MichaelJ
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| Quote (Ftk @ Dec. 22 2011,07:54) | | Quote (MichaelJ @ Dec. 21 2011,16:21) | | Quote (Kristine @ Dec. 22 2011,07:10) | | Quote (OgreMkV @ Dec. 21 2011,11:11) | | Quote (Ftk @ Dec. 21 2011,11:03) | | Quote (Ftk @ Dec. 06 2011,13:26) | My son has to give a persuasive speech for his class next week. He chose ID as his topic...hehe...;P
His teacher mentioned he'd probably have to get into religion on that topic, and he told her...nope, won't touch on religion. It'll be entirely based on science.
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Speech on ID complete. Received a 93.5%. Went three minutes over allotted time, but didn't get points take off. Instructor said she was very impressed with the amount of research he put into the topic.
Just looked up his grades on parent portal for the semester...straight A's.
<ends proud mama report> |
Any chance of getting a copy? |
I doubt it and so should you. The writer of any material owns that material, and the person who earns the grade owns the grade. I would really be uncomfortable posting a child's paper online for adults to critique; it seems to cross a privacy line. |
I agree and there wouldn't be anything there that hasn't been debunked 100 times over. While FTK's brain has fossilized and can't take contrary information, her big risk is that her son has read something that has raised a spark of doubt in his mind.
I wonder if she will get angry and flounce out of the room if she can't answer her son's questions. |
umm, he also spoke briefly on the multiverse theory as an alternative to ID. He did quite a bit of reading on that as well, although he knew of it before researching for this speech of course.
There is not one solitary thing he will come across in college that will shock him. He's been brought up with the evolutionary mantra in schools since day one, and I've certainly told him many times to learn as much as he possibly can about the arguments against ID.
I'v also told him he needs to know everything possible about evolution if he has any interest whatsoever in discussing/debating the topic with people.
Unlike you folks, we aren't interested in censorship. I strongly support evolution being taught in the schools in all it's glory. Always have...it's a theory...teach it. But, unlike you, I believe ID has every right to be taught right alongside any OOL theories out there.
Also believe the controversial issues about evolution need to be taught...we're just stifling science otherwise. |
I think that you would be surprised. We have seen you not understand the critiques of ID and generally just flounce out.
Has your son actually read the critiques of Behe's examples of irreducable complexity? Not just through your distorted glasses or Behe's own goalpost shifting responses but read the responses themselves. Is he aware that DrDr's definition of information is confusing and contradictory and nobody has been able to quantify the specification of any meaningful biological object.
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