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Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:16am On Jul 05, 2014 |
Evolutionists Infuriated by Creation Cartoon Shown in Public School July 4, 2014 | Filed under: Education,Science,Top Stories | By: Garrett Haley Ken Ham Castle IllustrationATLANTA – A furor erupted recently at an Atlanta high school after a science instructor showed an illustration from Christian apologist Ken Ham to her students. According to reports, Anquinette Jones of Henry W. Grady High School taught a freshman Biology class last spring. Using a 52-slide PowerPoint presentation, Jones introduced the theory of evolution to her students, as required by the Atlanta Public Schools science curriculum. The PowerPoint presentation is primarily pro-evolution, asserting that evolutionary theory is supported by numerous scientific fields, including anatomy, embryology, and biochemistry. “96% of the human genome is the same as the chimpanzees [sic] genome,” one slide emphasizes. Despite the PowerPoint’s seemingly pro-evolution message, many people were concerned by a single slide in the presentation which depicted evolution in a negative light. According to the high school’s student newspaper, the slide included an illustration of two dueling castles—one labeled “Evolution (Satan)” and the other labeled “Creation (Christ).” Many people were outraged by the cartoon. “I was offended, but more shocked and disturbed that a teacher in [Atlanta Public Schools] could get away with putting that in a classroom,” one student’s parent told the school newspaper. “Offended is probably the wrong word at this point; it is very troubling to me that a teacher who is in a position of influence over children in a public school can put something up [like the cartoon].” Connect with Christian News Not only does the castle illustration mention creation and Christ, it also implies that a belief in evolution leads to numerous social ills, including divorce, racism, abortion, euthanasia, and homosexuality. These social issues are depicted as balloons sprouting from the evolution castle. “[I] have gay parents,” one student told reporters, “and [the cartoon] said that evolution caused homosexuality and it implied that to be negative, so I was pretty offended by it.” Nikolai Curtis, a science teacher at the school, said the cartoon was “not acceptable.” “If you start adopting religious doctrine as a form of teaching, you start advocating for a religion,” he stated. “There is no national religion. When you teach religion in a public school setting, you are reinforcing a national religion, and that’s not acceptable.” The illustration shown in Jones’s class appears to be from Ken Ham, President of the Christian apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis. Ham has repeatedly used the castle diagram over the years to represent the war of worldviews between evolution and biblical creation. In a 2009 article, Ham said the illustrations of the two castles “summarize the message of Answers in Genesis.” “These diagrams were first produced around thirty years ago as I endeavored to illustrate, in diagram form, the concept of the foundational nature of the battle between Christianity and secular humanism,” Ham wrote. Though most media reports have not yet attributed the illustration to Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis, many people were still outraged that Jones showed the slide to her students. “This is egregious,” one commenter wrote. “I cannot believe this person is a science teacher.” “I cannot believe that anyone in this day and age advocates for teaching creationism!” another asserted. “I would fire this teacher in a heartbeat. Let her go to work for a religious school where the students will be qualified to fry burgers or work at Walmart.” Nevertheless, others defended Jones’s right to show the illustration to her class. “Although I don’t agree with the cartoon, I also don’t agree with evolution being taught in schools and creationism [being banned],” one commenter argued. “Schools should be allowed to teach both and let the students decide what they want to believe.” According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Public Schools administrators had been made aware of the situation and had reviewed the PowerPoint in question. Jill Strickland, a spokeswoman for the schools, said the material was then “immediately removed.” Meanwhile, Ham continues to use the castle cartoons to illustrate the importance of the evolution versus creation debate. In an articled titled “The Evolution Connection,” he explained why evolutionary beliefs often lead to sinful behavior. “The more that generations of students are indoctrinated to believe in solely material causes for the origin of life—and the more their thinking processes are devoid of any understanding of a Creator God—the more they are led to believe that there are no absolutes and truth is relative,” he argued. Once people deny the existence of God, Ham continued, rampant sinful behavior becomes inevitable. “The restraining influence of absolute authority starts to dissipate,” he said. Ham believes Christians should be prepared to defend their faith against the foundational attacks on the Bible’s authority. “The world has attacked Christianity at a foundational level, and the church has for the most part just continued teaching Bible stories,” he asserted. “Christians need to be trained to believe God’s Word from Genesis to Revelation, and know how to defend it.” 1 Share
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Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 7:06am On Jul 05, 2014 |
LMFAO. America sure has some dumb teachers. He should have laughed it off, if it wasn't shown to the children. P.S: you know the teacher could get fired, right? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 7:40pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
This shows that American public schools brainwashes their students into believing evolution as facts. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 7:56pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU: This shows that American public schools brainwashes their students into believing evolution as facts.Evolution is true; it has been proven. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Kenny4lyfe(m): 8:33pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
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Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:35pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
Apatheist: Is this not the evidence of brainwashing? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:38pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:How? Evolution can be verified independently. You don't need "faith" or the "holy spirit" to understand and prove it. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:20pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
