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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And creationists disagree.  [/quote]

That doesn't mean that viewpoint is worthy of respect or deference of any sort. It's not something you agree to disagree over.[/quote]
So you teach your kids to disrespect any viewpoint that differs from yours?  I just thought we were way past this.[/quote]

No, I teach my children not to treat all opinions as equal. Opinions based on fact are generally better. One doesn't have to be disrespectful to the people who hold other views, but I am not going to tell my kid that they should give equal weight to everything theory they hear.[/quote]Then we will have to politely agree to disagree. That's what I about America.[/quote]

No, see, we're over in Afghanistan fighting a war started by people like you. So, there's really nothing polite about my disagreement. I think you are dangerous for America.[/quote]

NP here. No, you're the close-minded one. According to your line of thinking *any opinion* that differs from yours is undeserving of respect.

Where does it end? With how I vote, or with the color of my garage?  The Santa Claus and Holocaust points are stupid straw men. No adult believes in Santa Claus. And Holocaust deniers have no "proof."

Yuck. I too thought we were past this.

Signed,
My family marched against the Iraq War ... and we teach our kids evolution ... and we teach our kids to respect honest differences in belief
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I'm rather disturbed that you don't see the difference between people disagreeing who to vote for, and believing in "creationism" over evolution.

There is no "right" answer of who would be the best president, or mayor, etc.  You can make some objective arguments, but it eventually comes down to opinion.

Sorry, but there is a  right and wrong answer as to whether evolution occurred.  A person can certainly think that it did not occur.  An overwhelming amount of evidence would say that person is wrong.  It's not an opinion.  And please, before you use the word "theory", look up what a scientific theory actually means.[/quote]

So wait:  you (or possibly another PP on your side) made a point about Afghanistan, and then you jump all over someone for responding?  You are a jerk.

You're the one who doesn't get the concept of competing "theories." As a researcher, I know what "theory" means. Specifically, if you have a "theory," but I can't be bothered to learn it (i.e., I can't be bothered to read your books or visit your museum), then I have no standing. I'd be laughed out of a conference for commenting on a paper I haven't read.

In other words, you're as ignorant about the creationists as they are about evolution. Again, you're jerk.

There is a right and wrong about TOLERANCE. Especially if the creationists aren't hurting anyone (and no, "keeping their kids in ignorance" doesn't rise to this measure).[/quote]

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