Loch Ness Monster, friend of creationists

[diamond]

Well it seems Nessie is real.This from Yahoo/The West Australian.

Hope link works.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...essie-is-real/

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Here it is in full in case the link wont work one day. The article is in black, my words, blue.

Children in US schools are being taught the Loch Ness monster is real, and its existence disproves Darwin's theory of evolution.

The pupils attend privately run, fundamentalist Christian schools which teach creationism – the idea that the entire universe was a creation of God's will – rather than the scientifically accepted theory of evolution.

Other claims in the book include the belief that dinosaurs were fire breathing dragons, and that a Japanese whaling boat once caught a dinosaur.

The bizarre claim in the schools' textbooks stems from a desire to explain the millions of years Earth existed that the Bible doesn't account for if a literal interpretation of the Bible is applied.

The schools believe that if it can be proved that man once walked the Earth with dinosaurs, then Darwin's theory of evolution will be disproved.

The books, produced by Accelerated Christian Education, read more like a children's fantasy novel than a school textbook.

"Have you heard of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland?" the book asks, "'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."

The revelations about what kids are being taught have sparked anger across the US, especially because the classes are partly publicly funded.

Bruce Wilson, a professor who specialises in the US far-right, says these teachings are typical of Christian fundamentalism.

"One of these texts from Bob Jones University Press claims that dinosaurs were fire-breathing dragons. It has little to do with science as we currently understand. It's more like medieval scholasticism," The told The Scotsman.

"The majority of parents now home schooling their kids are Christian fundamentalists too. I don't believe they should be publicly funded, I don't believe the schools who use these texts should be publicly funded."

Jonny Scaramanga, a former student who now spends his time speaking out against fundamentalism says teachers re-write history to suit their religious beliefs.

"The reason for that is they’re saying if Noah's flood only happened 4,000 years ago, which they believe literally happened, then possibly a sea monster survived.

"If it was millions of years ago then that would be ridiculous. That's their logic. It's a common thing among creationists to believe in sea monsters."

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Thats one old dinosaur if its the same one from Noah's days.

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[Darwinsbulldog]

Nessie is real, and it does not contradict evolution, but keeps my country-folk from starvation. ! [Tourism!]

[simonecuttlefish]

I call HOVIND
http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....0.hVNMGF6yAYc

[simonecuttlefish]

I nearly forgot

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Originally Posted by simonecuttlefish

I nearly forgot

That was brilliant. Yes its a crazy world. I would love Nessie to be true. I cant believe they are teaching it in schools though as fact or evidence of God.

I like to think Aussies schools, both state & private would steer clear of this crap though. Although, logic seems to fly out the window when it involves legal or political thinking.

[Darwinsbulldog]

Originally Posted by diamond

That was brilliant. Yes its a crazy world. I would love Nessie to be true. I cant believe they are teaching it in schools though as fact or evidence of God.

I like to think Aussies schools, both state & private would steer clear of this crap though. Although, logic seems to fly out the window when it involves legal or political thinking.

Law and politics can be highly logical, but evidence-free! Yay!

[prudie]

Found on a net trawl:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1624643.html

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Let's take a mythic creature to PROVE that the xtian myth is correct. Yeah that'll work!

[prudie]

Originally Posted by prudie

Found on a net trawl:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1624643.html

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Let's take a mythic creature to PROVE that the xtian myth is correct. Yeah that'll work!

Thanks for moving th9is one in here. Seems I'm a bit slow on the uptake. Still funny though!