Evolution and the Public School System (country, punk, rock, single)

khfreek · 02-13-2009, 08:26 PM

At least the 36% who are undecided are honest. It's better results than I would have expected.

TheBig3 · 02-13-2009, 10:03 PM

Florida is old and cuban. They see whats going on in Mainland america and then rebel. They too will die. Logic will prevail.

mannny · 02-13-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

On Darwinâ€™s Birthday, Only 4 in 10 Believe in Evolution

That's really sad. Especially that only 55% of Americans actually know who Darwin is.

sleepy jack · 02-13-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by khfreek

At least the 36% who are undecided are honest. It's better results than I would have expected.

The fact there are that many Americans who don't have an opinion on something like whether Evolution is true or not is hardly encouraging.

khfreek · 02-14-2009, 10:04 AM

Better that they don't care than they think the wrong thing, don't you think?

The Robot Hunter · 02-14-2009, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

Once you remove Under God, gay marriage, abortion laws, education reform, etc will follow suit and stop being an issue.

Deep down I hope you're joking because IMO it's a ridiculous over-simplification. Why on earth would removing "under God" from the pledge have anything to do with solving those issues. I think you're just as guilty as republicans are for latching on to something simple like removing "under God" and "in God we trust" and making it into a hugely blown out of proportion topic - you're right that's it a symbol of the church not being completely separated from the state - but it's so short-sighted to think that that's going to solve all the problems in government.

Honestly, I hope the government removes those statements because I believe in the strict separation of church and state. Not only because it's good for the state, but it's good for the church too. The non-separation of church and state is what drove the pilgrims here to found this country on that principle and now because it's convenient to the church to impose their views on the government, the church doesn't want the separation. And now look how the church imposing its "morality" on the state has turned people against the church!

sleepy jack · 02-14-2009, 04:04 PM

I quit being serious once a throwaway comment in my post was taken to be the crux of my argument.

The Robot Hunter · 02-14-2009, 04:09 PM

So words are the most powerful thing in the world unless they're throwaway comments? Maybe you should put the parts of your comments that I'm not supposed to take seriously in italics or something so I don't bring them up later...

sleepy jack · 02-14-2009, 04:37 PM

Um that entire argument was with Lucifer Sam started because he, for whatever reason, assumed my comment (I mean, Under God is in our pledge of allegiance! It shouldn't have been added in the fist place (fuck you Eisenhower.)) at the end of a much larger post was the crucial point I was trying to make. All the statements made about under god following that initial one were facetious.

The Robot Hunter · 02-14-2009, 04:44 PM

*looks up facetious* Okay, sorry if I took it too seriously then. But I do agree with you about under God being taken out of the pledge.

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TheBig3 killedmyraindog Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 11,172	Florida is old and cuban. They see whats going on in Mainland america and then rebel. They too will die. Logic will prevail. __________________ I've moved to a new address

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khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	Better that they don't care than they think the wrong thing, don't you think? __________________ last.fm

02-14-2009, 04:04 PM	#47 (permalink)
sleepy jack isfckingdead Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 18,967	I quit being serious once a throwaway comment in my post was taken to be the crux of my argument.

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The Robot Hunter Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 65	So words are the most powerful thing in the world unless they're throwaway comments? Maybe you should put the parts of your comments that I'm not supposed to take seriously in italics or something so I don't bring them up later...

02-14-2009, 04:37 PM	#49 (permalink)
sleepy jack isfckingdead Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 18,967	Um that entire argument was with Lucifer Sam started because he, for whatever reason, assumed my comment (I mean, Under God is in our pledge of allegiance! It shouldn't have been added in the fist place (fuck you Eisenhower.)) at the end of a much larger post was the crucial point I was trying to make. All the statements made about under god following that initial one were facetious.

02-14-2009, 04:44 PM	#50 (permalink)
The Robot Hunter Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 65	looks up facetious Okay, sorry if I took it too seriously then. But I do agree with you about under God being taken out of the pledge.