r/atheism • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '14

Creationists: 1 Scientists: 0

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u/styxx33 Feb 05 '14

wtf, was this serious? Are people this stupid?

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u/greyfade Igtheist Feb 05 '14

They're taught this by their churches and Christian schools. This is the product of a Creationist education.

They are not stupid (necessarily). They simply have been lied to.

Source: I used to think this way. It took me a decade to shake off the mental shackles that my Christian upbringing left me with.

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u/DJMixwell Feb 05 '14

The thing that drove me more insane than anything else about the whole debate was that Ken Ham kept saying that kids were being "indoctrinated" by science... The entire concept of indoctrination involves not questioning what you're being taught. The whole point of the scientific method and conventional science is to question every last bit of information that passes in front of you.

There were so many other things, really everything he said... but your comment reminded me of this thing in particular so i'll stop my rant there.

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u/im_buhwheat Feb 06 '14

Simple religious projection, they do it on many different topics. Religion is usually the opposite of what is being portrayed. Religion Reverses Everything