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# More creationist nonsense
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News story
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Tue 29 May 2007, 19:50, archived)
# Well of course
Those razor-sharp fangs were for use against the really aggressive vegetables.

(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Tue 29 May 2007, 19:56, archived)
# no they only evolved them after the fall of man
no wait...
fuck
(I helped save b3ta! wjh31, Tue 29 May 2007, 19:56, archived)
# Ugh
They had to sign contracts? What if you broke your contract and suddenly realized creationism is shite?

Woo-ful shop.
(britishbroccoli, Tue 29 May 2007, 19:58, archived)
# interesting story
i'm glad i don't teach science in the USA
(and i imagine a lot of you out there are glad you don't teach science here in the UK...)
(I helped save b3ta! kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 29 May 2007, 19:58, archived)
# my science book had a whole chapter on the scientific theories of how life started
like, the amino acids from comets, the bubbles of fats that turned into a cell membrane after, the Miller-Urey experiment. Then at the end it mentions how none of these are proven and that there could be a cause they haven't thought of. Then it mentions creationism and how that is what some people believe. It wasn't even that tag that they put on the books in Kansas, but it still made me feel sad.
(Cold Fished looks like Zack Braff, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:03, archived)
# unfortunately it's still like that today
whenever i have to teach any of this stuff it's always recommended to put some sort of disclaimer such as this.

a recent lesson i taught about carbon dating was titled "Is the Turin Shroud a fake?". I heard a sharp intake of breath from the more religious in the group.
(I helped save b3ta! kingsuperspecial is in an audience, wanking furiously, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:07, archived)
# but it is a fake.
I thought the church decided on that finally. Anyways, that is pretty interesting. In my school even the most devout girl (she was DEVOUT I tell you. Said grace in the cafeteria, was nice to people) knew that you aren't supposed to show that you have a stance in religion when it comes to teaching in a public school.
(Cold Fished looks like Zack Braff, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:11, archived)
# wasn't there some tv programme a while ago claiming it was a medieval attempt at photography?
that would be cool

but also very sad if true, if that's the only photo that got made until several hundred years later
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Tue 29 May 2007, 21:24, archived)
# Bill Hicks
did ask the very reasonable question - "why do creationists seem so unevolved"?

Did he ever get an answer?
(I helped save b3ta! mamilla_sarsum um... a vial is enough, no jam-jars please, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:02, archived)
# A response in the form of
eternal damnation, but I don't know if that qualifies as an answer.
(Cold Fished looks like Zack Braff, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:04, archived)
# Well
it does seem a touch dogmatic
(I helped save b3ta! mamilla_sarsum um... a vial is enough, no jam-jars please, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:11, archived)
# I never understand how fundementalists function properly in a modern society.
My church's priests knew that the Bible wasn't entirely factual to the very letter, and made sure that they taught the lessons the Bible was trying to teach, not how if you are a leper you should always thank Jesus. And they were Catholic. Religion is so boggling.
(Cold Fished looks like Zack Braff, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:13, archived)
# That museum is a nonsense!
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 29 May 2007, 20:09, archived)