And people wonder why I want to get out of the U.S.

[Impaler]

http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-n ... -1-2373903

By CLAIRE MCKIN
Published on Monday 25 June 2012 14:05

THOUSANDS of American school pupils are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real – in an attempt by religious teachers to disprove Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Pupils attending privately-run Christian schools in the southern state of Louisiana will learn from textbooks next year, which claim Scotland’s most famous mythological beast is a living creature.

Thousands of children are to receive publicly-funded vouchers enabling them to attend the schools – which follow a strict fundamentalist curriculum.

The Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) programme teaches controversial religious beliefs, aimed at disproving evolution and proving creationism.

Youngsters will be told that if it can be proved that dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time as man, then Darwinism is fatally flawed.

After all, the Bible never said that Jesus DIDN'T ride dinosaurs.

Next they'll be pushing the idea of Raptor Jesus.

[fh2000]

Well, just ignoring them is not enough?

When my daughter was young, we sent her to a private religious school for a summer writing class. On one assignment, she wrote down dinosaurs lived on earth about 250 million years ago. Her teacher wrote a big comment, "God created earth 4000 years old. Dinosaurs did not exist before that...".

What can you do?

[Impaler]

Well, just ignoring them is not enough?

Not really, since then their stupidity spreads. I think they've finally gotten the message that they can't push their stupidity in public schools, though, Bobby Jindal notwithstanding.

[CraigTPE]

Well, just ignoring them is not enough?

When my daughter was young, we sent her to a private religious school for a summer writing class. On one assignment, she wrote down dinosaurs lived on earth about 250 million years ago. Her teacher wrote a big comment, "God created earth 4000 years old. Dinosaurs did not exist before that...".

What can you do?

Not send her back?