Mon Mar 21st, 2005 at 08:45:34 PST In just another example of the ways in which religious idiots are taking over our country, an elementary school teacher in Fayetteville, North Carolina, had students learning from a creationist textbook that contains the following gems:
"God has a niche for each creature He has created, down to the tiniest microscopic being. He also has a niche for each person He has created. As Christians, we can trust Him to show us our niche in life -- where we fit into His plan for the world and for His kingdom." SCENTS MAKE SENSE
"God's word tells us about a kind of odor only Christians have. 'For we are unto God a sweet savor of Christ ...' (2 Corinthians 2:15). Paul goes on to say that Christians carry forth the fragrance of Christ wherever they go by the way they live; that is, they remind people of Him.
"Could someone find Christ by the scent trail you are leaving behind you?"
Well, I certainly smell something.
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That's not all. When the parents of the smart fifth-grader who picked up on the fact that this wasn't kosher called to complain, the principal (Deborah Anderson) asked:
"What's the problem? Don't you and your family go to church?"
That's not funny. That's scary. Now, for the last time, creationism is not science. Are you listening, O my rednecks? Science requires evidence that can be tested and verified. The theory of evolution is based on volumes of replicable, well-tested evidence. Creationism is not based on evidence at all; it is based on beliefs that cannot be verified through scientific testing. Therefore, we should not be teaching it to fifth graders.
So if this happens to your child:
Ashlee came home with a worksheet on which she was marked wrong for answering that "chance" was the reason many animals are colored to match their surroundings. The teacher indicated that the right answer was "God's master design".
Make an awful lot of noise. Display: