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Question for former Catholic School students
« on: 2006-07-20 11:28:27 » |
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I've got a question, that I feel I should ask the general public here.
To anyone whom attended Catholic School, at a high school level, what did they teach (or refuse to teach) in Science related classes?
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Re:Question for former Catholic School students
« Reply #1 on: 2006-07-21 22:16:53 » |
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Well I didn't attend a Catholic high school, but I did once attend a Catholic primary, or elementary school, many years ago. It doesn't really differ much from mainstream schools, as I recall the only main difference is that you sing hymns about God and Jesus in assembly, and sometimes take communion in school. As I remember you didn't actually need to be Catholic to join the school.
I however left the school, due to the teachers ignorant and biased opionions on me. They even employed someone to teach who had served time in an asylum once...
I cannot remember whether they taught the theory of evolution or not, but then I guess at that age we would have been to young to understand it anyway.
Hope this gives some insight.
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Re:Question for former Catholic School students
« Reply #2 on: 2006-07-24 11:21:46 » |
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Thanks Fox, I've just always had the image of a Catholic "science" class teaching creationism as the starting point, and from there it was all God. Watching the Simpsons last night, this was actually the topic of the show. Creationism took over the school and they no longer taught evolution. Every answer on a test was "God did it".
I thought that was funny..
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Re:Question for former Catholic School students
« Reply #3 on: 2006-07-25 19:48:02 » |
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I never attended a Catholic school (although my father liked to threaten to send me to one). As I understand it, pope John Paul II accepted evolution, as in a billions-of-year old universe and common descent. Of course he also endorsed intelligent design as well, but I've heard that subsequent Catholic scholars treat ID as a religious idea and so inappropriate for public schools. Although we've gone around with Intelligent Design on Church of Virus, the acceptance of the age of the universe (in billions) and common descent seems to indicate that the Catholic Church isn't entirely immune to reason.
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Re:Question for former Catholic School students
« Reply #4 on: 2006-08-02 15:24:51 » |
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Gotta love the Pope for accepting evolution, I would agree that some Catholics are open to reason. Most of them not 
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