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Loch Ness Monster used to debunk evolution.

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Seriously- what can I say about this one? :roll:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/lo ... 16504.html

Loch Ness Monster used to debunk evolution in state-funded school

It sounds like a hoax, but it's apparently true: The Loch Ness Monster is on the science class syllabus for kids at Eternity Christian Academy in Westlake, Louisiana.

As reported by the Herald Scotland (which must track all Loch Ness-related news), a school that will receive tax-payer dollars, will teach kids that the mythological sea creature is real in order to debunk the theory of evolution. So pay attention: That will be on the test.

Eternity Christian Academy uses the fundamentalist A.C.E. Curriculum to teach students "to see life from God's point of view."

According to the Herald, one textbook, Biology 1099, reads, "Are dinosaurs alive today? Scientists are becoming more convinced of their existence. Have you heard of the 'Loch Ness Monster' in Scotland? 'Nessie' for short has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by eyewitnesses, and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a plesiosaur."

Starting in the fall, thousands of schoolchildren will receive publicly funded vouchers to attend private schools, some of which are religious. Religious schools in Louisiana will receive public funding as part of a push from Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, to move millions of tax dollars to cover tuition for private schools, including small bible-based church schools. Money will fund schools that have "bible-based math books" and biology texts that refute evolution.

At Eternity Christian Academy, pastor-turned-principal Marie Carrier says that the her first through eighth-grade students learn at their own pace from Christian workbooks. The beginning science text explains "what God made" on each of the six days of creation. Evolution is not taught.

Carrier said, "We try to stay away from all those things that might confuse our children." She hopes to secure enrollment of 135 voucher students for the 2012-2013 school year. According to the website Salon, the school currently has just 38 students.

Whether this gambit will help move Louisiana from the bottom of math and science rankings in the country is unclear. A 2011 study of how well primary education prepares students for engineering careers had Louisiana third from the bottom, with only West Virginia and Mississippi performing worse.
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  • AzWickerAzWicker Posts: 1,162
    Well, they also have that chapter in the bible regarding dinosaurs. And how they weren't allowed on Noahs Arc.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    These are the kind of monsters I would tell kids about in my school:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEONkKSYxEE
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    **Raises hand**...
    "Ummmm... teacher, if we follow that same trail of reasoning and apply that same logic... i.e. whereas, the proof of the existance of the Loch Ness Monster being individual witness accounts and hearsay rumor..."
    ...
    "Doesn't that mean that Big Foot is PROOF of Evolution be being the missing link between us and the apes?"
    ...
    "Or are you saying , 'As long as it's in the Bible... it is proof'?"
    "If that is he case, I have a whole can full of worm questions for you. Let's start with Leviticus...".
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Cosmo wrote:
    **Raises hand**...
    "Ummmm... teacher, if we follow that same trail of reasoning and apply that same logic... i.e. whereas, the proof of the existance of the Loch Ness Monster being individual witness accounts and hearsay rumor..."
    ...
    "Doesn't that mean that Big Foot is PROOF of Evolution be being the missing link between us and the apes?"
    ...
    "Or are you saying , 'As long as it's in the Bible... it is proof'?"
    "If that is he case, I have a whole can full of worm questions for you. Let's start with Leviticus...".

    Yeah, ok Teach, but can we move on to some of those erotic Sumerian passages in Song of Solomon? :lol:
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    AzWicker wrote:
    Well, they also have that chapter in the bible regarding dinosaurs. And how they weren't allowed on Noahs Arc.

    well the t rex would eat all the other animals wouldnt it ??? ;)8-)

    someone once tried to tell me all animals were herbivores until the fall of adam and eve and then God punished some of them by making them carnivores. that one still makes me laugh like a crazy person.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    catefrances wrote:
    AzWicker wrote:
    Well, they also have that chapter in the bible regarding dinosaurs. And how they weren't allowed on Noahs Arc.

    well the t rex would eat all the other animals wouldnt it ??? ;)8-)

    someone once tried to tell me all animals were herbivores until the fall of adam and eve and then God punished some of them by making them carnivores. that one still makes me laugh like a crazy person.
    ...
    I think read some where in the Bible that Adam and Eve used to tie chunks of raw sirloin steaks around their necks and go skinny dipping with great white sharks.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    catefrances wrote:
    AzWicker wrote:
    Well, they also have that chapter in the bible regarding dinosaurs. And how they weren't allowed on Noahs Arc.

    well the t rex would eat all the other animals wouldnt it ??? ;)8-)

    someone once tried to tell me all animals were herbivores until the fall of adam and eve and then God punished some of them by making them carnivores. that one still makes me laugh like a crazy person.

