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- JackSchittt, on 05/22/2009, -3/+417From the comments section:
"Isn’t technology wonderful? You can clearly hear every word he says, even with his head crammed that far up his ass!"
Win. - onegoodsoul, on 05/22/2009, -11/+343"This is scientific...this is scientific....hey.. look.. this is scientific"
STFU already! You are using your religious beliefs for political gains. Sir, you should be ashamed! - eternal464, on 05/22/2009, -9/+290Why do people with closed minds always open their mouths?
-Someone smarter than I - keloyd, on 05/22/2009, -21/+278We Texans* have a proverb - the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.
This crackpot will have no affect on how local science teachers teach local kids. Badly run districts will continue to to swindle children out of their education, and good districts will continue to produce analytical, useful, scientifically literate kids, no matter what happens in Austin. Worst case scenario - everyone in a highschool science class gets a big chuckle about some walking-on-eggshells verbiage that every competent teacher points out for ridicule.
In case some of you don't realize, churches are full of people who have no problem with the idea of our having descended from primates on our 4.6 billion year old planet floating in a 13.7 B. year old universe.
*Some speculate this proverb -may- have been in use in China earlier than here. - huntermcwhite, on 05/22/2009, -1/+232wtf is he trying to say?
- grungegbunny, on 05/22/2009, -4/+220He can believe whatever the ***** he wants. When his beliefs affect school curriculum then I have a problem with him.
- brandonchicago, on 05/22/2009, -8/+212Sticking to religious beliefs is fine in my opinion. Some people want to believe that the world is 6,000 years old and we all descended from Adam and Eve. Okay, fine, they can believe that, and we grant them that freedom. But trying to use "science" to "prove" that your religion is right when science actually shows all evidence to the contrary? Well...that's just plain dumb.
- grungegbunny, on 05/22/2009, -16/+188One step backwards for Texas, one giant leap backwards for the children that have to go to Texas schools.
- NiftyG, on 05/22/2009, -2/+169"Stasis is data" - this guy does not understand Stephen Jay Gould's theories at all. This idiot thinks stasis is evidence of creationism.
By stasis, Gould means that individual species tend to find plateaus where they are generally stable for long periods of time, then when conditions change drastically, the individual species evolves or dies off. Expand that to millions of species and you get a general course of evolution with some undergoing change at any given point and others remaining stable. Stasis is just a side effect of how our biosphere works - it's a system that finds a stable place, when an instability arises (i.e. a comet hits the planet), new species take advantage of the changes, and the system evolves so it stable once again. - adremali, on 05/22/2009, -55/+217this would explain why texas has some of the most uneducated morons i've ever met.
- Chooxo, on 05/22/2009, -0/+142Anyone else feel like he talked for three minutes yet he didn't actually say anything?
- acklefutz, on 05/22/2009, -0/+127"My religious views are scientifically valid, even if no scientists (who are all very nice people) will agree with me."
- GeorgeWKush, on 05/22/2009, -36/+161They should secede and call their country "*****."
- BoneheadFarker, on 05/22/2009, -1/+119Gravity is just a theory too...
- bsmang, on 05/22/2009, -6/+114The problem is that if someone so incompetent is running the school board, then what do you suppose are the chances that some significant percentage of the teachers are similarly incompetent?
- sayoshinn, on 05/22/2009, -7/+96That is just sad
- shanealeslie, on 05/22/2009, -0/+75Yeah, I couldn't grasp any coherent arguments, reasoning, rhetoric, or salient points in anything he said - he would start a sentence, and then change topic halfway through.
- insertAliasHere, on 05/22/2009, -2/+77No, Darwin didn't actually believe that whales evolved into bears, you, you....I'm at a loss for what to call you.
There is plenty of evidence for speciation. If you choose to close your eyes to it and just shout "it's a theory" without understanding exactly what a scientific theory is, that's really your problem. Gravity is a theory too, you fool. Do you doubt gravity? Most scientific theories are just that, theories. But scientific theories are different than a lay-person's "theories." Scientific theories have to be backed by real, thoroughly researched and documented evidence. You can ignore all the evidence you want, but it's there. You simply have chosen to ignore it.
I think you should go do some actual research, with an open mind. I did, with creationism. I studied it from years of a religious perspective, and more recently from a non-religious perspective, and decided that I can't believe in something that has LITERALLY NO EVIDENCE. I think you should at least try to read up on Darwin's actual theories, rather than trying to claim ridiculous crap like "whales evolving into bears."
Creationism should not be taught in school any more than evolution should be taught in church.
Coming from a Texan who's lived in or near San Antonio all his life. - BrutePhysics, on 05/22/2009, -0/+73The theory of Electromagnetics would like a talk with you about using computers.
- RainyDayNinja, on 05/22/2009, -0/+70At first I thought the video was choppy because of buffering problems... but apparently, that's just how he talks.
- radicaldementia, on 05/22/2009, -1/+68He is certainly free to believe whatever he wants. The problems are 1. He is trying to pass his beliefs as science, and 2. He clearly has no idea what he's talking about and should not be in a position to be making decisions about education requirements. If there was actually a valid scientific theory that fundamentally contradicted evolution, I would be very much in favor of its teaching. But any sort of creationism or intelligent design is not science, and should not be taught alongside evolution or be taught in a science classroom at all.
- Threlly1, on 05/22/2009, -6/+72"Have you ever noticed how creationists always look really un-evolved...."
