I just sent off a letter of gratitude to the teachers and parents in Dover, Pennsylvania who are, along with the ACLU, bringing suit against the enforced teaching of Intelligent Design in the classrooms there. They are fighting the battle for all of us and we should let them know they have our backing and our thanks. This is my letter:
“You are the impediment to a corporate induced coma that endeavors to control all modes of thought and divert them into one, massed produced ideology that will, ultimately, render us malleable and susceptible to whatever agenda is good for the power elite. This ploy has been utilized by tyrants and spin-meisters throughout history and it would be dismally ironic if it finally succeeded in what we used to call ‘the land of the free’.
All of us that claim our minds and our hearts as our own are eternally grateful to you.”
JC
You can do as much, if you wish. Just go to:
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=DybK7FHGvJKinB1W2yEQ-w..
posted by John Cannatella @ 9:48 PM
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The thing that I don't get, as a teacher, is WHAT IS ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? Why on Earth is it a teacher's job to teach where we originate from when there are no solid answers.
I know where I believe that we originate from, but can I prove it?
Once again, it's the PARENTS place to teach their kids about this subject. Is it the school's place to teach religion? NO! And what it comes down to, is RELIGION.
As a teacher, I'm appalled that the teaching of WHERE HUMANS COME FROM is even IN the curriculum considering the fact that NONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES CAN BE PROVED!
You say we come from apes; I say we come from OM. These are opinions (albeit, in my opinion, based on meditative experiences--however I couldn't possibly PROVE this to be true to anyone else).
My point is this: KEEP THIS SUBJECT OUT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. I'm not teaching Intelligent Design any more than I'm teaching Darwinism as an absolute TRUTH.
Parents, do us all a favor--if you even wish your children to contemplate such things--teach them about creation on your own time! This type of teaching belongs in the home, and in the place of worship. NOT in public schools!
Thank you for listening.
--Bhakti/Donna
I don't even like it in the home. You can't 'tell' someone what to believe. Whenever my children would broach the subject of the existence of a deity to me, I would tell them that it was too personal a matter for me to impose my theories and it was their responsibility to ‘plumb the depths’ for themselves; I wasn’t about to do their jobs for them. Today they are intelligent, moral, independent thinkers who don’t delegate the important issues of their lives.
Wow--what a novel approach--have your kids think for themselves.
Johhny--Could you please run for president??????
:)
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