I am at a loss for words. This is totally and completely ridiculous.
You cannot tell these children that it's true just because some book of stories you've read says so. It's kind of hard to back up your belief when you are going against a theory that has mountains and mountains of evidence to support it, while your has virtually none.
The thing that upsets me the most is that they are trying to brainwash these children who have no had time to form their own opinions. They are shoving all this down their throats without offering an unbiased view of everything. It is not fair that some of these children will have to go throughout their lives living in ignorance because all they've been told is that this mighty power made everything and that's the end of that.
That most laughable thing must be the woman who says she believes in it because it's "easy to explain to her kids".
Now that, my friends, is insanity at its best.
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As per your comments on the video you posted on your blog:"The thing that upsets me the most is that they are trying tobrainwash these children who have no had time to form their ownopinions."On the flip side of the coin, most curriculums 'brainwash' children who haven't has time to form their own opinions.
"They are shoving all this down their throats without offering an unbiased view of everything."
People misunderstand bias. I think they should stop teaching that word at a middle-school level. Of course a church is going to teach it's doctrine's teaching. They have the RIGHT to be biased in that sense. Likewise, science classes present a view biased on the side of science. It isn't ridiculous. It's just the way it is. Why would a church be unbiased? Why would a classroom be unbiased? Bias is a thing that exists everywhere. Few people who aren't in the news claim they don't have a bias- after all, you're pretty biased in your presentation here.
"It is not fair that some of these children will have to go throughout their lives living in ignorance because all they've been told is that this mighty power made everything and that's the end of that."
One might say it isn't fair that other children go through their lives living in ignorance of God, because teachers have told them such and such.
"That most laughable thing must be the woman who says she believes in it because it's 'easy to explain to her kids.'"
That lady didn't seem intelligent. However, that wasn't what she said. She used the ease of explanation as a point of evidence for why she believes it- she didn't base her belief on the ease of explanation. What she's saying is it's obvious, in so many words. That said, her expression is highly lackluster.
It's all about perspective. People can believe what they want. Don't try to knock religion on that basis. Within the Christian sects, there is discord about the topic of evolution. Some believe in indirect revelation- i.e, the Bible isn't totally literal, as the purpose of ancient literature was to get a point across- not always to be literal. In fact, that's the official position of the Catholic Church, unless I'm mistaken. Some believe in intelligent design- the idea that God created life to change. Some are strict creationists. direct revelationists.
I myself am a Christian, though I'm somewhere between an intelligent design adherent and an indirect revelationist. Please, though, move beyond second grade notions of bias and doctrine. Understand bias is " tendency or preference towards a particular perspective, ideology, or result, when the tendency interferes with the ability to be impartial, unprejudiced, or objective." It only applies when you're presenting yourself as non-partial. Of course a church is going to present it's own teachings! To criticize on this ground is absurd.
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