Creationism to be taught in Queensland schools

[miriam_e]

Oh, for crud's sake! Haven't we learned anything?

Read more here.

They sure are sneaky, these creationists... and persistent! They have learned that a frontal assault doesn't work so they're sneaking in the side door by saying that it will be taught as a historical controversy. It sounds so gentle and reasonable until you realise that there really is no controversy except in the warped minds of the creationists themselves.

Let's not be deceived. We all know what it will be used for. It will be a wedge to promote a myth. Why aren't they wanting us to teach the controversy surrounding the gods of ancient Greece and Rome? How about the Norse gods? Perhaps we should be teaching about Hindu creation myths. Or why one might want to choose Buddhism rather than Christianity. Or Zoroastrianism. Or any of the more than 1,000 major religions. No? I wonder why not. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that they see this as a propaganda opportunity, could it? They're not really concerned with rationality. They just want somehow to legitimise their insane mythos by having it taught in school, so that they can expand its coverage bit by bit. But school is where we are supposed to become more knowledgeable, not more stupid.

What the hell are the education authorities using for brains!?!

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Re: creationism

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I seem to recall some Norse mythology from that time in my life too... though I don't know if it was from my general reading, or being taught in school, or from comic books. :) Of the three I think it was most likely my general reading. I used to get a brilliant magazine each week that I loved called "Finding Out". It was wonderful -- full of science, history, mythology, fiction, and technology. I was lucky the way my parents tolerated (perhaps even encouraged) me getting so many of those kinds of magazines. "How It Works" was another -- full of astonishing information about the internal intricacies of machines, chemical and industrial processes, and many technologies. Another was "Animal Life" -- an encyclopedic series full of sumptuous photos of almost every kind of animal on Earth. Yet another was "World of Wildlife", and encyclopedia of a different kind, concentrating on all the ecologies instead of the animals themselves. Some magazines I still get, like "New Scientist" and "Scientific American". Some died, like the wonderful British "Science Journal" -- a very sad loss. I still have all of these. I'm a packrat. :)