Good good..

[threaded]

Yes, but there is only so much time on the curriculum, and putting religious hogwash in there won't help.

[expat]

It makes you happy that kids are going to be brainwashed?

Shall we teach them that they can put their hand in a fire and they won't be burned? Maybe we should teach them to cross the road when the little man is red instead of green.

Chico, you are one sick ****!

It makes me happy that education where I grew up is in the hands of the devolved parliament. I don't think the'y go for this stuff.

[sasguru]

I'm all for creationism to be taught alongside evolution in schools. The clever will weigh the evidence and plump for evolution. Some of the thick will go for creationism, but who cares? There will always be stupid people with us.

[Denny]

GCSE pupils will study the Christian fundamentalist belief that God literally made the world in six days.

Was he freelancing or psuedo employed?

[VectraMan]

GCSE pupils will study the Christian fundamentalist belief that God literally made the world in six days. :

How do they study it? If you study science, they can teach you how the theories were developed based on evidence and experiementation. Studying creationism is just saying "because it says so in this book written thousands of years ago by people who weren't around to witness the events". Short lesson.

[sasguru]

How do they study it? If you study science, they can teach you how the theories were developed based on evidence and experiementation. Studying creationism is just saying "because it says so in this book written thousands of years ago by people who weren't around to witness the events". Short lesson.

You missed a bit:

"because it says so in this book written thousands of years ago by people who weren't around to witness the events. This book (and others like it saying different things) are nevertheless believed by quite a few people in this world. These people tend to be on more hard of thinking side".

[threaded]

I suppose they could then discuss brain function and how it is people experience odd things in times of stress.

[Sysman]

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

A ROW blew up last night over plans to teach kids the Bible story of creation in SCIENCE lessons.

GCSE pupils will study the Christian fundamentalist belief that God literally made the world in six days.

This was one Yank's reponse to similar moves in the US:

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

http://www.venganza.org/

[EternalOptimist]

SASGuru

are you seriously saying that belief in creationism has anything to do with brainpower ?? if so , you are an idiot.

Some of the smartest people ever born have believed in this religious sh1te. The answer lies somewhere else, maybe understanding delusions etc. but calling them thick is wrong.

[sasguru]

are you seriously saying that belief in creationism has anything to do with brainpower ?? if so , you are an idiot.

Some of the smartest people ever born have believed in this religious sh1te. The answer lies somewhere else, maybe understanding delusions etc. but calling them thick is wrong.

Only going by the evidence, old bean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religio...d_intelligence

And you're right, some of the cleverest people historically believed in creationism but only because there was no other plausible theory or evidence at the time.
Modern techniques like carbon dating and the fossil record provide ample evidence that the world was not created in 7 days a few thousand years ago.
Anyone who believes in creationism now has to be stupid, so yes belief in creationsim has to do with brain power.