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To: metacognative
here you go:

One very aggressive advocate of evolution, Professor Dennett, is so angered by the influence of religion in the arena of science (i.e. evolution) that he proposes that theistic religion should continue to exist only in “cultural zoos.” Note well the warning he gives to Christian parents: “Is there a conflict between science and religion here? There most certainly is . . . Save the Baptists! Yes, of course, but not by all means. Not if it means tolerating the deliberate misinforming of children about the natural world . . . Should evolution be taught in schools? Should arithmetic be taught? Should history? Misinforming a child is a terrible offense . . . . . . those whose visions dictate that they cannot peacefully coexist with the rest of us we will have to quarantine as best we can, minimizing the pain and damage, trying always to leave open a path or two that may come to seem acceptable. . . If you insist on teaching your children falsehoods – that the Earth is flat, that ‘Man’ is not a product of evolution by natural selection – then you must expect, at the very least, that those of us who have freedom of speech will feel free to describe your teachings as the spreading of falsehoods, and will attempt to demonstrate this to your children at our earliest opportunity. Our future well-being – the well-being of all of us on this planet – depends on the education of our descendants.”12

299 posted on 03/09/2005 11:25:09 AM PST by D Edmund Joaquin (Mayor of Jesusland)
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To: D Edmund Joaquin

Thank you mayor. I recognized the dennett doctrine when I saw it. "We will raise your children." Kind of like Hillary's village.


305 posted on 03/09/2005 11:37:10 AM PST by metacognative (eschew obfuscation)
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To: D Edmund Joaquin
...those whose visions dictate that they cannot peacefully coexist with the rest of us we will have to quarantine as best we can...

Just for my own information, what exactly is wrong with this? Are we supposed to let the militant Muslims take over unopposed?

344 posted on 03/09/2005 12:52:03 PM PST by js1138
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To: D Edmund Joaquin; Ichneumon; PatrickHenry; All
That quote leaves out some details.

And you accuse our side of lies. Like I said to tantrum-boy, what brass. The evidence (and the ACTUAL quotations) in post #159 of this thread are all that is necessary to prove this.

Why would you post something so easily debunked? What in the WORLD do you think will be accomplished by your side by lying so obviously?

392 posted on 03/09/2005 2:23:39 PM PST by Long Cut ("Looks like meat's back on the menu, Boys!")
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