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In reply to the discussion: Oh, that explains it. [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)21. This is the religion group in a thread about evolution
This is where people who have a high interest in this topic post. It is not a distraction for me. It affects the future of this country. It effects some of the very same topics you say are more important. It affects how I vote. On the other side, there are people who have the same interest but a different opinion. It is not a distraction for them either. It affects how they vote.
If you don't think science education is that important, why distract yourself by coming to a thread on that subject to tell people it is a distraction?
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Elmer Smith is similarly entertaining about mastodons and pterodactyls ---
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#9
Your history seems wrong. It was questions raised earlier in the Age of Discovery
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#32
Of course it raised questions! And if you ever peeked at any of the rabbinical commentaries on it,
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#36
IMO Ken Ham is an attention whore who mostly deserves our studied neglect
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#14
Now, there you go! And if there are enough rightwing judges, we can lose much more
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#18
The worst consequences of those judges is that they are anti-democratic and biased towards the rich
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#20
Who said science education is unimportant? I was raised in a scientific household,
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#22
The thread actually seems to be about a 1905 children's book by Elmer Boyd Smith
struggle4progress
Sep 2018
#25