tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post4379454805734391163..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Evolution and the candidatesSteven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-86350458014048271952008-09-08T20:29:00.000-07:002008-09-08T20:29:00.000-07:00Francis, Do you care to clarify your accusation? ...Francis,<BR/><BR/> Do you care to clarify your accusation? What, in particular, do you find misleading about Steven's article? To me, the point of the article seems crystal clear. John McCain previously supported the teaching of creationism/ID in the classroom, and has since come around. Sarah Palin believes that creationism/ID has a place in science class. Barak Obama does not believe that creationism/ID should be taught in a science classroom. If you are resigned to voting for one of the major party candidates, and the teaching of creationism happens to be a hot-button issue for you, then the article provides you with some helpful information.<BR/><BR/>I think Steven has made it clear that he believes creationism has no place in the science classroom. I happen to agree. Though there are a host of other reasons I won't be voting for Barak, this article presents one of the multitude of reasons I won't be casting my vote for a McCain/Palin ticket. I think it's important that people become informed about the beliefs and policies of presidential and vice presidential candidates. I also think that it's important that people come to realize that, regardless of one's faith (or lack thereof), creationism -- and it's cargo-cult science cousin, ID -- have absolutely no place in science class. This article helps to inform those of the former of these points, and Steven often writes articles to convince people of the latter. Again I ask, what about this article is misleading?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18428594338668920628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-34541318058806126662008-09-08T10:11:00.000-07:002008-09-08T10:11:00.000-07:00Regardless of your position on evolution vs. creat...Regardless of your position on evolution vs. creation, I hope all can see that this article is intended to mislead rather than inform.Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01943374653492969796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-89981974825507988232008-09-08T09:53:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:53:00.000-07:00Storks bring babies to their parents? I thought th...Storks bring babies to their parents? I thought that boys were coming from cabbages, and girls from roses. I hope they'll also teach this fairy tail at school soon! This is real science!<BR/>Faith-related beliefs should be taught in religion classes (btw, if someone needs to be taught faith, I call this brainwash), not in science classes where they have nothing to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-33806851314222229882008-09-08T09:33:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:33:00.000-07:00Should we also teach that storks bring babies to t...Should we also teach that storks bring babies to their parents?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-7050833761133283922008-09-08T09:25:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:25:00.000-07:00I agree with Sarah, but in a more open and affirmi...I agree with Sarah, but in a more open and affirming way. Instead of teaching just evolution and creationism, teach ALL the creation stories. This website is a good place to start, it has 20 different creation stories. http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSIndex.html<BR/>Oh, and needless to say, none of these creation stories should be taught in a science class.Eileen Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759081277635057912noreply@blogger.com