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Religions > Atheism |
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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24 Jun 2005 11:00:13 AM |
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In the News: Ukraine schools to teach creationism |
From the article:
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Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian public schools will begin teaching about morals
and faith under a new curriculum being developed in part by Orthodox church
leaders.
The voluntary classes will be introduced throughout this predominantly
Orthodox nation of 48 million starting Sept. 1, said Patriarch Filaret, who
heads the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kiev Patriarchate.
President Viktor Yushchenko, who is Orthodox, gave his backing to the
project in a private meeting with religious leaders June 15, but his office
said the curriculum must "satisfy all Ukrainians."
"Yushchenko as a father said he wants children to find a path to God not
just intuitively but with the help of parents and school," said
presidential spokesman Dmytro Vasilyev.
Filaret said leaders from all Christian churches in the former Soviet
republic will work together to help develop a curriculum, which will
include lessons about morality as well as information such as creationism,
the belief that God created the universe as explained in the Bible. Filaret
said Darwin's theory of evolution should still be taught, but that it was
important for children to hear another view.
Vasilyev said much work must still be done to develop the curriculum, and
noted that the issue was sensitive since the country is religiously
diverse. While Ukraine is predominantly Orthodox, it does have followers of
other faiths, including Islam and Judaism.
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Read it at http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/11967161.htm
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Razor 616" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Ukraine schools to teach creationism |
24 Jun 2005 01:56:13 PM |
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:00:13 -0500, Jason Spaceman
<notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian public schools will begin teaching about morals
and faith under a new curriculum being developed in part by Orthodox church
leaders.
Funny, I'd think they knew better after Chernobyl and all...
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#1295
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| User: "Kari Tikkanen" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Ukraine schools to teach creationism |
24 Jun 2005 10:18:19 PM |
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Funny, I'd think they knew better after Chernobyl and all...
Even more funny (?) coincidence that ID-smoking Dover in PA is near
Harrisburg, the Three Mile Island accident place, isn't it ?
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| User: "Geoff" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Ukraine schools to teach creationism |
27 Jun 2005 12:17:57 AM |
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"Kari Tikkanen" <mrkat@suomi24.fi> wrote in message
news:1119651499.394882.301260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
Funny, I'd think they knew better after Chernobyl and all...
Even more funny (?) coincidence that ID-smoking Dover in PA is near
Harrisburg, the Three Mile Island accident place, isn't it ?
OMG...scary!
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