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TexasTowelie

(111,300 posts)
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 03:36 PM Mar 2014

GOP State Senator Nominee Don Huffines wants creationism taught as science in schools

I wonder how many drivers, either on the way home yesterday evening or on the way into work this morning, nearly veered off the road when they heard Shelley Kofler’s interview of Republican Senate nominee Don Huffines on KERA.

I managed to keep the wheel steady thanks to slow traffic, but it was only through great effort.

Kofler opened up with some questions about vouchers (Huffines is for them) and school choice (again, yes). Nothing unexpected there. Huffines is a strong conservative and fair arguments can be made for those things.

But then she drilled down deeper, into the curriculum. Would Huffines support teaching creationism in schools as science, she asked. (I haven’t been able to find a link yet.)

His response: the idea should get equal footing with scientific theory, presumably about evolution.

More at http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/03/don-huffines-wants-creationism-taught-as-science-in-schools.html/ .

[font color=green]Teh stoopid burns inside Huffines' mind.[/font]

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GOP State Senator Nominee Don Huffines wants creationism taught as science in schools (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2014 OP
OMFG catbyte Mar 2014 #1
All four GOP Lt. Governor candidates were pushing for teaching creationism in Texas Gothmog Mar 2014 #2
So extreme that they could fall off of the Right end of the flat Earth. DhhD Mar 2014 #4
the idea should get equal footing teachings about the yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #3
When the theory if gravity no longer holds true TxDemChem Mar 2014 #5

Gothmog

(143,999 posts)
2. All four GOP Lt. Governor candidates were pushing for teaching creationism in Texas
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 04:25 PM
Mar 2014

I wish that this thread surprised me. The GOP candidate is fairly typical for the Texas GOP

yuiyoshida

(41,761 posts)
3. the idea should get equal footing teachings about the
Wed Mar 19, 2014, 04:40 PM
Mar 2014

The Rabbits on the Moon who make Mochi each year!!


Once upon a time, a monkey, a rabbit, and a fox lived together as friends. During the day they frolicked on the mountain; at night they went back to the forest. As the years passed Indra, the Lord of Heaven became curious and wanted to see if rumours of their friendship were true. He went to them disguised as an old wanderer, "I have travelled through mountains and valleys and I am weak and tired," he stated. "Could you give me something to eat?"

Immediately, the monkey departed to gather nuts. After returning, he presented the food to the wanderer; the fox brought an offering from his fish trap in the river. The rabbit ran through the fields, searching desperately for something to offer. When he returned with nothing, the monkey and the fox teased him endlessly. Depressed and discouraged, the little rabbit asked the monkey to gather some wood and the fox to set fire to it. Suddenly, the little rabbit said, "Please eat me," and threw himself into the flames.

The wanderer, honored and humbled by the sacrifice, began to weep. Then, he proclaimed, "All of you deserve praise, for your offerings were kind and thoughtful. This little rabbit, however, has displayed true selflessness with his sacrifice." As the other animals watched, he revealed himself as a god, restoring the rabbit to his original form and taking the little body to heaven to be buried in the palace of the moon.

http://photojapan.karigrohn.com/mochi/mochitsuki%20-1.htm

The Moon rabbit in folklore is a rabbit that lives on the Moon, based on pareidolia that identifies the markings of the Moon as a rabbit. The story exists in many cultures, prominently in East Asian folklore and Aztec mythology. In East Asia, it is seen pounding in a mortar and pestle, but the contents of the mortar differ among Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folklore. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the Moon goddess Chang'e, constantly pounding the elixir of life for her; but in Japanese and Korean versions, it is pounding the ingredients for rice cake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)
5. When the theory if gravity no longer holds true
Thu Mar 20, 2014, 06:46 AM
Mar 2014

and objects start falling upward, I'll consider creationism a science. And zero G obviously doesn't count, as one ignoramus creationist once mentioned.

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