Posted on 11/09/2004 11:21:22 AM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo
Hi guys!
Glad to have you new folks here in FR!
It's always good to get a fresh perspective, as some of us have been fighting these wars so long that we can complete the other fellow's sentences!
No, but He might if you worked to prevent school children from hearing the other side of the story. The problem with evolutionary theory is that it's very weak scientifically. I find the ID arguments much more compelling. Regardless, evolutionary theory should not be sold as fact to impressionable children.
The only thing we know with certainty regarding human origins is that the human race has descended from an original couple. Regarding the cosmos, we know that the universe was created from nothing.
My experience with evolutionists is that they ignore countervailing evidence. They tend to be very dogmatic.
And they outlawed "science"? How did they do that?
Nothing comes from nothing and nothing never will Ping!
You are attempting to solve the wrong problem, just as I said in the post previous to the one you had your knee-jerk reaction to.
Where in the Constitution does it say that my children are to be educated at the expense of the public?
If I want my children to have an education, I should pay for it, and if you want yours to have an education, you should pay for it, and when we are paying for it we get to say what gets taught.
There is no difference between abolishing public education and having inner city schools graduate a majority of eighteen year old kids who cannot read or write.
And it's a lot cheaper for the taxpayer.
The eye. Did you miss that report this week where they found the link between the eye and the brain cells supporting the evolution?
Not a certainty.
The editor at creationsafaris didn't miss it. Miracle required
National Geographic is wrong and so was Darwin Link
We know it to be a certainty by virtue of its source, Christ's Church. It's not a subjective certainty.
What about children whose parents can't afford to pay for their child's education? This is why I advocate a voucher program as an improvement over the existing schooling system.
Where did Cain's wife come from?
Bless your heart. You're such a sensitive little Communist.
You're not solving the problem with vouchers. You are perpetuating it. If it comes from the government, it comes with strings attached. After a while you will find yourself in the same exact situation as now, only instead of public schools we will have private schools run by the stipulations attached to the vouchers.
And as far as people not being able to afford to educate their children, what good does free public education do if half the kids graduating from inner city schools can't even read or write?
Every private school I know of allows a certain number of kids in who can't afford it. Families who take education seriously will find a way to educate their children. Families who don't will just have to find some other way to warehouse their kids, which is all that would be happening at a public school anyway.
Please grow up.
You're the one who thinks everything should be free.
Adam and Eve.
In the worst case scenario you have a return to the status quo. That's why I advocate vouchers as an improvement over the existing system.
There are reasons to believe that the worst case scenario will not arise, however. Parents who actively choose a school for their child will actively fight to maintain control over their school's curriculum. Individual schools, associations of schools, and parent organizations will spring up to fight off regulation.
Currently parents of children in government schools are pitted against each other to control their school's curriculum, whereas under a voucher system individual schools will be pitted against the government to control their school's curriculum.
Where did you get that?
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