Religions > Atheism > In the News: Dawkins campaigns to keep God out of classroom
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27 Nov 2006 01:45:48 PM |
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In the News: Dawkins campaigns to keep God out of classroom |
From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
The new Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason will subsidise
books, pamphlets and DVDs for teachers to fight what the professor
describes as the "educational scandal" that has seen the rise
of "irrational ideas".
His foundation will also conduct research into what makes some people more
susceptible to religious ideas than others and whether these people are
particularly vulnerable.
Prof Dawkins' renewed push to counter what he perceives to be the religious
indoctrination of young people comes amid revelations that dozens of
schools are using teaching materials in science lessons that promote the
creationist alternative to Darwinian evolution, condemned by the government
as "not appropriate to support the science curriculum".
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Read it at http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1958138,00.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "ike milligan" |
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27 Nov 2006 08:40:24 PM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
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From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard
Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
Why did God want to go into a classroom?
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| User: "Gary Bohn" |
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28 Nov 2006 11:48:46 AM |
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"ike milligan" <accordiondoc@mindspring.com> wrote in
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
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From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard
Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
Why did God want to go into a classroom?
He couldn't find the bathroom?
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Gary Bohn
Science rationally modifies a theory to fit evidence, creationism
emotionally modifies evidence to fit a specific interpretation of the
bible.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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28 Nov 2006 01:26:09 AM |
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:40:24 GMT, "ike milligan"
<accordiondoc@mindspring.com> wrote:
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
news:ekff9b$ts$1@news.datemas.de...
From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard
Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
Why did God want to go into a classroom?
Oooh, I love riddles!
What's the answer?
Not "Because he wanted to get to the other died", I hope.
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| User: "Josh Miles" |
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01 Dec 2006 12:47:37 PM |
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ike milligan wrote:
"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
news:ekff9b$ts$1@news.datemas.de...
From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard
Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
Why did God want to go into a classroom?
He wanted to learn some biology. He had it all wrong in the Bible.
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| User: "Mark D J. Mark D" |
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27 Nov 2006 11:46:48 PM |
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From the article:
'Dawkins campaigns to keep God out of classroom'
Misleading, dishonest and manipulatively provocative title. Dawkins wants to
keep 'God' out of the *science* classroom; that's all
[snip]
John Hall, dean of Westminster and the Church of England's education
officer, told the
Independent today: "He is clearly looking for a fight. His clear intention
is to push his view
that religion is dangerous and that to bring up a child in their parents'
beliefs is a form of
abuse. Obviously I am concerned about that. There are good grounds for
thinking that this
would just be a charitable vehicle for pushing Richard Dawkins' views."
Fine. So get your ecclesiastical friends in the Lords to prevent Dawkins's
foundation getting charitable status -- and just watch *all the ***** that
lands on you as a result*.
M.
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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27 Nov 2006 05:35:11 PM |
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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:45:48 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
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From the article:
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Alexandra Smith
Monday November 27, 2006
EducationGuardian.co.uk
The University of Oxford geneticist and campaigning atheist Richard Dawkins
has established a foundation to keep God out of the classroom and
prevent "pseudo science" taking over in schools, it emerged today.
The new Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason will subsidise
books, pamphlets and DVDs for teachers to fight what the professor
describes as the "educational scandal" that has seen the rise
of "irrational ideas".
His foundation will also conduct research into what makes some people more
susceptible to religious ideas than others and whether these people are
particularly vulnerable.
Prof Dawkins' renewed push to counter what he perceives to be the religious
indoctrination of young people comes amid revelations that dozens of
schools are using teaching materials in science lessons that promote the
creationist alternative to Darwinian evolution, condemned by the government
as "not appropriate to support the science curriculum".
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Read it at http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,,1958138,00.html
It can only be good to stop indocrination with lies.
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