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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 07:41 AM Original message |
Faith vs. Science: The Consequences of What We Teach Our Children |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R, thanks for posting....nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Similar to their arguments about Environmental Science. These people are Anti-Science. |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Anti-awareness |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. There are environmental fundies as well |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Welcome to DU. |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. My default position is freedom. |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If we don't solve serious environmental problems, we will all sacrifice. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. good advice. Maybe you should try it in regard to your information about condoms. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Anything at the helm of humanity is frightening |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm sorry, but I don't think science is a human organization structured to unify and |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. You just unified and simplified reality, knowledge and truth |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. and in an amusingly succinct way, too. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I disagree. I'll attempt to explain why I disagree. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I guess you and I define 'science' as two different things. You sight 'studies' and yes, those can |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't think we're on such disparate pages as you might think... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. OK, I think we agree that there exists absolute truths and knowledge. Science is the attempt via |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Oh, please. Not that "Science and Religion are both beliefs" stuff again. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Abstinence-only education is essentially what we used to have in this country |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. There was no "pill" when I was a teenager |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They're still prescription items, but in those days, |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. You have nothing to fear from religious fools |
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matt007 (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Amen brother........pun intended ;) |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. "literacy increases dependence on religious belief decreases" |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Eve was weak! Say it! EVE WAS WEAK! |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have to agree with the Condom Bashing though. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Drugs are not "vastly" better (Especially for the women) |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. And a pill will provent the transmission of the HIV virus (or other common STD) how? |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Avoid risky behavoir. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Want to ask some of the HIV-infected married women that? Many trusted their partner. |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Condoms wouldn't help. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Where do you get your information? |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. 98% effective in preventing pregnancy. Even more effective preventing disease |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Nobody is forcing anybody to have sex but... |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'm just talking about being smart.. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. well, if you break so many condoms, it probalby is best for you to abstain |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. 90% effective is a myth. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thank you for saying that! |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. please respond to post #22 |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. The effective rate of condoms when used correctly is 98%. |
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KSCFAN (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Correctly is a matter of opinion |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Buy better condoms then |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. I think it's dumb to live your life based on fear and bad condoms. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #35 |
57. "dumb to bet your life on that thin little piece of latex" |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. My wife and I have used withdrawal for years |
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matt007 (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. We had a few breaks |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. I wish someone would do a study on this method b/c we've used it for years as well! |
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matt007 (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. what you say is an inconvenient truth lol |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. kick |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. Smart voting=Smart leaders= Smart Decisions= Great Success= Better Lives |
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matt007 (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. lol you put my thought process in equation form lol |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. My Logic Professor told me years ago.....If it passes a lotta tests...it has good odds |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. Science FTW (eom) |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. Someone help me out here |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 12:13 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Different levels of hormones I suspect. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
54. In the words of my mother, "Some people think it feels good." |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
47. There was never a movement to use condoms |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Yes there was. When I was in college and throughout my 20s, it was all about wrapping it up. |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Agreed. Sorry, I wasn't clear about that |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Yes, part of the abstinence program is lying about the effectiveness of condoms. |
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