kmoney, what gives?
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I thought it was funny.
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kmoney....
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..and, of course, I thought kmoney's post was hilarious.
Sorry, I know that since I'm on TOL so much it may seem like I don't have a job or a life outside of TOL, but I assure you I have both. :chuckle: I'll get to this as soon as I can.
Congrats on the new baby! :baby:
If you feel mislead then I apologize. I said no to that original question because I don't consider myself an evolutionist. Neither do I consider myself a Creationist. The most accurate answer I can give is "I don't know", however, if I had to choose a way to which I'm leaning I'd say some form of theistic evolution. Sorry for the confusion.
Public or private. If there is a respected private school that we could afford I would maybe lean towards that, but I wouldn't be against homeschooling.
I have news for you. TOL is not like the other 99.99+% of the world.
People send their kids to public school by default. Most people never even consider homeschooling their kids, and they think that homeschoolers are backwards. They make sure to buy homes in "good districts." And though they think that there may be some public schools that are dangerous, they think that their kids go to a really good one, that the things we talk about couldn't happen at their kids' school, and that everything will be okay because they are "involved." They are so entrenched in this way of thinking that we have to beat them over the head with a 2x4 just to get their attention a little bit to warn them about the danger they are putting their kids in.
The same goes for evolution. From the schools, the news media, Discovery Channel, PBS... EVERYWHERE we hear that evolution/big bang/billions of years is all well-proven fact. The only reason anyone would believe in a recently created Earth/universe is because they are religious wing-nuts with a blind devotion to their Holy Book, and they reject science. That's what I used to think, and I NEVER heard the other side of the story, because it is distorted if not altogether silenced in all those outlets I mentioned. Take the media coverage of the new Creation Museum as an example. Every article about it in the secular media quotes from Ph.D'ed evolutionists expressing their dismay that only one side is being presented (as though that weren't the case at other museums) and that Creationism rejects/ignores/runs contrary to science and is strictly religious. Then, in the name of objective reporting, they quote someone who likes the museum. So do they get a soundbite from a Creationist with an advanced degree in some scientific field? No, they get some church pastor to praise the museum. Thus they reinforce the myth that Evolution/old earth=science and evidence and Creation/young earth=religion and [blind] faith.
So, TOL is one of the few places where Creationists and home schoolers, while perhaps still in the minority here, have a voice and use it :sozo:.
And what do you do? You side with the "side that gets ridiculed the most"? Have you read an evolution/creation thread lately? Or ever? There's a lot more ridicule than substance from the evolutionists, and boy do they like to pile it on bob b, God bless him!
But that aside, consider the way the rest of the world, outside of TOL, bashes homeschoolers, Creationists, etc. and ask yourself which side is ridiculed the most? The Devil surely doesn't need your help, kmoney.
But, if you lean toward evolution being right, and you will likely send your children to public school, are you really playing devil's advocate on those issues or are you just expressing your actual views (and maybe hiding behind the "devil's advocate" excuse to try to stay on our good side)? I don't remember you ever coming to the pro-aborts' defense, for instance, when they've gotten thrashed here (thankfully).
Why "they" and not "we"? Why do you distance yourself from them and their position, which you seem to understand quite well?
This smilie ---> :idunno: has GOT to be re-named to "kmo"!
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Are you trying to say that Kmoney is a 'lukewarm' christian? If so I think you're being totally unfair, if not then apologies and what do you mean by using this quote? :think:
csuguy
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ah, but i thought I was ur fav
I know for a fact that I am not!
ah, but i thought I was ur fav
I can't say as that I've seen enough of your posts as of yet to comment one way or the other.
csuguy
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Well read up :readthis: lol
Go for it! Petition Knight. Maybe he'll do it.
The Berean
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I'll sign that petition! This is one of my favorite smilies by the way:idunno:
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