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in all fairness, i believe it would be a safe bet that the teaching requirements would be relaxed for kindergarten through, maybe, the sixth grade.(*)This assumes there is no staffing emergency in the school district, and there are always emergencies, which is how a lot of biology teachers are named 'Coach'.
The internet may be the downfall of the remaining U.S. creationists. Your neighbor's son has resources that your neighbors did not. It is getting harder and harder for creationists to hide their children from reality.
If you can't tell the difference between evolution and science you probably shouldn't be teaching. Teaching evolution as a theory is one thing; like teaching about Greek mythology or Mayan culture. Teaching is as an irrefutable fact is something else.
Unfortunately the son is socially inept (a product of his homeschooling). But yes, having a wealth of information at his fingertips is what made him realize how silly YEC is. Now he can't get into college, he's lacking in basic social skills, and he has a rudimentary grasp of science that most of us had in the eighth grade. Creationism may be on its way out but its leaving behind some sad stragglers.
The evolution of everything from nothing has no basis in reality. We share 25% of the same DNA as a daffodil, but we don't share ancestry with daffodils.
If you go back far enough we share ancestry with everything.
Luke would disagree.
Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Luke would disagree.
Luke 3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
You really need to distinguish what you mean by creationists. The term is not as black and white as everyone thinks. Creationism is the belief that God created the universe and from there it goes all over the place.
The internet may be the downfall of the remaining U.S. creationists. Your neighbor's son has resources that your neighbors did not. It is getting harder and harder for creationists to hide their children from reality.
You really need to distinguish what you mean by creationists. The term is not as black and white as everyone thinks. Creationism is the belief that God created the universe and from there it goes all over the place.
A creationists is someone who believes in a creator.
The Internet will eventually be the downfall of the Christian religion in the US because it gives people access to other opinions, religions only flourish when no other opinions are allowed in.
Finding out what causes thunder and lightning caused people to stop believing in Thor.
Pretty sure belief in the Norse gods ended before that point, and most religions die out because of OTHER RELIGIONS becoming dominant and stamping out those who retain the previous beliefs.
Actually that passage does agree with what he said, just in a different way.
... and god created everything. So yes, in a way, the bible shows all life coming from one original "life". Or nonlife if you don't count god as alive.
Do you wish your children to be educated or indoctrinated? Education involves showing both sides of an argument and using reason to decide between them. Indoctrination is the presentation of only one side to the exclusion of any other. So if the teacher believes evolution is true he teaches that position, and if he believes in creation he teaches that position. I prefer neutrality. Evolution is a scientific theory and creation is religious doctrine. They are mutually exclusive, but the decision on where to place one's faith is not for educators to make. Evolution is scientific but not truth, creation is truth but not scientific.
According to that passage, who is Adam's common ancestor?
I really don't know what to say either, except that you should learn punctuation before pretending to know what knowledge anyone else has accumulated.
I spent the first 10 years debating the subject based on the merits of the science itself. After that about every argument that could be made had been made, every source was subjected to analysis, every bit if evidence interpreted by both sides. it basically came down to which experts you chose to believe and which problems you were willing to overlook because neither side could produce definitive arguments.
Since the science was inconclusive, I shifted my focus to the religious aspect. If God is right then evolution is wrong. What is taught by the Scriptures lies in direct contrast to what is taught in biology by people who think they have all the answers but don't.
What still amazes me is the profound ignorance displayed by those who always assume that those with a different point of view must not understand the science involved. There is a difference, for those who can comprehend, between not believing what is claimed and not understanding what is claimed. If your level of understanding cannot rise beyond that gulf, then we are wasting out time.
If it happens I think this only happens in the southern states of the US but I might be wrong about that.
Even then it must obviously only happen in the bible belt states anyway. (hopefully)
Can anyone tell me what science qualifications teachers are required to have in order to teach science classes in US public schools?
The minimum requirement is that a teacher pass the Praxis II exam. Many, if not most, government school teacher have no additional training in their content area than the two or three general classes they were required to take in college.
The only reason I had a degree in my content area is that both of my parents were college professors and I got free tuition.
I was asked to teach literature, which I love, but had no specific training.
So, in answer to your question, not much.
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