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In reply to the discussion: Oh, that explains it. [View all]

marylandblue

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19. Yes, that's true. The same people want the same judges.
Tue Sep 25, 2018, 03:59 PM
Sep 2018

And I think removing or diluting evolution in the public schools is among the worst consequences of those judges. We can't compete with the world in STEM if we stop teaching science.

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Oh, that explains it. [View all] Cartoonist Sep 2018 OP
Where is this from? madaboutharry Sep 2018 #1
From 1905 Cartoonist Sep 2018 #5
some dinosaurs were very large lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #2
They were the wrong color and were told they had to take the 2nd boat marylandblue Sep 2018 #3
They sued in Chicago, and died waiting for a trial date... nt TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #4
They should file a discrimination suit. nt Ferrets are Cool Sep 2018 #6
Wrong.. Permanut Sep 2018 #7
Dinosaurs didn't exist. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2018 #8
Elmer Smith is similarly entertaining about mastodons and pterodactyls --- struggle4progress Sep 2018 #9
Nowadays . . . Cartoonist Sep 2018 #10
Elmer Smith is not seriously suggesting the dinosaurs disappeared struggle4progress Sep 2018 #11
I don't know about Elmer Cartoonist Sep 2018 #12
If, as you admit, you did not know about Elmer, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #13
Silliness? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #24
Your history seems wrong. It was questions raised earlier in the Age of Discovery struggle4progress Sep 2018 #32
Your history is wrong Cartoonist Sep 2018 #33
How would shepherds 4000 years ago know there was no flood? marylandblue Sep 2018 #35
Of course it raised questions! And if you ever peeked at any of the rabbinical commentaries on it, struggle4progress Sep 2018 #36
I love literature Cartoonist Sep 2018 #37
You failed the logical test. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #39
You used the word logical in referring to the Bible? Cartoonist Sep 2018 #43
So, based on your response, guillaumeb Sep 2018 #45
You, and others here, insist on a literalistic interpretation guillaumeb Sep 2018 #38
Not at all Cartoonist Sep 2018 #40
No, you insist on a literal interrpetation. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #41
IMO Ken Ham is an attention whore who mostly deserves our studied neglect struggle4progress Sep 2018 #14
Ham, and others like him, are taken seriously by many people marylandblue Sep 2018 #15
It's irritating to have to deal with -- but we win those fights struggle4progress Sep 2018 #16
We win, for now marylandblue Sep 2018 #17
Now, there you go! And if there are enough rightwing judges, we can lose much more struggle4progress Sep 2018 #18
Yes, that's true. The same people want the same judges. marylandblue Sep 2018 #19
The worst consequences of those judges is that they are anti-democratic and biased towards the rich struggle4progress Sep 2018 #20
This is the religion group in a thread about evolution marylandblue Sep 2018 #21
Who said science education is unimportant? I was raised in a scientific household, struggle4progress Sep 2018 #22
I said if you don't think science education is THAT important marylandblue Sep 2018 #23
The thread actually seems to be about a 1905 children's book by Elmer Boyd Smith struggle4progress Sep 2018 #25
Whatever. Enjoy your political posturing. marylandblue Sep 2018 #30
You don't get to do that Cartoonist Sep 2018 #31
While you and the choir do? guillaumeb Sep 2018 #42
No, you don't understand Cartoonist Sep 2018 #44
Right. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #46
That truly does explain a lot! dchill Sep 2018 #26
apparently they were tame as well samnsara Sep 2018 #27
The smartest dinosaur? underpants Sep 2018 #28
Oh man, I'm still trying to get over Cane porking his sister njhoneybadger Sep 2018 #29
Incest hadn't yet been prohibited, so it wasn't wrong then. Mariana Sep 2018 #34
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