Comments on: Do you believe that we should have disclaimers on science textbooks?

By: Bad L

Bad L — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

For one thing, the shape of the earth and the existence of dinosaurs are not in the least hotly debated among the scientific community, indeed they are not in dispute by anyone with the most basic understanding of science. I suppose it is possible that dogmatists who are desperately scared of facts that might undermine their fragile faith could describe themselves as part of the scientific community in order to dispute with what everyone else has come to accept from the overwhelming weight of physical evidence, but that doesn’t make them scientific. So your disclaimers are worthless.

Now on the other hand, if the Bible, Tora and Qu’ran all called a disclaimer along the lines of, "The existence of G-d/God/Allah is not proven by any verifiable means and believers accept his existence purely by faith. You might want to consider the character of "god" in the following stories with some skepticism" - well, that would be an astonishing and sudden act of maturity on the part of the religious community. We won’t hold our breath.

By: Erik L

Erik L — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

lame

By: wahootexan

wahootexan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

Disclaimer: The above Disclaimer contains excessive sarcasm and does not reflect the opinions of anyone but the person who wrote it.

By: My Big Bear Ron

My Big Bear Ron — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

Which state is this again?

By: Epidavros

Epidavros — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

I believe religion is a threat to humanity. It leads to war, terrorism, genocide and hatred.

Those who practice it should be locked up for life.

By: Jared W

Jared W — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

I think that disclaimers on science books are a waste of time, effort and money. Any one with the intelligence level to understand a disclaimer and what it means is also smart enough to make their own decisions about faith and the relationship between the two. Seriously is a 5th grader going to be able to comprehend a disclaimer to its full extent? I think that it is the parents responsibility to explain the differences, between "theory" and scientific fact.

By: The Yeti

The Yeti — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

Wouldn’t it be more accurate to put a disclaimer on holy texts instead?

By: Hadrian K

Hadrian K — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

This is a complete disregard for the constitution in seperating the church from the state. Schools are part of the state. Should disclaimers be printed in the bible for the science minded? I dont even understand the first disclaimer. The eliptical shape of the earth has been proven for quite some time. People wonder why the United States is falling so far behind in science and mathematics. Why will people so blindly believe one book over another? According to the bible the earth is something like 5000 years old, which is strange cause there are records from civilizations that are older than that. In simple terms science is the observation of the world around us. We take what we see and we try to make sense of it, and fit it into what we think/know happens. Just remember more people have died in the name of god than anything else!

By: micron816

micron816 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

What does this have to do with astronomy or space?

By: PhysicsDude

PhysicsDude — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:43 +0000

I think it’s ironic that there’s a group of people who lead their lives by following the words written within a thousands-of-years old text without question, or require there be any threds of physical evidence that supports any claims written within would want to question or demand proof of evidence of other recently published text. Isn’t that called hypocrisy???