Not sure if this is the correct forum for it, so mods, if not, feel free to move it.
Anyhow, that Megiddo show talked about New Age religions et al, and brought up Evolution.
Eventually, even secular/athiest scientists all but proved that Evolution is what it is...a load of crock.
In addition-some Jesuit priest from England(starts with a T, can't remember his last name), through fraud, somehow convinced everyone Evolution was a fact...to the point where even THE POPE endorsed it and put it in the RCC doctrine.
However-why is it still being taught in our educational systems? And why did everyone let not only this Jesuit priest, but also the Pope to get away with this forgery?
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"Eventually, even secular/athiest scientists all but proved that Evolution is what it is...a load of crock."
Give me names of "secular/athiest scientists" who believe that Evolution is a "load of crock."
I'm assuming Teilhard de Chardin was who you're thinking of. A mystic paleontologist, he was involved in the discovery of Peking Man.
BornAgain123 seems to have a very strange idea of what he did though.
Actually all of BornAgain123 ideas seem very strange, they certainly have a very frail connection to reality.
(@ Fatty)
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Why the fuck would any show about "New Age religions" say anything about evolution which has absolutely nothing to do with religion? Where is this list of secular/atheist scientists that have proved that evolution is a crock? Let me guess its in the same place you find rapture in the Bible, NOWHERE! Why is evolution still being taught in our educational systems? Because it is the best explanation that we currently have.
"However-why is it still being taught in our educational systems? "
Because it's true, and creationism is a load of crock.
The Catholic Church hasn't endorsed evolution. They've simply said that the whole issue is a question for science: God creates the immortal soul - how He gets the mortal flesh to put it in, whether by evolution or some other means, is irrelevant to the faith.
Fundamentalists continue to insist that every word of the Bible is literal fact, pulling outrageous rationalizations for the Bible's numerous errors and inconsistencies out of thin air. The Catholic Church, after 16 or 17 centuries of getting burned, has learned better than to try to go down that road. In another 1,400 years, maybe Baptists will come to the same conclusion.
If I remember right, de Chardin, a Jesuit, attempted to reconcile the conflicts between his faith as priest with his reason as a paleontologist. His RCC superiors condemned his work and refused it publication on pain of excommunication.
As far as I know and remember, this is still the RCC's official position on his life's work.
@ Fatty
I don't how do u?
Scientists - regardless of religion - accept the principle of evolution as a fact.
Only American fundie christians cling onto creationism like a drowning man clutches at straws, placing untrue and baseless bullshit from thier pseudoscientists as undeniable facts.
Pseudoscience starts with the answer you want, then delete the samples that don't fit. If no samples are left - hide behind the bible.
To be fair, Teilhard de Chardin was involved in the early stages of the Piltdown Man dig. He's still regarded by some as one of the chief suspects in the forgery but there's no solid evidence of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown
"In addition-some Jesuit priest from England(starts with a T, can't remember his last name)"
It might help your case a little if you cared enough to actually know what the fuck you're talking about, but then I'm probably expecting too much from you mouth-breathing lunatics at RR.
So many biology F grades.
Pitiful really.
People this fucking stupid should be culled by second grade,
You're suffering from that fundie ailment of : Churchs are or should be in charge of education and goverment.
We teach Evolution theory in school because it has (now massive) scientific evidence. Creationism is not only not scientific as it has no evidence, it is also not concise or one theory as there are many.
Should we teach we are on the back of a enormous turtle, delivered by fire or vomited upon the Earth? All have exactly the same evidence as Christian creation, none.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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