder if he distinguished which part of the lesson was supposed to be the "B.S.", the textbook or the PowerPoint?
2007-03-20 09:03:51 · answer #8 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that none of us should judge this matter unless we see the Powerpoint presentation he gave. I do not think the Bible is offensive, in and of itself. Some schools study it as ancient literature!
Actually, what does offend me is that a parent said the Bible "pollutes" children's minds.
2007-03-20 05:58:48 · answer #9 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He was fired because he strayed from the curriculum. Of course he should have been fired for that.
2007-03-20 05:50:02 · answer #10 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