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South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks

Med-trump writes "A petition to remove references to evolution from high-school textbooks claimed victory in South Korea last month after the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) revealed that many of the publishers would produce revised editions that exclude examples of the evolution of the horse or of avian ancestor Archaeopteryx."

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  1. Re:Dang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I have to change my favourite Korea to North Korea.

  2. Re:Dang by gestalt_n_pepper · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, they're now an invasive species in much of the world, crowding out useful cognition and generally being a nuisance.

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  3. Re:Dang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it is the best Korea, after all.

  4. Re:Dang by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    NORTH KOREA IS BEST KOREA ALWAYS YOU IMPERIALIST SWINE DOG!







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  5. Re:Obligatory question by NatasRevol · · Score: 3, Funny

    IF?!??!?

    IF!!!

    You are going to hell, right now!

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  6. Re:Did the world start spinning backwards? by Gadget_Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are we letting these people win over science?

    Because if the creationists were wrong, then God would tell them - so they must be right! QED.

  7. Re:Now watch... by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok, so like, evolution is proven technology. So, given that the IDer's say that the hand of god is guiding things, and that hand is working via random mutation, QED, the IDer's god is Eris. fnord.

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  8. Re:Wow. Just wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What do you mean, a church?

    Burn them all! Burn them ALL to HELL!

  9. Re:Bigoted language by DeeEff · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do scientists "believe in" gravity? Do scientists "believe in" relativity?

    Gravity? That would imply that the Earth is not flat and satan isn't trying to pull us down to hell, which is why we stick to the Earth.

    Brush up on your bible son, if you don't want to look like an idiot.

  10. Re:Now watch... by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Correct sir, I mixed them up. There is another bad design, not having a memory system that would check for these kinds of errors.

  11. Re:Agreed by tompaulco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Many Christians believe that teaching evolution is responsible for everything bad in our society.
    That's odd. They are supposed to believe that Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is responsible for everything bad in our society.

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