> Jim Guinee wrote:
>
> > On the other hand, it seems that non-religious scientists are free to ignore,
> > even trample over religious beliefs, even to the point where they begin to
> > teach science as something completely accurate and fool-proof.
>
> There are two confused points here, but I have questions about both:
>
> 1) What do you mean by "trample over."
Show disrespect. Treat a religious person like he's an idiot. For example, I
attended a seminar on couples counseling some time ago where the speaker
went on some tangent about the bible and it being "a bunch of crazy shit."
I'm not saying that's a common problem -- I'm just suggesting that there are
religious people foaming at the mouth over the evolution debate, and there
are science people foaming on the other side of the fence.
If an instructor finds no value in including religion in the classroom, I can
understand that. I'd rather have it omitted than abused.
> 2) Do you know of anyone who teaches science as completely accurate and
> fool-proof. If so, they obviously know little about what they are teaching.
No, that was an obvious overstatement. But I have met science instructors
who seem absolutely convinced of something, even though some of the facts
rest on theoretical assumptions. Yet, despite there being some gray area
they regard the entire set of material as completely true. Worse, if you
disagree, you're just stupid. But I realize that this behavior can be said of
anyone talking about anything at any time.
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President, Arkansas College Counselor Association
University of Central Arkansas Counseling Center
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