Apatheist: Ok. Can you scientifically, logically and rationally give a single instance of an evolutionary process which can be seen to increase the information in the genome? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 9:33pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:Chei. See grammar. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Kenny4lyfe(m): 11:16pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:*Spreads mat in anticipation* |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by EvilBrain1(m): 11:49pm On Jul 07, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU: This shows that American public schools brainwashes their students into believing evolution as facts. Can you please explain to me why a teacher should be bringing up "Christ" in a science classroom? Would you have been defending her if the cartoon had said "creation (Allah) vs evolution (Shaitan)"? Do you think a public school science class is a forum for religious proselytising? Would you like it if your child was indoctrinated into Islam or Mormonism (or any other religion you don't agree with) by a teacher whose salary comes from your taxes? Are you aware that in the US, it is illegal to use public funds to promote any religion? Do you think that the rules that allow people of different faiths (or no faith) to live side by side in peace don't apply to you? Do you think that you should be exempted from laws that protect kids from being preyed on by those who would abuse their positions of authority? Why, because your superstitions are somehow better than other peoples superstitions? Tell me again how what this teacher did is not an embarrassment to the teaching profession, and a disservice to those poor children who just want to learn some science without a misguided and unscrupulous fanatic polluting the knowledge with religious bûllshít. 8 Likes |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 3:45am On Jul 08, 2014 |
Apatheist:i don t know what to say to you |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 3:48am On Jul 08, 2014 |
Apatheist:if only you knew this Holy Spirit you r tkn about |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:24am On Jul 08, 2014 |
Dux01: if only you knew this Holy Spirit you r tkn aboutI do-- it is imaginary. 2 Likes |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:25am On Jul 08, 2014 |
Dux01: i don t know what to say to youThen don't say nothing. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 5:47pm On Jul 08, 2014 |
the Holy Spirit is real he i s the third member of the trinity He is God .we are in His dipensation.He is the one who is behind all the miracles that take place.He is gentle. He is a teacher per excellence.He speaks through the still small voice.No man can overcome sin except by His power.He seals us in Christ.He is uncompromisingly Holy.He is also the consuming fire.He exists aparthiest u are just yet to know him. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 12:23am On Jul 09, 2014 |
EvilBrain1: Can you also explain to me why a teacher is teaching the religion of atheists called evolution? EvilBrain1: Evolution as a fairytale for adults must not be taught in science class. EvilBrain1: What the American public school education is doing to our children is an embarrassment and disservice to the teaching profession as they should not be enforcing one religion (evolutionism) over other religions in the pretense that they are teaching science. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 9:53am On Jul 09, 2014 |
Olaadegbu, Evolution is an "atheist religion"? Yekpa!!! O ma se o. 3 Likes |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by nora544: 10:07am On Jul 09, 2014 |
Evolution as a fairytale for adults must not be taught in science class Did you have Biology in school or is this not taught in Nigeria!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read this: Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.[1] |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:15pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
nora544: With all of your textbook evolution, would you care to answer the question I posed earlier? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:19pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: Is that all you can see? How about answering the question? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:22pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: You know how to exclaim in the evil supernatural and you say you don't believe in the Supernatural God? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:36pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:You know how to use scientific objects like your phone and the internet, but you don't believe in scientific theories? 2 Likes |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:38pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:I no understand the big grammar wey you blow. Rephrase the question. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:53pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: You need to get your money back from whoever sold you a lie that evolution is a scientific theory. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 8:55pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: How will you understand when you are not scientifically, rationally or logically inclined? |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:56pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:Says the person that believes evolution is an atheist religion. 2 Likes |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 8:58pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:Explain to me--without using the Bible -- how evolution is not a scientific theory. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:15pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: Is Evolution a Religion? Evolution is promoted by its practitioners as more than mere science. Evolution is promulgated as an ideology, a secular religion—a full-fledged alternative to Christianity, with meaning and morality. . . . Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today. https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/is-evolution-a-religion/ |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by OLAADEGBU(m): 9:20pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
Apatheist: If it was a scientific theory you would have answered my earlier question by now. It takes blind faith to believe everything comes from nothing. |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 9:28pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:Who says evolution posits that everything came from nothing. You do not even know evolution. You have not read any book about it.Religitards. Mxm |
Re: Evolutionists Infuriated By Creation Cartoon Shown In Public School by Nobody: 9:47pm On Jul 12, 2014 |
OLAADEGBU:From the dictionary. Definition of religion : religion /rɪˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/Definition of evolution : evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n,ˈɛv-/In all honesty, tell me how the two definitions correlate? |
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