So we have to assume if a teacher or football coach or principal leads a class, football team or entire school in prayer that person would be similarly entitled to immunity?
Interesting quote from TFA:
In the 1994 case, the Ninth Circuit ruled that religious neutrality required that the biology teacher’s positive views of religious ideas must be excluded from public school instruction. But in 2011, a different panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that the history teacher’s hostile views of religion and faith must be permitted to protect the “robust exchange of ideas in education.”
It looks like the Ninth Circuit is hostile to religion and faith. They clearly didn't get that from the First Amendment.
Turns out a lot of people only like two-sided policies when they coincide with their beliefs / desires / agendas.
I don't think ID has any place in schools, but neither does a *teacher making fun of a student for anything.* Holy shit, kids are already so damn cruel to each other at that age. The teacher should be setting an example against that, not throwing out his own barbs. I'm not sure he needed to be sued (teacher shouldn't have to be on pins and needles all the time), but I am sure he was out of line.
Not sure I really like the post; but just noting that if he had said how the mythbuster's alleged atheism allowed them to be more "objective," "scientific", or whatever, he would have been modded up "Insightful."
"I'd be more incline to be pro-life if they'd show an inclination to support the people who seek abortions but many of the pro-life camp aren't concerned so much about the actual abortion but the fact that someone had sex in a fashion they don't approve."
This is simply wrong. The pro-life movement is intimately connected with crisis pregnancy centers and charities.
In fact, I don't think I've ever heard someone at an abortion mill talking about "sex in a fashion they don't approve." You're much more likely to hear offers of help and alternatives. Which is good, since many women who get abortions don't really want them; but feel trapped by financial situations, "boyfriends," worry about family's reaction, etc.
Have you ever seen what goes on in the pro-life movement or do you just assume we "aren't concerned so much about the actual abortion but the fact that someone had sex in a fashion they don't approve?" Because I don't think you could be much more wrong.
1) It's both an interface to the 3-D hardware and an API. API = Application Programmers *Interface.*
2) OpenGL works just fine for 2-D. Just switch to an ortho projection and start drawing things.
No. There's just a lot of useful information and helpful examples. And yes there are some screenshots, but those happen to often be helpful when dealing with something as visual as OpenGL.
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I used the 3rd addition of this book to learn OpenGL and 3D programming is general. I had no prior 3D coding experience (although I've always done well with geometry and spacial reasoning) and felt the book did a great job of getting me started without feeling dumbed down. And it continues to be a fine reference 2 years later now that my job involves 3D game engine work.
After I cut my teeth on the book, I ended up taking a class from Richard S. Wright, Jr (author) and the guy knows his stuff and was an effective teacher. (So rare sometimes...) I haven't seen the fourth edition, but he was talking about its writing during the class and I'd be surprised if it's not excellent.
This is a great book for beginners and beoynd.
It does assume that you are proficient in C++ and can do math, but doesn't flood you with information you really don't need.
"Ethicists are satisfied if the destroyed embryo is a cloned one?"
No. If it's a human baby, you can't kill it. It's that simple.
And from what I understand, this parthogenic egg grows just as any other embryo, correct?
I think the question was emphasizing the (imagined) battle of science vs. religion that causes so many problems. At face value, the questions seems to imply that God doesn't like physicists studying the universe and asking where it came from. Now, perhaps there was some other meaning to it via knowledge of the context of the St. Augustine quote; but as other people have stated, if you are relying on people knowing St. Augustine off the top of their heads to not completely misinterpret what you are saying, you might want to try saying it differently.
It's also possible that Dr. Hawking gave the entire St. Augustine quote and was much clearer, and that it was the article that was being antagnoistic by grabbing a misleading partial quote.
To be fair, a lot of the fighting comes from stuff like this:
"If one believed that the universe had a beginning, the obvious question was, what happened before the beginning," Hawking said. "What was God doing before He made the world? Was He preparing hell for people who asked such questions?"
Now, rediculous stuff comes from the other side as well; but when incredibly smart and esteemed scientists like Hawking make such statements that show an animosity toward and lack of understanding of religion, it might antagonize people. If only people on both sides would stop the cheap shots and name calling...
