FishingBanter - View Single Post - Barak Hussein Obama? or Barak Hussein Osama?

**[email protected]** · December 13th, 2006, 08:31 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly

wrote:
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:47:39 -0500, GM wrote:

McCain lost me when he said he thought Intelligent Design should be
taught alongside Evolution. I know he was pandering and they all have to
do some of that, but I don't believe he needed to do it then, on that
particular issue. My opinion opinion of him was further diminished when
he folded under pressure on Military Commissions Act 2006.

First, people cannot be "taught evolution" or "intelligent design," they
can only be informed about them (or "taught _about_ them, if you
prefer). That said, I agree that people should be "taught" about both,
as well as about religion. I don't think "intelligent design" is the
way life came about and evolution is the more-reasonable explanation,
but I'm certainly aware of both, and I'd make sure my children were as
well. And I think you'll find that most voters would want their kids as
well-educated as possible, and many of those would truly believe that
intelligent design is the more-reasonable explanation.

I'd agree. Intelligent design and religion should be taught, but only
in philosophy or religious/world studies types of classes.
Taught alongside all the other creationism mythologies there's a
chance that children will be educated...even if their parents are
not.
- Ken