My Thoughts on the Whole Evolution Stickers Thing
1/14/2005
Today in Atlanta, a Judge ruled that stickers placed on science books labelling Evolution as a theory are unlawful because they push a religious agenda. Another victory for common sense.
To all the Creationists out there, here's something to think about:
Where does one stop in labelling these books? At what point of disagreement does one dictate when a sticker needs to be placed?
If I place a sticker on every book I don't agree with, I will be very busy stickering because there's lots I don't agree with. Just read this blog for proof.
'Well, we don't believe in evolution. We don't believe that the universe is more than 5,000 years old, so we'd better make another sticker.' Pretty soon, the covers of our children's learning books will be filled with mind-numbing stickers! Of course, once the Christian community has had their day with stickers, the other religious communities will come out of the woodwork, the ones the Christians probably don't want to have stickers of their own. And in typical American fasion, a religious war will heat up in the hearts and minds of people that are supposed to be pursuing peace and understanding.
"Hey, we don't believe this and that and we want our own dang stickers." So the war wages in the one place it's not supposed to be. Where the kids are. Their precious minds are trying to develop to the point where they can make their own determinations about the world, while all the adults are strangling each other to make sure their kids are spoonfed with enough fucking stickers! Instead of communicating family traditions and ideals openly, and giving the kids room to make their own observations, the religous community has now stormed the public schools like a deraged pack of commandos, tossing morality around like smoke granades and expecting everyone to think this is ok.
If you want to raise your kids with certain viewpoints, then talk to them. Don't expect a sticker to 'keep them straight,' and don't push your religious fury onto people who don't share the same sentiments. Kids are a lot smarter than you think, my friends, and they will eventually make their own determinations. And, if they are anything like me, they probably will laugh at your lunacy all the way to the pearly gates.
posted by Edward Svengali @ Friday, January 14, 2005,
3 Comments:
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At 2:19 PM,
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There's nothing wrong with saying that evolution is not a proven fact and reminding people to think for themselves.
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At 4:43 PM,
novachild said...
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If we need stickers to remind people to think for themselves, then perhaps we just need to stop labotomizing them with organized religion?
And Evolution is a Scientific Theory. In science, pretty much all 'facts' are mutable. As the species 'evolves,' so to does its process of understanding. -
At 4:44 PM,
novachild said...
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And there's plenty wrong with saying that evolution is not a proven fact - if it's being used to politicize a right-wing religious ideology within the Public School System.
How would you like my religious ideologies placed on little stickers all over your books?
