evangelicals teaching kids about creationism?

Question

a while back i saw this documentary on hbo that really bothered me.

it was about evangelicals that were in a room with kids from age 3 to no older than 8 accompanied by parents and grandparents.
i watched the preacher telling the kids why creationism was true and why evolution was false.
after that they showed the kids pictures of monkies with lipstick and glasses on and the preacher said now do your grandparents look like this? and the kids of course laughing say no. the preacher smile and says i didn't think so cause that would be silly. now does anybody believe in evolution? the kids all together say no again.

anyway i found this to be wrong because those kids really didn't understand anything and the preacher looked like he felt victorious
those kids were just answering no on account of because theyre grand parents didn't look like monkies.
a true brain washing indeed don't you think?
by the way the preacher was ted haggard who later was cought with meth and male hooker

i bet if one kid did say yes to evolution they would probably throw them into a program and if that didn't work it would be off to jesus camp

Answer 1

One of religion's main tactics is to target children. It's much easier to get converts when they've been indoctrinated from an early age, than to convert educated adults who know something about science. Kids have an in-built instinct to believe adults, and it's very difficult to break away from those beliefs once one reaches adulthood.

Answer 2

Hmm, they've obviously never seen my christian neighbor's grandfather ;) If they had, they *would* accept evolution as the fact that it is!

Yes, it's sad and disturbing. But so is the televangelist show I accidentally stumbled on the other day, where the preacher was offering packets of "miracle water" that was promised to heal any sickness if only you had enough faith, for just $20. And apparently he's selling hundreds of thousands of these things.

Brainwashing kids is sad. Brainwashed kids who grow up to be ignorant adults and spend money on that kind of stuff is downright criminal.

Peace.

Answer 3

This is pretty much the kind of thinking that evangelicals use in regards to anything that might conflict with their dogma. They create a rediculous straw man, call it "evolution", and proceed to mock it.

One would think they would have the integrity to actually present an accurate picture of what evolution is before they made fun of it.

Wait...integrity from evangelicals?

That really would take a miracle.

Answer 4

The biggest irony, of course, is that young-earth creationists do this sort of thing and then turn around and say that anyone who believes in evolution has been brainwashed!

I was once a young-earth creationist. What changed my mind? The facts, and mainstream biologists who patiently not only presented the fact, but showed point by point where creationists were being dishonest and misrepresenting them.

Answer 5

I think it's very wrong. It's an incomplete and overly simplistic misrepresentation of the theory of Evolution to innocent children who were too young to know any better. The participants should have been ashamed of themselves.

Answer 6

Those who wave their flags the hardest are the ones to watch out for.

Answer 7

Lessons such as that were intelligently designed to brainwash children before they are able to formulate independent thoughts.

Answer 8

That's pretty funny. I always thought my grandmother looked a bit like a monkey wearing lipstick. Don't tell my mom I said so, please.

Answer 9

it makes me wonder, what whould have happened to the kid who might have dared and said "yes, this one looks like gramps"

Answer 10

Funny. When my grandmother got older, you know, couldn't half see, you know, the lipstick and all, well the glasses and all................