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So we have to assume if a teacher or football coach or principal leads a class, football team or entire school in prayer that person would be similarly entitled to immunity? Interesting quote from TFA:
In the 1994 case, the Ninth Circuit ruled that religious neutrality required that the biology teacher’s positive views of religious ideas must be excluded from public school instruction. But in 2011, a different panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled that the history teacher’s hostile views of religion and faith must be permitted to protect the “robust exchange of ideas in education.”
It looks like the Ninth Circuit is hostile to religion and faith. They clearly didn't get that from the First Amendment.
Turns out a lot of people only like two-sided policies when they coincide with their beliefs / desires / agendas. I don't think ID has any place in schools, but neither does a *teacher making fun of a student for anything.* Holy shit, kids are already so damn cruel to each other at that age. The teacher should be setting an example against that, not throwing out his own barbs. I'm not sure he needed to be sued (teacher shouldn't have to be on pins and needles all the time), but I am sure he was out of line.
I actually don't really have anything to say here. I kinda blew all my material on the subject line...
Not sure I really like the post; but just noting that if he had said how the mythbuster's alleged atheism allowed them to be more "objective," "scientific", or whatever, he would have been modded up "Insightful."
"I'd be more incline to be pro-life if they'd show an inclination to support the people who seek abortions but many of the pro-life camp aren't concerned so much about the actual abortion but the fact that someone had sex in a fashion they don't approve." This is simply wrong. The pro-life movement is intimately connected with crisis pregnancy centers and charities. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard someone at an abortion mill talking about "sex in a fashion they don't approve." You're much more likely to hear offers of help and alternatives. Which is good, since many women who get abortions don't really want them; but feel trapped by financial situations, "boyfriends," worry about family's reaction, etc. Have you ever seen what goes on in the pro-life movement or do you just assume we "aren't concerned so much about the actual abortion but the fact that someone had sex in a fashion they don't approve?" Because I don't think you could be much more wrong.
1) It's both an interface to the 3-D hardware and an API. API = Application Programmers *Interface.* 2) OpenGL works just fine for 2-D. Just switch to an ortho projection and start drawing things.
No. There's just a lot of useful information and helpful examples. And yes there are some screenshots, but those happen to often be helpful when dealing with something as visual as OpenGL.
I used the 3rd addition of this book to learn OpenGL and 3D programming is general. I had no prior 3D coding experience (although I've always done well with geometry and spacial reasoning) and felt the book did a great job of getting me started without feeling dumbed down. And it continues to be a fine reference 2 years later now that my job involves 3D game engine work. After I cut my teeth on the book, I ended up taking a class from Richard S. Wright, Jr (author) and the guy knows his stuff and was an effective teacher. (So rare sometimes...) I haven't seen the fourth edition, but he was talking about its writing during the class and I'd be surprised if it's not excellent. This is a great book for beginners and beoynd. It does assume that you are proficient in C++ and can do math, but doesn't flood you with information you really don't need.
"Ethicists are satisfied if the destroyed embryo is a cloned one?" No. If it's a human baby, you can't kill it. It's that simple. And from what I understand, this parthogenic egg grows just as any other embryo, correct?
We need a new variant of Godwin's law for religious bigotry. Wasn't this supposed to be a discussion about V-chips and censorship?
I think the question was emphasizing the (imagined) battle of science vs. religion that causes so many problems. At face value, the questions seems to imply that God doesn't like physicists studying the universe and asking where it came from. Now, perhaps there was some other meaning to it via knowledge of the context of the St. Augustine quote; but as other people have stated, if you are relying on people knowing St. Augustine off the top of their heads to not completely misinterpret what you are saying, you might want to try saying it differently. It's also possible that Dr. Hawking gave the entire St. Augustine quote and was much clearer, and that it was the article that was being antagnoistic by grabbing a misleading partial quote.
To be fair, a lot of the fighting comes from stuff like this:
"If one believed that the universe had a beginning, the obvious question was, what happened before the beginning," Hawking said. "What was God doing before He made the world? Was He preparing hell for people who asked such questions?"
Now, rediculous stuff comes from the other side as well; but when incredibly smart and esteemed scientists like Hawking make such statements that show an animosity toward and lack of understanding of religion, it might antagonize people. If only people on both sides would stop the cheap shots and name calling...