HkyMtneer wrote:
So...just because you, as you say, have "overwhelming scientific consensus" means it's right? I don't know about you but I don't make up my mind to buy toothpaste when a commercial says, "9 out of 10 dentists" agree, even though that is pretty overwhelming evidence that dentists must favor that particular toothpaste. I buy toothpaste based on my on internal results, my own testing. To that end, I test all the brands and choose the one that seems best for me.
So you don't believe in tooth paste either?
I kid of course. I'm sorry to be so crass and blunt with you, but those that truly believe that the earth and all its creatures were created in seven days, that humans lived together with dinosaurs and that women were created using a man's spare ribs have been spiritually blackmailed to do so. There is no scientific evidence to support any of it, and frankly, any rational mind doesn't need a background in science to see a metaphoric parable for what it is, rather than a literal account of the origin of life.
HkyMtneer wrote:At Liberty they use the exact same Science (Biology, Chem, etc.) books that ASU does, they just delve a little deeper and at a sometimes different angle (you have to do that to sometimes cut through the mish-mash of the generally liberal faculty of the higher-education system, which IMO is home to the most force-feed belief system of any sector in society). Students then make up their own minds whether they buy creationism or "big-bang", it's completely their choice.
Nothing is more of a "force-fed belief system" than the Christian church. Every teacher has their biases and agendas, but being an 18-22 year-old pseudo-adult entails a good bit of idealistic independence. In contrast, an impressionable little 8-year-old being indoctrinated in a Sunday school class, being told he will burn in a fire for eternity if he doesn't bend to the will of this modern perversion, brazen enough to call itself a reflection of Jesus of Nazareth is being force-fed.
Chances are, if a kid is going to Liberty, they're AOK with learning about creationism. It's not "delving a little deeper" into the issue. It's denial of science.
HkyMtneer wrote:Lots of Liberty students believe in Darwin-based principles, and lots more fall somewhere in the gray area of the middle. Of course, a great many believe in creationism, and that is perfectly fine. I'm sure you will attest that believing in creationism is their right and doesn't make them any less right or wrong, after all isn't the "to each his own" philosophy part of the liberal course of action?
I absolutely support their right to believe what they believe. "doesn't make them any less right or wrong" Yes it does. They are wrong. People have the right to be wrong.