Creationism in Australian schools.
Personally, I’d like to believe that such silliness as Creationism has found no place in the Australian education system — unfortunately, I’ve always known that in some places (particularly up north — you know which north I’m talking about) it has weaned its way into the curriculum of various schools.
Now we’ve got a first hand description of Creationism in a (private) school, and sadly it comes from my own state of Victoria. Over at the Young Australian Skeptics site Hanster7705 has written up an account of his school encounter with this guy:
Head over and check it out — it’s infuriating nonsense, lightened somewhat by the fact that it seems many of the students weren’t taken in.
Filed under: Creationism, Education, Religion, Young Australian Skeptics
The stupid… it burns…
Well I’m convinced by his flawless logic and understanding of the bible.
How could I have been so wrong all these years!
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Ah well old habits die hard so I’ll keep believing that silly thing they call solid scientific evidence…