Still don't believe in evolution? Try this!

[LogGrad98]

The reason we have public schools is because the private model failed so miserably in the past.

How long in the past? I cannot recall a serious attempt at it in my lifetime, and a cursory google search does not reveal a real attempt in the last 50 years. I think privatization of education would mean something different than "private schools" which have existed in some form for centuries. And what I can get from google shows that private schools did not necessarily fail, rather they were pushed out since most of them had some form of religious connection. It could be argued that private schools were more successful than public schools, but since they were religious in nature largely, they wouldn't be accepted as the de facto "public" school. From my obviously completely all-inclusive 5 minute google search (/sarcasm) there has been no serious attempt to privatize education in a secular format. Maybe it's worth a try.

 

[One Brow]

How long in the past? I cannot recall a serious attempt at it in my lifetime, and a cursory google search does not reveal a real attempt in the last 50 years. I think privatization of education would mean something different than "private schools" which have existed in some form for centuries.

The privatization of education using public funds is often referred to as charter schools. So far, their results have been mixed, and overall about the same as public schools.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

The privatization of education using public funds is often referred to as charter schools. So far, their results have been mixed, and overall about the same as public schools.

And that's putting it nicely.

 

[♪alt13]

As far as the Bible and the treatment of women according to God's laws given through Moses, wives were to be “cherished.” (Deuteronomy 13:6) The dignity of wives was to be respected in sexual matters, and no woman was to be sexually abused. (Leviticus 18:8-19) The fifth commandment required that equal honor be given to the father and the mother.—Exodus 20:12.

It is noteworthy the way Jesus dealt with women. Ever compassionate and completely balanced in dealing with women, he neither exalted nor belittled them. (John 2:3-5) He repudiated the rabbinic traditions that stripped them of their dignity and that invalidated the Word of God. Jesus refuted rabbinic traditions and dignified women not only by his actions but by his teachings as well. No matter what cultural views toward women may prevail, the record of both the Hebrew and the Christian Greek Scriptures clearly shows that godly women should be treated with honor and respect.

What version of the bible are you referring to? In every version of the Bible that I can find Deuteronomy 13:6-10 is always about puting to death someone that tries to get you to serve other gods.

13:6

6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them. 9 You must certainly put them to death. Your hand must be the first in putting them to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone them to death, because they tried to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+13:6-10

https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/13-6.htm

 

[LogGrad98]

Ah the good old days.

 

[♪alt13]

Another gem of biblical feminism

Deuteronomy 21:10-13

10 When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you take captives, 11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails 13 and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.

 

[♪alt13]

^ Kinda reminds me of a certain terrorist organization.




Hint: It's Isis

 

[One Brow]

^ Kinda reminds me of a certain terrorist organization.




Hint: It's Isis

Or Boko Haram.

 

[silesian]

Of course I believe in Dinosaurs and there extinction!

So to recap, you first said that you do not believe that it is impossible that all brown bears could eventually die.

Yet you concede that extinction is a historical fact.

Did extinction only occur in the past and will never happen again?

 

[silesian]

...so it survives, but a cat NEVER turns into a dog, a croc-agator doesn't sprout wings and become a bird, and a fish with lungs.....never becomes a human being!

So your hypothesis is that things change but there is a limit on how much it can change. What evidence do you have to support this hypothesis (please no plagiarism). And do you believe that God sets this limit or is it a natural limit, determined by our DNA?

 

[LogGrad98]

So to recap, you first said that you do not believe that it is impossible that all brown bears could eventually die.

Yet you concede that extinction is a historical fact.

Did extinction only occur in the past and will never happen again?

Extinction and evolution are mutually exclusive, as hard as you are trying to put a causal relationship from one to the other. A nasty virus could cause all humanity to go extinct without a single evolved human left to take their place.

 

[silesian]

Men did the actual writing of the Bible....however, this does not make what they wrote any less the Word of God. The Bible explains: “Men spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit.” (2*Peter 1:21) Just as God used his powerful holy spirit to create the heavens, the earth and all living things, he also used it to direct the writing of the Bible.

Makes sense, no?

It does make sense, thanks.

It makes sense that the people who wrote the Bible included a passage that explains the reason why their book is infallible
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Let's give it a try: "Silesian created the Earth. He spoke from God as he was borne along by holy spirit"

Now we know the truth.