I'm sick and tired of all you heretics. If dinosaurs were real, how come they ain't in the Bible? Huh?
Yore goin' to Heck, all of you. Zeke Yewdall wrote: > I agree that we should not only present a one sided view of things. > Point in case: millions of children are misled every year by > secularists on the "law of gravity". What about Jesus rising into the > sky. Walking on water? Every schoolchild should be ecouraged to go > to the roof of the school building and experiment on his or her own to > see if they really believe in gravity, instead of giving them such a > one sided and scientific view. > > Of course, soon the only people remaining will be the ones who did > believe in gravity. Too bad that global warming can take all of us > with it, not just the skeptics. > > > Alternatively, if you want to teach the bible as literal fact, I > believe that Tolkien's history of Middle Earth should also presented > as literal fact. > > > On 1/13/07, *David Kramer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/299253_inconvenient11.html > Federal Way schools restrict Gore film > by Robert McClure and Lisa Stiffler, seattlepi.com > <http://seattlepi.com> > > > This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient > to show one > of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the > global-warming alert > "An Inconvenient Truth." > > After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and > opposes sex > education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board > on Tuesday > placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie > consists > largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore > recounting scientists' findings. > > "Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a > schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also > said that > he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's > being > presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The > Bible says > that in the end times everything will burn up, but that > perspective isn't > in the DVD." > > Hardison's e-mail to the School Board prompted board member David > Larson > to propose the moratorium Tuesday night. > > "Somebody could say you're killing free speech, and my retort to > them would be > we're encouraging free speech," said Larson, a lawyer. "The beauty > of our > society is we allow debate." > > School Board members adopted a three-point policy that says > teachers who want > to show the movie must ensure that a "credible, legitimate > opposing view will > be presented," that they must get the OK of the principal and the > superintendent, and that any teachers who have shown the film must > now present > an "opposing view." > > The requirement to represent another side follows district policy > to represent > both sides of a controversial issue, board President Ed Barney said. > > "What is purported in this movie is, 'This is what is happening. > Period. That > is fact,' " Barney said. > > Students should hear the perspective of global-warming skeptics > and then make > up their minds, he said. After they do, "if they think driving > around in cars > is going to kill us all, that's fine, that's their choice." > > Asked whether an alternative explanation for evolution should be > presented > by teachers, Barney said it would be appropriate to tell students that > other beliefs exist. "It's only a theory," he said. > > While the question of climate change has provoked intense argument in > political circles in recent years, among scientists its basic > tenets have > become the subject of an increasingly stronger consensus. > > "In the light of new evidence and taking into account the remaining > uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is > likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas > concentrations," > states a 2001 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, > which advises policymakers. > > "Furthermore, it is very likely that the 20th-century warming has > contributed > significantly to the observed sea level rise, through thermal > expansion of > seawater and widespread loss of land ice." > > The basics of that position are backed by the American > Meteorological Society, > the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the > Advancement > of Science and the National Academy of Sciences. > > Laurie David, a co-producer of the movie, said that this is the > first incident > of its kind relating to the film. > > "I am shocked that a school district would come to this decision," > David said > in a prepared statement. "There is no opposing view to science, > which is fact, > and the facts are clear that global warming is here, now." > > The Federal Way incident started when Hardison learned that his > daughter would > see the movie in class. He objected. > > Hardison and his wife, Gayla, said they would prefer that the > movie not be shown > at all in schools. > > "From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has > expressed to me, > if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad > America,' > I don't think it should be shown at all," Gayle Hardison said. "If > you're > going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin > of the > world, I don't think the video should be shown." > > Scientists say that Americans, with about 5 percent of the world's > population, emit about 25 percent of the globe-warming gases. > > Larson, the School Board member, said a pre-existing policy should > have > alerted teachers and principals that the movie must be > counterbalanced. > > The policy, titled "Controversial Issues, Teaching of," says in > part, "It > is the teacher's responsibility to present controversial issues > that are > free from prejudice and encourage students to form, hold and > express their > own opinions without personal prejudice or discrimination." > > "The principal reason for that is to make sure that the public > schools > are not used for indoctrination," Larson said. > > Students contacted Wednesday said they favor allowing the movie to > be shown. > > "I think that a movie like that is a really great way to open > people's eyes > up about what you can do and what you are doing to the planet and > how that's > going to affect the human race," said Kenna Patrick, a senior at > Jefferson High School. > > When it comes to the idea of presenting global warming skeptics, > Patrick > wasn't sure how necessary that would be. She hadn't seen the movie > but had > read about it and would like to see it. > > "Watching a movie doesn't mean that you have to believe everything > you see > in it," she said. > > Joan Patrick, Kenna's mother, thought it would be a good idea for > students > to see the movie. They are the ones who will be dealing with the > effects of a warmer planet. > > "It's their job," she said. "They're the next generation." > > ===================================================================== > > Keith, do you have a program that does line wraps when you post web > articles? 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