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First Russian Anti-Evolution Suit Enters Court Room
sdriver writes "If you thought it was only the US giving Darwin a hard time, Russia has its own problems starting with evolution. A student has 'sued the St. Petersburg city education committee, claiming the 10th-grade biology textbook used at the Cervantes Gymnasium was offensive to believers and that teachers should offer an alternative to Darwin's famous theory.' The suit, the first of its kind in Russia, is being dismissed out of hand by the principal and teachers. The teacher of the science class had apparently even taken the step of stating at the start of the school year that there were other theories on the origin of life."
Maybe I should have said that I regret that there are law suits that were filed in the US that may be instigating these types of law suits in other countries.
On the other hand, if you're a religious zealot who believes that your religion is scientific fact and that your fact that two people actually populated the entire Earth without any negative genetic effects and other facts that you have in the Bible, I wish you the best of that God has to offer. And may God damn me for being a sinner! I repent! Please, oh please, don't have God come down and strike me dead! I'm soooooo afraid!!
As my penance and confession, I have to admit, I thought Eve was really fucking HOT! In my Childrens Bible growing up, Eve hot these BIG tits and great hips! I just wanted to make God's babies with her!!! Really! If I wasn't supposed to think that way, why did God give me these urges?! Help me not to sin!!! (I'm crying now, Just like Jim Baker, and very other tele-evangelist caught fucking a prostitute and stealing money from their parishioners)
I HAVE SINNED!!!! GIVE ME MONEY!
Don't mod me down: I was joking!
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
So in a way, Russia fell to the level of the USA. Says much about the level at which the US are.
I know, I deserve to be modded down, I'm being a naughty troll.
You just got troll'd!
Actually, this is good time to point something out that many here might not understand. When you are referring to Evolution as a fact, I think you mean Adaptation. These are two different things. You will get very little (intelligent) argument when saying that adaptation is a fact. It is common knowledge that species will change to suit their environment. Its how we get so many different (and useful) dog breeds, types of finches (Darwin's Finches), etc, etc, etc. Adaptation is not incongruous with belief in creation (Mind you, I'm not talking about the 6 day version roughly 6,000 years ago, the use of the word "Day" in the bible refers more to time periods, and NOT 24 hour cycles of time, but thats an entirely different discussion).
The biggest issue some people take with evolution is the beginning. Proteins floating around, meshing together, and BOOM, you have life, and through it, all life now on Earth.
So when you say that evolution is a fact, either you are wrong, or you are talking about adaptation.
Adaptation is a verifiable fact.
Scientist have YET to create life by meshing proteins together and making a cell, or anything else that resembles life. Until they do that, Evolution will continue to be a Theory.
As a rule, I never trust dark brown ketchup.
Who the hell are you to tell this guy his belief system is wrong? Are some sort of deity yourself, or do you just think you are God? Fact is, evolution is theory, much like the theory of gravity or big bang theory . So you are either telling a lie yourself or you don't know the difference between theory and fact. Your post supports both theories.
Ahhh, don't you just love idiots who keep repeating the same delusional lies even right after having reality pointed out to them..
Seriously, Sparky, you're making yourself look very ignorant when you repeat idiotic nonsense like this.
Evolution is a fact. 100% absolutely proven beyond any possible doubt.
Here, I'll prove it to you:
Ever seen a dog?
There you go.
The Theory of evolution is a scientific theory that does a good job of explaining the various mechanisms it uses.
See, it's really simple, and you've had this explained to you several times so you have no excuse for your blind ignorance.
Heck, even if you are stupid enough to try to argue those facts you should at least have the basic common sense to come up with an argument rather than repeating the same exact crap that you me and everybody else in the world knows is a crap.
It makes you a fool and it makes you a liar.
Note: I'm not claiming that evolution is wrong. I am claiming that you are an asshole for insulting this guy's religion.
If the guy's religion is dependent on evolution being false, then it is a stupid religion and should be made fun of until he shuts up in public about his delusions or gets a religion that isn't so easily proven false.
Why do you think Russia's such a hot destination for Evangelical Christian missionary programs? With all those years of Stalinism keeping religion under its heel, it's ripe for the picking. And naturally, ID and Creationism follows fundamental evangelical Christian teachings around the globe.
Want to bet on the chances that when the onion is peeled back, Focus On The Family or some other famous US-based evangelical organization is behind the suit? "Send us your dollars so we can do God's work in Russia and force their schools to teach Creationism rather than the Devil's work, Evolution!"
Not to be a troll, but would prefer Muslims take over Russia? You said yourself that it is ripe for the picking. Someone is going to go in there. I'd prefer "turn the other cheek" Christians to "submit by the sword" Muslims.
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
I've been saying this for months here and all you'll get is arguments back.
It comes down to this: If you don't believe in a higher authority that ultimately you are responsible to, why would you believe Creationism? In fact Evolutionists refuse to even entertain the idea that Creationism is valid because it undermines their philosophy, and ultimately, sin nature.
Excuse me, was I talking to you?