Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

That's slander.

Yes. unless it's any different to what you said. and you don't assume that the religious teachings/upbringings are let's say as an example, homophobic?

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That could be said of a number of things (vegetarianism, communism, use of the Oxford comma, supporting Manchester United, etc etc).

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Why? I didn't make a false spoken statement.

I try not to assume anything, but I can state for a fact that any religious discussions in our house do not involve, let's say as an example, homophobia (in fact, totally the opposite - our family are very anti-homophobic).

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Agreed, it's not like we're in the mid- west of the USA

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

What the government should also do is shut down faith schools (of all faiths) and repalce them with secular school replacements, they are not right for Britain and they cause a lot of problems, Take Northern Ireland for example!

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

At last, a sensible comment.

I knew you had it in you.

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You are welcome! :angel:

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Law of averages, surely?

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

As a swift update to this thread a number of free schools with 'creationist' undertones have been rejected by the Department for Education from proceeding with their applications.

The concern still remains, of course, that groups on the fringes will continue to attempt to use the free schools system to get this pseudoscience into the classroom despite the funding withdrawal.

For the time being though it looks as though it's being confined to private schools.

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Bit of a bump as one of the lunatics running the asylum up here wants to change things about a bit.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/...ols-no-really/

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Back to the middle ages then :rolleyes:

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Nothing wrong with it being taught in schools as long as it's alongside Science etc rather than instead of it.

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

hmmm science and fiction yes they do have a place but its not in education its on the telly one small step for man one giant leap backwards for mankind .

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Unsure whether you mean in science classes alongside evolution as an 'alternative' or elsewhere in curriculum.

The funding was removed from schools teaching creationism as an alternative to evolution in science classes. As far as I know the various creation myths, including the Christian one, have always had a place in RE :)

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

Corrected that for you ;)

Yes, alongside as a separate subject like Maths, English etc. If schools want to put Creationism as part of RE then why not. It's exactly how it was in my Catholic primary and secondary schools.

Re: Government withdraws funding for schools that teach Creationism
 

It was correct the first time ;)