- beaversprite, on 05/22/2009, -1/+66He is. He just isn't allowed to legislate it. But he is currently doing so. That is bad. Freedom of religion is for everyone, not just people who believe what he does.
- Rapter09, on 05/22/2009, -1/+63True to point, but wouldn't it be better to have a competent person in charge?
- JoeHammer, on 05/22/2009, -2/+63I got owned.
:( - Hetman, on 05/22/2009, -3/+63Worst case sceanorio is you create an even bigger gap between the educated and the uneducated, the rich and the poor. Why should some school districs have to suffer because of religious bigotory?
- JMScheib, on 05/22/2009, -5/+64Jesus Christ this is ***** disturbing.
- OptionalPirate, on 05/22/2009, -1/+59cool story bro.
- jnelson76, on 05/22/2009, -2/+58Guess you've never visited Mississippi, Alabama or Louisiana.
- joshmoney, on 05/22/2009, -2/+54"Stasis is data. Data is scientific. The data shows that they stay the same. They draw little dash lines to connect it. What should we see if EVERLUTION was true? Darwin said it's the gravest objection to his theory. Gravest objection. It's still the gravest objection. It is so scientific. It's, it's not complicated. It doesn't take mathematics. I disagree with these experts. Somebody's got to stand up to experts that are just, I think, I don't know why they're doing it. They're wonderful people. The fossil record does do it. Why take it out? If evolution is so true and has no weaknesses. I can't see any reason for put it in there. All it does is get them an extra standard, to argue for."
/ I just had to see that in writing to believe it. - sb66, on 05/22/2009, -15/+66Its incredible America has come as far as it has with such a large number of total retards in flyover country.
- rebotfc, on 05/22/2009, -2/+53However a creationist like this can do severe long term damage to education. A king may be far away but do you want to be a serf or a citizen?
- Greatmatt, on 05/22/2009, -1/+50Also, because of it's size, Texas school standards help to determine what is printed in textbooks for the entire country. Even though there are competent teachers, this will give even more of an excuse for creationist teachers all over to country to push intelligent design to their students. This affects many more people that just Texans.
- ManUnitdFan, on 05/22/2009, -0/+48I give you props for coming back and accepting it.
- delrin500, on 05/22/2009, -2/+50The difference being the mountain of evidence supporting Evolution.
- kelmaster1, on 05/22/2009, -16/+62Isn't the rest of Texas even more retarded?
- MrZaiko, on 05/22/2009, -2/+48"Somebody has to stand up to these EXPERTS!"
- falconear, on 05/22/2009, -3/+48WTF did that guy just say? All I understood was "blahblahstasisblahblahexpertsblahblahstasis." Seriously, and I've watched it twice now.
- ApokalypseNow, on 05/22/2009, -2/+46***** SAKE people, learn the difference between a layman's theory and a Scientific Theory! When scientists use the word theory, it has a different meaning to normal everyday use. In science, a theory is not a guess, not a hunch. It's a well-substantiated, well-supported, well-documented explanation for our observations. It ties together all the facts about something, providing an explanation that fits all the observations and can be used to make predictions. In science, theory is the ultimate goal, the explanation. It's as close to proven as anything in science can be.
- OptionalPirate, on 05/22/2009, -2/+45This ***** is an embarrassment to educators everywhere. I could barely tell what he was trying to argue between all the pauses and the times he said "scientific."
- ApokalypseNow, on 05/22/2009, -2/+44Science is based on the objective and the evidenced, and since religion is entirely subjective and has no evidence, then it really doesn't have any place in an area where it cannot compete.
- Thistlejack, on 05/22/2009, -0/+41Thank you for posting this... I happen to have one of Steven Jay Gould's books sitting on my desk, so I thought I would post a beautiful quote from him:
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts do not go away while scientists debate rival theories for explaining them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's, but apples did not suspend themselves in mid-air pending the outcome. And human beings evolved from apelike ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other, yet to be discovered."
SJG also happens to write quite a bit about how the creationism movement has attempted to misinterpret his words (either through malice or stupidity) to support their own arguments. It's all very sad, as it is adults condemning other people's children to a lifetime of poverty and ignorance. - BooYah2, on 05/22/2009, -1/+41This guy doesnt even believe what he is say. Look at how many time he hesitates and repeats the word scientific.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+39Something about stasis?
- DrVic, on 05/22/2009, -1/+40I personally think the idea of Jebus riding a T-Rex to work is pretty cool. It is totally ***** insane, but cool nonetheless.
- pgoetz, on 05/22/2009, -0/+38"There's no logic to the assertion that creationists do harm to education."
Are you ***** kidding me? OK, let's see if you can contradict yourself within 3 sentences.... bingo!
"It seems to me that education is to develop critical minds that use reason and logic rather than their emotions to decide things."
Exactly. Evolution is based on factual evidence processed using reason and logic. Creationism is the exact opposite of that: bizarre assertions based on people's emotional need to "prove" that God created the universe. Pretending that this pseudo-scientific nonsense has any place in the schools is thumbing your nose at reason and logic and CLEARLY communicates the message to children that logic and reason don't matter. - alexforcefive, on 05/22/2009, -0/+38thanks man, I hadn't heard of this "stasis is data" thing so that whole video made no sense to me
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+38That's because someone took his stapler.
- Defiant001, on 05/22/2009, -5/+43"God can and will finish this debate "
The FSM can and will make you eat cold uncooked pasta for this blasphemy, then you shall see how the debate is finished! - sb66, on 05/22/2009, -0/+38dude....you can be christian and still accept science as revealing the natural laws the Creator put in place.
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