Don't want your kid learning about the evils of evolution? Move to Missouri!

SixNein

A few day's ago, the great state of Missouri passed Amendment 2 which has a clause that specifically states

http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2012...fulltext_1.pdf

Along with other religiously inspired text that was mostly already covered under existing law.

leroyjenkens

In other words, if the student doesn't want to learn about evolution, the student doesn't have to.

What happens when a kid claims all of the subjects other than gym class violate his religious beliefs?

Evo

Well, there will be an ever widening gap between the educated and the uneducated.

How is a teacher supposed to teach a class if every student claims something is against their religion? Will classes be divided by religion now? "Fundamental Christian Earth myths 101? Or will the kids that have parents that oppose a subject have their kids excused from classes?

Creel

Ahh good, this goes way beyond Evolution and allows me to skip pretty much my entire Geology class, good deal!

Also, being able to round Pi to 3 is going to make Trig a snap!
1 Kings 7:23
"And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

leroyjenkens

And any history beyond 6000 years ago can be dropped, since nothing existed before that.

This is what happens when you let people with an improper education make decisions on education.

Look at the wording of that thing. When they say students can worship "Almighty God", they're talking about a specific god. How hard is it to keep religion out of politics? Just say "their god" or something like that, why involve an obviously biased opinion into it?

Dembadon

The sad thing is there are still a substantial amount of educated¹ people who believe in fairy tales as well. I don't know what else to call it besides intentional delusion in an effort to avoid cognitive dissonance.

¹ read: degree-holding

SixNein

I'm curious if we aren't seeing an attempt to establish some kind of theocracy. There seems to be a great deal of theocratic sounding propaganda out there. Just look at the republican lineup this year and what it had to say.

Evo

How will these kids be able to pass the exit exam from High School? Common subjects rejected due to religion are the sciences, history, English Literature, even art and music.

SixNein

If they can opt out of a class, I don't see why they wouldn't be able to opt out of a test.

AnTiFreeze3

Let's look on the bright side of things: this means there will be less competition for me once I start applying for college.

SixNein

And then you realize the consequences when this generation becomes a part of society.

SixNein

Perhaps Florida has a solution:


http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...igious-freedom

Windowmaker

The arrogance of this forum astounds me. I'm done posting or frequenting here. Have a good day.

SixNein

The topic can effect America for generations. I don't think it's arrogant to challenge the merit of this power grab currently underway by the christian-right.

Evo

Apparently he agrees with throwing education out.

Dembadon

I'm not sure how you've come to the conclusion that this entire forum is arrogant, especially if your conclusion is based only on the posts in this thread.

SixNein

Well, the topic is a political hot potato because it involves religion; however, I brought it up because the trend is causing me a great deal of concern.

To quote Max Planck....

Suppose the christian right doesn't have to win these arguments; instead, it controls the education of the next generation.