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In reply to the discussion: Oklahoma: Insist That People Coexisted With Dinosaurs…and Get an A in Science Class! [View all]Apophis
(1,407 posts)50. There is no evidence to support creationism.
Any paper that is written to support creationism in a science class deserves an "F" grade.
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Oklahoma: Insist That People Coexisted With Dinosaurs…and Get an A in Science Class! [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Feb 2013
OP
Is Blackwell even aware that some OK students would eventually like to get into good colleges? nt
MrScorpio
Feb 2013
#1
seems like he's far more interested in making sure they attend an approved church
0rganism
Feb 2013
#86
No. A science paper is graded on the understanding of the science in the paper...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#8
IWell Creationism is not science and I say this as a Chrisian. As for the courts they are there for
hrmjustin
May 2013
#125
I also said, "Well supported". Being well-articulate alone isn't enough.
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#13
"Well supported" as in: "Derrrrr ... Gawd done sed it in the book he done rited!"
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#18
Do you understand there is a difference between Scientific Theory and common theory
Bandit
Feb 2013
#26
Gravity consisntently kills those that don't believe in it. And many that do.
Ikonoklast
Feb 2013
#80
Newtowian mechanics explained gravity quite well for hundreds of years before Einstein
xtraxritical
Feb 2013
#89
Einsteins's theory of gravity did NOT replace Newton's theory, it includes Newton's theory. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#109
If they can pull it off, forget the grade, they will be looking at a Nobel Prize n/t
Demo_Chris
Feb 2013
#58
anyone who wastes a science teacher's time with 7 pages of creationist wank deserves an F
0rganism
Feb 2013
#88
Good luck finding a scientifically supported case for creationism in a high school science report
LonePirate
Feb 2013
#15
"Evolutionist view" ... Uh, you mean "the view" of 99.99999999999 percent of all legit scientists?
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#17
"Apples" as in the apple that the first woman on the planet ate, you know, 4,000-6,000
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#34
The great scientists of our past looked outside the theories and laws of their times.
backtoblue
Feb 2013
#10
That totally backwards. Anyone who can "prove their thoughts" pro creationism deserves a Nobel prize
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#110
I didn't say that they could prove it. I said they should try to if that's what they believe.
backtoblue
Feb 2013
#112
They can try all they want. They will still get a richly deserved F.
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#113
I believe rainbow-sparkle unicorns exist. My source? My own ass. I pulled that theory out of it.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#36
ALEC sponsored legislation...they're doing it in other states...phuckers...knr
joeybee12
Feb 2013
#14
I don't have an issue with students not accepting everything they're being taught in science class
hughee99
Feb 2013
#27
If a student wants to bang his head against the wall trying to prove creationism
hughee99
Feb 2013
#48
No, creationism has an invisible deity as a component, which is by definition unprovable.
Occulus
Feb 2013
#49
If this is science education in Oklahoma, better check to see where your Doctor is from--the SOONER
kairos12
Feb 2013
#39
Creationism is completely and utterly unverifiable nonsense based on a fictional work
kestrel91316
Feb 2013
#46
Actually the Democrats in Congress are trying to coexist with dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs are an
still_one
Feb 2013
#52
Gee I wish I could have received an A for whatever I believed was a correct answer on exams.
Lint Head
Feb 2013
#57
That's like giving students an A in "Abstinence Only" class, for having sex on a desk.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#59
Jesus said: "Let the little Sinosauropteryx and Microceratops come to me, and forbid them not,
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#83
Where Oklahoma Common Education Committee fits into the grand scheme of things:
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2013
#66
Will they be able to use episodes of "The Flintstones" or Jim Henson's "Dinosaurs" as references?
rwsanders
Feb 2013
#70
Academic freedom doesn't mean a student can put wrong answers on a test and still get credit.
yellowcanine
Feb 2013
#93
Sharing far and wide. thanks for letting us know about this. Unbe-effing-believable. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#111
It would do less damage to these kids if they just stopped teaching altogether. nt
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#114
Let'em watch The Flinstones for their science, it would be right up their alley,,,,
benld74
Feb 2013
#115