Comments on: Director Quits Over Creationist Comments

By: Herbert L. Shallcross III

Herbert L. Shallcross III — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:45:16 +0000

It’s obvious that due to Nurse’s religious intolerance, she can’t even allow this educator to spare the feelings of Christians and Jews with a harmless euphemism. He just suggested calling belief in creation a “worldview”, rather than a “misconception”. Nurse apparently doesn’t know that prehistoric means before the written word, which is impossible, due to the fact that, right or wrong, this was the mainstream belief for long after the printing press was in common use. The Nurse wants the government to label anyone who doesn’t believe the things she does as insane, unintelligent, uninformed, and unthinking.
Make it official policy to call belief in the teachings of the Koran a “misconception” if you dare!

By: Herb Shallcross

Herb Shallcross — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:12:42 +0000

I would never wish my credentials as an atheist to be questioned, but, the fellow didn’t propose attempting to give Creationisn any scientific credence. He merely wanted to avoid institutionalising disrespect of people’s religious beliefs. Calling Creationism a world view is a polite euphemism, like calling sexual perversion a lifestyle, or congenital idiocy a developmental challenge.
Think of it as being politically correct, or is it perfectly acceptable to discriminate on the basis of Christian religious belief?
Try making it official government policy to call following the teachings of the Koran a “misconception”.

By: Ina @ refinancement

Ina @ refinancement — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:58:15 +0000

Religion gave fictional story to what science cannot prove from the past. Now that science provides us with facts, we should live with it. People needs to adopt to change, to evolution, to look forward for a brighter future.

By: Stellenangebote Köln

Stellenangebote Köln — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:14:31 +0000

Hey, very interesting post.

My written English is not so good so I write in German:

“Lieber den Spatz in der Hand, als die Taube auf dem Dach.”

Yours sincerely
Köln

By: Ling

Ling — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:27:58 +0000

Seperation of religion and other matters is a much debated topic which isn’t going to end anytime soon. But the fact is that its better not to confuse students with oppposing viewpoints. If they’re being taught science, then science it should be. They can learn about Creationism in other places.

By: backpack

backpack — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:33:26 +0000

It does sound like his comments were not to well considered. I agree that its astounding that some people still choose to believe in creationist nonsense when there is just so much evidence to support evolution.