05/31/2007 05:44:40 AM EST

Put the Bible Back in Schools

posted by Beyondhiv

Sen. Sam Brownback has an Op-Ed piece in the nytimes today where he says "The truths of science and faith are complementary: they deal with very different questions, but they do not contradict each other because the spiritual order and the material order were created by the same God."
It's time we settle this once and for all.

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I propose a required High School science course putting the Bible under a microscope. Testing any potential for a literal interpetation, as many that want the Bible back in schools believe.
Such as:
Could Noah have really gotten two of every species on an ark?
Can a human body really turn into a pillar of salt?
Is the biblical timeline of the origins of man even possible?
I seriously doubt the true believers would want to put the Bible under that kind of scutiny.

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Nice idea (none / 0)

The problem is that scientists of any caliber have real work to do. Chasing silly Jewish mythology isn't that interesting to a real scientist.

Besides, the concept that science can disprove faith is a tad ridiculous. People who have faith aren't going to let a bunch of humans in lab coats convince them they are wrong.

by libertine on 05/31/2007 09:09:39 AM EST

science vs faith (none / 0)
Faith by its very definition flies in the face of reality as it doesn't require any proof of anything or even conjecture for that matter.  Anyone can say any crazy ass thing and others can have faith that it is so.  Fath is an all-powerful trump card that can be pulled from one's boot at any time.  Faith can be ever-changing to accommodate new information to keep gods alive.  Anything that science proved or disproved would be countered with self-reinforcing rhetoric about how god created it so we would see it that way or he acted to obscure our reality etc.  Incidentally, I finally saw Apocalypto this weekend and it was a kick seeing the Mayan priest on top of the temple performing sacrifices.  His body language and gestures were just like an evengelists'. 

by nfc on 05/31/2007 10:57:14 AM EST

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Scream! (none / 0)
But that screams the questions. Why would an all powerful creator ask you to have faith in a book of lies?
Is it part of the Intelligent Design that we be decieved by the facts around us?
According to Webster's one definition is "firm belief in something for which there is no proof" but is it "faith" to believe in things which there is proof to the contray or is it just ignorance?

by Beyondhiv on 06/01/2007 05:00:04 AM EST

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It's about the children (none / 0)
It's not about scienists spending time looking at it. It about teaching the next gerneration about critical thinking.
Actually, The interesting thing is that if your were going to teach the Bible just like any other novel without the religious overtones. Most religous parent would see it as far to vulger. Children having sex with parents, brother killing brother and a supreme being with one hell of a temper.
I'd love to be at the school board meeting.

by Beyondhiv on 06/01/2007 04:38:38 AM EST

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Wait!!! (none / 0)
Does that mean that a guy living in the ancient Middle East could not find 2 panda bears, 2 kangaroos or 2 North American whitetail deer.

Wow, thats deep. There goes my faith.

by z1p101 on 05/31/2007 10:07:10 PM EST

I'm glad to see .... (none / 0)
Someone else believes the Bible is a rediculous story.

by Beyondhiv on 06/01/2007 04:40:41 AM EST

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Bible (none / 0)
The new amnesty bill is a much longer read than the bible as it turns out. Now quick read it.

by acroso on 06/01/2007 08:23:51 AM EST

Sounds good to me (none / 0)
A good comparative religions course should be part of any comprehensive education.

by jarett on 06/02/2007 01:45:56 PM EST

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