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| cmoehle | Jun 8 2006, 04:28 PM Post #436 |
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Explain. Don't make empty claims, please. Explain, how did I misrepresent? |
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| teryt | Jun 8 2006, 04:47 PM Post #437 |
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From last post: (underline mine) Your admission. Chris, I wouldn't even mention it, but you are so careful to point things like this out to me & others, so . . . |
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| cmoehle | Jun 8 2006, 05:07 PM Post #438 |
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Huh? Why so obtuse? What do I misrepresent about what your freind says? "ID is a religion" is your misrepresentation. Your friend argues ID is religion, not a religion. |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 8 2006, 06:45 PM Post #439 |
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Another explination concerning the evidence of design: I am watching a TV show right now about the Yanaguni monument in Japan. The interesting thing about this monument is that it is underwater, about 16 feet down. The contravercy is that it would have to be about 10000 years old if it were man made. Some geologists are saying the monument is natural. But if you look at the photos, it looks obviously man made. I actually heard a commentator talking about "The evidence of design". Source This discovery illustrates my point. Why do people think it is man made? Because it looks like it is. Is this scientific? No. So some geologists ignore the obvious and try to say it is natural, being very scientific. But if you look at the pictures, you could not understand how someone would ever reach this conclusion. |
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| cmoehle | Jun 8 2006, 06:57 PM Post #440 |
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So, Alan, are you saying the universe is man-made? The Weak Anthropic Principle would agree. Note, however, Teryt's friend says analogy is a good argument. And it's certainly not evidence. Alan, a few pages back I asked, if given the chance, to introduce ID into the biology class, say a textbook chapter and a week's curriculum, what would you teach about ID? Jane settled for mere mention. Teryt too. What about you? Here's your chance, hypothetically. |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 8 2006, 07:03 PM Post #441 |
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Let me answer your question with another question...would it be good to teach kids that the Yamaguni Monument is a natural phenominon, and stop anyone trying to show any evidence that the monument is man made by a court order? |
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| cmoehle | Jun 8 2006, 07:32 PM Post #442 |
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What kind of class are we talking about? Architecture? I doubt your religious question would mattr. By implication, then, you're saying you want more than mention, you want time to present evidence. Can you lay out your chapter and lesson plans? What spcifically are you talking about? |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 8 2006, 07:57 PM Post #443 |
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My wife an I are already teaching what we think kids should learn. While I don't recomend our creation based ciriculum, an ID based one where there is no specific religion or god mentioned or implied. A secular ciriculum is important. Of course, evolution and its evidence should be taught as usual. Where ever evolution is mentioned, design should also be mentioned as a alternative view. Kids would not be confused, I know this because my kids arn't, they would simply be given both view points and the evidence for both. |
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| cmoehle | Jun 8 2006, 08:17 PM Post #444 |
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Yes, yes, but what specifically would you teach? You've already eliminated discussing who the designer is. So what's left? What I'm asking for are a few of the details of a chapter and lesson plans. How about one apsect of ID, one textbook section or lesson plan outline on that aspect? With all the arguing for this opportunity, I'd've thought there was material ready for textbooks and lessons. |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 8 2006, 09:10 PM Post #445 |
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The curiculum we have ephasisizes how each organism is designed to fit in it's niche. It talks about the various survival mechanisms an organism has and how they fit into the niche. While this is not exacly earth shattering, it presents the information from a creationist view point (God gave the x organism, y features to help it survive in z system) rather than just an evolutionary view. I realise that the information provided is known, its just different in how it's presented. As far as the origion of the earth is concerned, the evidence of design is presented and why creation scientists think the earth was designed instead of evolved. I forgot to look for ID based science books while I was as the home schooling convention last week. |
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| teryt | Jun 8 2006, 10:45 PM Post #446 |
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| teryt | Jun 8 2006, 10:49 PM Post #447 |
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Clarifiying question here: when we talk about Creationism, does this also mean young earth? |
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| cmoehle | Jun 9 2006, 03:53 AM Post #448 |
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OK, so I see two lessons there: "how each organism is designed to fit in it's niche" and "As far as the origion of the earth is concerned, the evidence of design is presented and why creation scientists think the earth was designed instead of evolved." As for origin of earth, do you think that is proper material in a biology class? Wouldn't that fit better in an earth science class? When you say "how" do you mean the process by which organisms were designed (the shooting of the arrow) or the end product (the blade of grass the arrow hit)? One thing seems to be missing in your lessons. A major complaint raised here about evolution is that it is taught as fact. Wouldn't you also have to indicate that design, in fact Designer is not fact, but a theory, like evolution, for which there is much controversy? |
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| abradf2519 | Jun 9 2006, 08:25 AM Post #449 |
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Where ever abiogenisis is taught.
It should be metioned that some concider evolution a process that was put in place by the designer. In this respect, the arrow was shot by the designer aimed at the particular blade of grass, I would think.
Of course! ID may not even be a theory scientifically speaking. It might be a hypothisis at this point. What ever ID is concidered, should be taught. |
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| cmoehle | Jun 9 2006, 10:45 AM Post #450 |
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Alan "Where ever abiogenisis is taught." I don't think it is. Nor panspermia. Nor Doc's Navajo myths. So it must be asked why ID should be an exception. "It should be metioned that some concider evolution a process that was put in place by the designer." Interesting. So you accept evolution, just claim a Designer designed it. I think that's what Jane is saying. Teryt and his friend seem to disagree as they seem to want to discredit it. "Of course! ID may not even be a theory scientifically speaking. It might be a hypothisis at this point. What ever ID is concidered, should be taught." So if the scientific community doesn't consider it science it's OK when teaching ID to say that design and Designer are not considered science but religion? |
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