But when your faith, which by definition may lack facts (which need to be rooted in science, by the way), enter the public education curriculum.....well thats when i get pissed.
My child is sent to school to learn agreed upon scientific theories. We are free to discuss the validity of those theories (philosophize) back home. But NEVER should one's religious beliefs, which require no scientific backing, be taught to my child in a PUBLIC school science class. The idea of Intelligent Design being taught in a fact based science class is ludicrous.
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Small
To: CF-Community
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: RE: Here we go again....
Hmm. it sounds like you definitely are retarded. (I don't mean that.)
But really, for a bunch of supposedly enlightened, liberal, open-minded
thinkers, this group is incredibly biased against religion. Is it necessary
to insult the whole religion for the sake of protecting the First Amendment?
I don't insult the atheists when I don't agree with their viewpoints, I just
don't say anything. An open debate about the merits of an issue is fine, but
when a religious topic appears it's immediately open season on the religion
itself. That's bigotry.
Remember that there are multiple parts of the First Amendment 1) Freedom of
Religion 2) Freedom of Speech.
The people down in Kansas may be idiots, may be wrong, may be against the
First Amendment, but they are still protected by it. They are allowed to
voice their viewpoints.
There are people on this list who believe in Adam and Eve, and it's not only
Christians.
- Matt Small
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