    No, wait a minute, catefrances, I think it goes like this: Eve ate the apple, the snake got pissed off and bit her, she contracted rabies and in a fit of rage started eating dinosaurs but Adam remained Adamant about being a vegetarian giving rise to the vegan movement at the end of the age of dinosaurs. I'm fairly certain that's how it went.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Cosmo wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    AzWicker wrote:
    Well, they also have that chapter in the bible regarding dinosaurs. And how they weren't allowed on Noahs Arc.

    well the t rex would eat all the other animals wouldnt it ??? ;)8-)

    someone once tried to tell me all animals were herbivores until the fall of adam and eve and then God punished some of them by making them carnivores. that one still makes me laugh like a crazy person.
    ...
    I think read some where in the Bible that Adam and Eve used to tie chunks of raw sirloin steaks around their necks and go skinny dipping with great white sharks.
    Hate to correct you, but it was plesiosaurs not sharks
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  • riotgrlriotgrl Posts: 1,895
    Here is the field trip you could take where you can see men coexisitng with dinosaurs :lol:

    http://creationmuseum.org/
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    riotgrl wrote:
    Here is the field trip you could take where you can see men coexisitng with dinosaurs :lol:

    http://creationmuseum.org/


    i so want to visit this museum but i highly doubt i could keep from doubling over and fallling to the floor in hysterical laughter.
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Oh yes, we've seen her in the Chippewa from time to time.

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    where did cows come from? thats what im curious about. i mean how and where did they live before man got the bright idea to domesticate them?
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    riotgrl wrote:
    Here is the field trip you could take where you can see men coexisitng with dinosaurs :lol:

    http://creationmuseum.org/

    Somehow this reminds me of...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRW7pITY5Cg

    :lol::lol::lol:
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    catefrances wrote:
    riotgrl wrote:
    Here is the field trip you could take where you can see men coexisitng with dinosaurs :lol:

    http://creationmuseum.org/


    i so want to visit this museum but i highly doubt i could keep from doubling over and fallling to the floor in hysterical laughter.

    Yes... It looks kind of cool... If I, by some unexplainable circumstance, was in KY on Christmas Eve... Well... Yeah, I'd go in on the free day. :lol:
  • riotgrlriotgrl Posts: 1,895
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    riotgrl wrote:
    Here is the field trip you could take where you can see men coexisitng with dinosaurs :lol:

    http://creationmuseum.org/


    i so want to visit this museum but i highly doubt i could keep from doubling over and fallling to the floor in hysterical laughter.

    Yes... It looks kind of cool... If I, by some unexplainable circumstance, was in KY on Christmas Eve... Well... Yeah, I'd go in on the free day. :lol:

    We are also building a Noah's Ark amusement park :shock:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/06ark.html
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Posts: 6,136
    way to go nessie

    nessie_simpsons.jpg?w=304&h=305
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  • javis el errantejavis el errante Posts: 6,136
    riotgrl wrote:
    We are also building a Noah's Ark amusement park :shock:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/06ark.html

    they could use that water for the colorado fire... but no, they want to amuse themselves...


    so many people needing water, not only in this continent, and they want to put up a watery opera house... what a bunch of fuck-ups...
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    javis el errante wrote:
    riotgrl wrote:
    We are also building a Noah's Ark amusement park :shock:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/06ark.html

    they could use that water for the colorado fire... but no, they want to amuse themselves...


    so many people needing water, not only in this continent, and they want to put up a watery opera house... what a bunch of fuck-ups...
    :?:

    There are several logistical issues to figure out before sending a few acres of water in Kentucky to the Rockies or Africa.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    catefrances wrote:
    where did cows come from? thats what im curious about. i mean how and where did they live before man got the bright idea to domesticate them?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    javis el errante wrote:
    riotgrl wrote:
    We are also building a Noah's Ark amusement park :shock:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/us/06ark.html

    they could use that water for the colorado fire... but no, they want to amuse themselves...


    so many people needing water, not only in this continent, and they want to put up a watery opera house... what a bunch of fuck-ups...

    :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    tybird wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    where did cows come from? thats what im curious about. i mean how and where did they live before man got the bright idea to domesticate them?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs

    thanx for that. makes sense they were just roaming wild... an di guess i knew that. tis just i had this vision of modern cow breeds just roaming around in their pods. aurochs look a little different to what was in my head(as you can imagine)... but not for all breeds. i did read years ago that cows share a common ancestor with dolphins.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    catefrances wrote:
    where did cows come from? thats what im curious about. i mean how and where did they live before man got the bright idea to domesticate them?

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  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    brianlux wrote:

    The beginning science text explains "what God made" on each of the six days of creation. Evolution is not taught.

    Carrier said, "We try to stay away from all those things that might confuse our children."

    ...like facts, or reason...
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    brianlux wrote:

    The beginning science text explains "what God made" on each of the six days of creation. Evolution is not taught.

    Carrier said, "We try to stay away from all those things that might confuse our children."

    ...like facts, or reason...


    who needs facts or reason when you have faith???
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  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    catefrances wrote:
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    brianlux wrote:

    The beginning science text explains "what God made" on each of the six days of creation. Evolution is not taught.

    Carrier said, "We try to stay away from all those things that might confuse our children."

    ...like facts, or reason...


    who needs facts or reason when you have faith???
    ;)
    What's the point of faith when you have facts and reason?
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    ;)
    What's the point of faith when you have facts and reason?

    Answer: Having faith in facts and reason!
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    brianlux wrote:
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    ;)
    What's the point of faith when you have facts and reason?

    Answer: Having faith in facts and reason!

    :clap: take a bow! :D
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    brianlux wrote:
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    ;)
    What's the point of faith when you have facts and reason?

    Answer: Having faith in facts and reason!


    facts and reason dont require faith.
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