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To: wagglebee
I have NEVER seen anyone who is firmly on one side or the other change their mind on the subject, nor do I see any real value on debating something that either did or did not happen but cannot be concretely proven either way.

I changed my mind & I was once firmly on the other side of the issue. I grew up with books on evolution in my home. I remember laughing at the kids who brought up God in science class.

The danger with indoctrination is that it sometimes means it's necessary to shape "truth". After the one who'd been indoctrinated has been released, discovery of any messaged truth is almost like a light getting turned on. I've gone from skeptical, to wondering about what they fear. Heaven forbid, teachers allow students to question & think.

24 posted on 01/16/2008 10:04:04 AM PST by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly

I realized as soon as I hit the post button that someone was going to explain how and why they changed their mind.

What I should have said, is that I have never seen anyone change their mind publicly through the course of a debate on the topic here on FR.

I agree that there is a huge danger with indoctrination. Whether Darwin intended as such or not, the education system has latched onto evolution as a way to promote atheism.

But in the end, I still believe that eugenics and how it has been and continues to be used, is by far the most dangerous component of Darwinism.


25 posted on 01/16/2008 10:41:46 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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