@jacobchatterjee @emlynaddison @BillyMcWhirter Arguments are not The Truth + U forget that for each argument for god, there's 10 for atheism
@Gomba13 @BillyMcWhirter Yes, as they do from meditation, therapy, yoga, exercise and drugs. But none of those control science education.
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@BillyMcWhirter For science education, there is always home schooling, easy to obtain in Canada, I don't know for the US. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter But the home schooling option merely encourages anti-intellectual, anti-social clan mentality & invites other ills. -
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@BillyMcWhirter Not necessarily. It isn't without risk, but better that than teaching a kid that humans rode dinosaurs! -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter Sure...if I *HAD* to live in a backwater fiefdom, yes I'd probably home school. But it invites xenophobia. -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter It depends on the learning environment created by parent and how she compensates for lack of social setting. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter Recreating the typical school melting pot is a tall order, not to mention the movement away from parental supervisn -
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@BillyMcWhirter You are right, recreating the same is impossible. But is that school environment really necessary? -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter I'm not sure what you mean; is it NOT important that the cultural microcosm of schools prepare kids for society? - 7 more replies
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@BillyMcWhirter I have also seen striking examples of religion having a destructive therapeutic effect, mind you. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter Jonestown...Waco...most of Nigeria... -
@emlynaddison
@BillyMcWhirter Perhaps, but I prefer to base it on first hand experience. Like Thomas, I need to stick my finger in it. :)
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@BillyMcWhirter To each his own. As long as I don't get subjected to any of it against my will. -
@Gomba13@BillyMcWhirter But it goes further than that: many like me believe that the children of those folklore obsessives are being abused -
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@BillyMcWhirter Many probably are. Unfortunately, religious freedom protects child abusers.
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