Re: [asa] Anti-Creationist Psychobabble On the Web

Dave:

Sorry for the late response. I'm not as light on the feet as some.

This is very interesting, and of much interest to me.

Can you describe what it is that was taught, how it was received, and
what it had to speak in opposition to?

thanks,

bill

On Fri,
3 Apr 2009, Dave Wallace wrote:

> David Clounch wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> It doesn't matter. Public schools taught science just fine without MN. MN
>> exists only to assuage the concerns of certain religionists. It belongs
>> down the hall in the philosophy classroom or comparative religion
>> classroom, not in the science classroom. Along with all questions about
>> metaphysics.
> David
> In a culture where shamanism, evil spirits etc are a part of the students
> beliefs one absolutely must teach MN as part of the science curriculum. My
> parents certainly did in east Africa where I grew up. Of course one does not
> talk about MN as such but explicitly talks about natural causes vrs none
> natural causes. For example the drought has natural causes and did not occur
> because the shaman was not properly consulted so as to appease the spirits.
> Similarly about germs and illness and on and on.
>
> Dave W
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Received on Sat Apr 4 21:55:34 2009