From: Sabine Atkins (sabine@posthuman.com)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 20:13:58 MDT
Sabine Atkins misread:
> Damien Broderick wrote:
>
>> Georgia School Board Requires Balance of Evolution and Bible
>> Georgia's second-largest school district adopted a policy
>> last night that requires teachers to give a "balanced
>> education" about the origin of life.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/education/23EVOL.html?todaysheadlines
>>
>> ============
>>
>> This seems to me a move in the right direction but clearly insufficient.
>> For true balance the students must also be forced to study, on an equal
>> footing, the cosmogonies of Hinduism, the Hairy Ainu, Scientology, and
>> the
>> Australian Aborigines. The Georgian proposal is plain bigotry and
>> close-mindedness.
>>
>> Damien Broderick
>>
And then Sabine Atkins wrote:
>
> I agree. The religion classes in the school I visited in Germany when I
> was 17/18 years old taught what Damien suggests above. I remember being
> tested about my knowledge of Buddhism and whether I know what the 5
> pillars of Islam are. Unnecessary knowledge? Maybe. But since religion
> is so much connected to the traditions that rule daily life in many
> cultures, it, IMO, helps to understand them a little bit better.
>
> From Georgia, Cobb county
I apologize for this, my dear husband just tells me that I most likely
misread Damien's posting. I usually notice sarcasm when it occurs during
in-the-flesh conversations, but hardly ever in emails. Ok, I learned my
lesson :-)
-- Sabine Atkins, http://www.posthuman.com/
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