Multi-Board Poll: Teaching Intelligent Design in schools

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Do you believe that Intelligent Design, as defined as an intelligent interloper designing and creating life on Earth, should be taught in public high school science classes around the United States?

Poll ended at 2005-08-31 03:21pm

Yes
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No
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Total votes: 214

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As soon as they figure out how to measure, weight, observe or other wise quantify 'god', then go right ahead and teach Idiot Design.
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Sorry, but ID has no more place in a science class than Astrology or the Giant Cosmic Turtle Theory.
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Fuck no.
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I would have thought that there was enough stupidity in education already without adding this POS. There is in the UK anyway
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Gah... Offcourse I vote for No, but as anti mainstream as I am, but with these results its more than tempting to vote Yes instead

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I would have thought that there was enough stupidity in education already without adding this POS. There is in the UK anyway
It isn't already there in Primary Schools? I was taught it in Primary School (or at least something radically similar)...

But of course, I retained some level of rationality.
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Re: Multi-Board Poll: Teaching Intelligent Design in schools

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Plushie wrote:
This poll will be posted on several boards through GameFAQs, including Cotton, LUE, the War on Terrorism board, the Poll of the Day board, and Current Events. I will also be posting the poll on the Nation-States General forum and StarDestroyer.net's Science, Logic, and Morality forum.
This board is heavy pro evolution so it will only be fair to make the same poll at a pro ID forum as well (like the Rapture Ready forum).


(I might be a dick for saying this but I always get such good laughs lurking there, especially if its about ID vs evolution)
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Fuck no.

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No, but I think its perfectly reasonable to insist on it being an option in a Religous Studies classroom.
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No and no. The only place where intelligent design should be taught is as a passing reference in religious education as part of a broader study of the various creation myths of world religions. Thinking about it, our school did things rather well, after teaching us about the creation of the world according to the bible, they then told us to go away and create our own story for the creation of the world. I seem to recall mine involved morris dancing giants for some reason.
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Dakarne wrote:
I would have thought that there was enough stupidity in education already without adding this POS. There is in the UK anyway
It isn't already there in Primary Schools? I was taught it in Primary School (or at least something radically similar)...

But of course, I retained some level of rationality.
You were taught ID in Primary school? IIRC there's only like 2, maybe 3 unaccredited christian colleges nationwide that teach it. I went to a CoE Primary school and we were taught about Natural Selection that early on.
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The WoT board? Damn, has THAT one taken a quality nosedive....

And LUE? The crazies? They'll vote randomly, you realize that, right?

Anyway... no. I'd say an explanation is superfluous on this board.
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Oh man...the temptation to vote yes...it's like voting for Nader!

But really, ID doesn't even belong in a religions class. I mean really, can you think of a creation myth that sucks more ass? Even the Bible is semi-interesting. But ID? Made up by some crack-smoking chemist from ass-monkey university? Even Scien-fucking-tology is more interesting. Jebus.
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You were taught ID in Primary school? IIRC there's only like 2, maybe 3 unaccredited christian colleges nationwide that teach it. I went to a CoE Primary school and we were taught about Natural Selection that early on.
I went to a very bible-thumpy school... where you actually got in trouble for not praying or singing Psalms. If it wasn't ID, it was something similar, I can't really remember, it was more than 8 years ago.
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Isn't that illegal? Freedom of religion is applicable even in religious Catholic schools, if I'm no mistaken.
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No.
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Gandalf wrote:Fuck no.

We may as well teach spellcasting.
Filling the "defence against the Dark Arts" instructor position's going to pose problems...
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No, It's Creationism in a Clownsuit. There is no evidence backing up that text writen 4,000 years ago from Oral Folklore of sheepfarmers in the Middle East.

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Trogdor wrote:No.
You're right. I just realized my father was in a Catholic school, and he participated in the prayer, even though he wasn't Catholic.
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Absolutely not.

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Re: Multi-Board Poll: Teaching Intelligent Design in schools

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Plushie wrote:Hello, I'm here to present a question that is currently undergoing much review by various legislators around the United States: whether or not to include the philosophy of "Intelligent Design" in public school science classes.

This poll will be posted on several boards through GameFAQs, including Cotton, LUE, the War on Terrorism board, the Poll of the Day board, and Current Events. I will also be posting the poll on the Nation-States General forum and StarDestroyer.net's Science, Logic, and Morality forum.

To present the question itself:

Do you believe that Intelligent Design, as defined as an intelligent interloper designing and creating life on Earth, should be taught in public high school science classes around the United States?

A simple yes or no answer is all that will be counted. Please to do not attach platitudes to your posts or start debates, yes or no, yea or nay will do.

The poll will be closed at the end of August (August 31) and results tallied and reposted on all boards the poll was posted on.
Post in on protestwarrior. That should get a some interesting results.

Have a very nice day.
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I demand the results from the other forums will be posted as well
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Post by Losonti Tokash »

They already will be, wautd.

That said, I'm going to make a shocking decision and say no.
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No.
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I voted no for reasons already posted.
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