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wildvision) wrote2003-08-05 12:41 am
wildvision) wrote2003-08-05 12:41 am
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My Two Cents
While channel-surfing recently, I came across MSNBC's Scarborough Country. Being the opinionated person that I am, I have to rant about it a bit.
First off, I saw a segment the other day about NYC's gay high school. The host wasn't happy with the idea of government funding...Hell, that's putting it lightly! He totally tore into the woman who was arguing (very reasonably, mind you) in favor of it. Hell, when I saw that, I automatically branded him as a psycho. Now, I totally agree with her. I think it's a good thing.
Then, on tonight's show, they talked about whether creationism should be taught in school. To this, I say absolutely not! There is no reason in hell that creationism should be taught in public science classes. Unless they come up with some concrete scientific proof, then forget it! Schools have no right whatsoever to force religious beliefs on their students. What I thought was laughably stupid was the guy that was arguing in favor of it actually referred to the theory of evolution as a "religious belief". How the hell is evolution a religious belief? What an idiot! He also said that schools should "tell both sides of the story"...Well, besides the fact that creationism is merely a belief with no real evidence, there's another reason to object to this statement. How many different religions, and thus theories of creation, are there? Looking both at past and present, I think it's safe to say there are a LOT. Thus, if these pushy Christians want it to be "fair", then schools should be required to teach all of the theories of creation, from every religion. Ever. Now, I don't see that happening, and thus there's NO REASON WHATSOEVER that creationism should be taught in schools.
It's actually kinda strange...I'm really conservative on a lot of issues (I'm pro-death penalty, anti-gun control, etc), yet I'm totally liberal when it comes to separation of church and state, and gay rights. I'm not all that religious myself, so it's not that surprising that I'm all for keeping religion far, far away from government. But I'm also totally supportive of gay rights. I'm all for legalizing gay marriages, allowing them to adopt children, etc. The thing is, I'm not gay, and I don't even know anyone who is. Yet, I feel very strongly about this issue. I don't really have a reason why, I just am. I think that, had I been alive during the civil rights struggles of the 60s, I would have been totally supportive of them, as well, though I'm not black and don't know anyone who is. I guess it's just my nature. The rest of my family is very conservative on this...they don't approve of homosexuality, while I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If I'm not careful, whenever the issue comes across the news, we end up arguing about it.
Okay, I'm done ranting. ^^;;
[x-posted from my old journal]
First off, I saw a segment the other day about NYC's gay high school. The host wasn't happy with the idea of government funding...Hell, that's putting it lightly! He totally tore into the woman who was arguing (very reasonably, mind you) in favor of it. Hell, when I saw that, I automatically branded him as a psycho. Now, I totally agree with her. I think it's a good thing.
Then, on tonight's show, they talked about whether creationism should be taught in school. To this, I say absolutely not! There is no reason in hell that creationism should be taught in public science classes. Unless they come up with some concrete scientific proof, then forget it! Schools have no right whatsoever to force religious beliefs on their students. What I thought was laughably stupid was the guy that was arguing in favor of it actually referred to the theory of evolution as a "religious belief". How the hell is evolution a religious belief? What an idiot! He also said that schools should "tell both sides of the story"...Well, besides the fact that creationism is merely a belief with no real evidence, there's another reason to object to this statement. How many different religions, and thus theories of creation, are there? Looking both at past and present, I think it's safe to say there are a LOT. Thus, if these pushy Christians want it to be "fair", then schools should be required to teach all of the theories of creation, from every religion. Ever. Now, I don't see that happening, and thus there's NO REASON WHATSOEVER that creationism should be taught in schools.
It's actually kinda strange...I'm really conservative on a lot of issues (I'm pro-death penalty, anti-gun control, etc), yet I'm totally liberal when it comes to separation of church and state, and gay rights. I'm not all that religious myself, so it's not that surprising that I'm all for keeping religion far, far away from government. But I'm also totally supportive of gay rights. I'm all for legalizing gay marriages, allowing them to adopt children, etc. The thing is, I'm not gay, and I don't even know anyone who is. Yet, I feel very strongly about this issue. I don't really have a reason why, I just am. I think that, had I been alive during the civil rights struggles of the 60s, I would have been totally supportive of them, as well, though I'm not black and don't know anyone who is. I guess it's just my nature. The rest of my family is very conservative on this...they don't approve of homosexuality, while I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If I'm not careful, whenever the issue comes across the news, we end up arguing about it.
Okay, I'm done ranting. ^^;;
[x-posted from my old journal]