Comments on: How to respond in the classroom to questions about religion https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: RentALawyer https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522833 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:31:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522833 Get the Lawyers involved. There are plenty of them around.

]]> By: Ophelia https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522832 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:54:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522832 Seems about right to me.

I agree with him that Creationism is superstitious nonsense, but his classroom was not the place to be pushing his religous beliefs on his students. I would be equally critical of someone who said that Atheism was immoral nonsense, for the same reasons.

]]> By: Uncle Bob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522831 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:21:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522831 If I remember correctly (this case started a long time ago) the “context” of phrase, was the teacher quoting a letter written to the school paper…..and the whole story was being told because someone asked about an argument the teacher had about freedom of press.

The layers of context to the actual phrase in question becomes a bit absurd to find it offensive. It would be similar to say “Thomas Jefferson didn’t believe in the resurrection story” as being too controversial.

]]> By: stripey_cat https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522830 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:41:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/09/06/how-to-respond-in-the-classroo/#comment-522830 I also can’t help thinking that YEC at least is very relevant to a history class discussing either enlightenment thought and the history of science, or prehistory of any region (most noticeably the Med basin and the Near East, where you’re in direct conflict with biblical sources, but really anything with a date beyond the fourth millenium).

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