Daniel

Zero Tolerance policies I thought were put in place to stop parents from complaining that their children were treated differently than others. IE One instance a child gets ISS followed by a similiar incident where a child gets expelled. It makes all violations equal. I am not advocating for ZT policies.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/28/your-take-5-reactions-to-bill-nyes-creationism-critique/?hpt=hp_c2 Commenters were fired up about Bill Nye, creationism and evolution. August 28th, 2012 10:37 AM ET Share Comments (1,960 comments)Permalink Your Take: 5 reactions to Bill Nye's creationism critique By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) – Bill Nye does not think that children should be taught to deny evolution, and a YouTube video of him explaining why has gone viral. The CNN Belief Blog's report on the video has generated around 10,000 comments and thousands of Facebook shares since Monday. There were some broad themes in the comments, reflecting a debate that is largely unique to the United States. While Christianity is booming in Africa, Asia and Latin America, creationism is not, Penn State University religious studies professor Philip Jenkins writes in his book "The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South." Here are five schools of reaction that have emerged in comments: 1. Those using this controversy to bash religion Atheists love the Internet, as we've chronicled on the Belief Blog. While they may be a small portion of the population, they seem to make up about half our commenters. It was their chance to join with Nye and cheer him on: midwest rail: "If you're watching 'The Flintstones' as if it were a documentary, you're doing it wrong." 2. Those who say wait a minute, being a creationist isn’t necessarily being anti-evolution Lots of folks from the theistic evolution camp came out to say that believing God was involved doesn't automatically make you anti-evolution. SteveHeft: "As someone who is a born again Christian, (senior) mechanical engineer in the technology industry, and a firsthand witness of the risen Christ, I just want to say that Bill Nye is on the right track. It is understandable that both sides seem to be entrenched in their own position, but did anyone ever think that both are correct, and that the truth lies somewhere in the middle?" candyapple: "I believe in God, I believe in creationism and evolution. I think that we all came from one man and one woman (God created), and I think that the human race has evolved from this paring. I am a Christian and I love science, learning about our world, and I appreciate the contribution that science has made. But my soul/spirit also need God's love." Veronica13: "FYI, 'Science Guy': One can believe in evolution and creation at the same time. They are not incongruent. 3. Those who say that science is stupid and that young Earth creationism rules Young Earth creationists, who believe the Earth is about 6,000 years old, appeared to be out in force in the comments. splovengates: "As a creationist, why would I want to debate an evolutionist? It (is) all a matter of FAITH. You either believe, and have faith in, what Christians call 'THE WORD OF GOD' or not. No debate. TRUTH IS TRUTH WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT. The people who perished in the Great Flood, in the Bible, didn't believe it was going to rain until it was too late. Better start knocking on the door of the ark before it closes." L: "Creationism isn't even taught in public schools. Evolution is. So if you want your children to have Christian beliefs, then you really need to home-school them or find a good Christian school. Unfortunately not the other way around! Interesting: "It seems to me that evolution requires just as much faith as creationism. You're just putting your faith in our human powers of observation and believe that what we have thought up based on those observations is correct. We've got a few hundred years at best, of scientific observation, that has now told us that one giant, explosive, random event started a chain reaction that, over billions of years resulted in humans, and flowers, and viruses, and dinosaurs. The belief that the unfathomable intricacies of every living thing on our Earth formed themselves completely at random seems just as fantastical to me as believing in a creator." 4. Those who say Nye should stick to his area of expertise This tweet was the most polite remark we could find on this subject. Other comments and tweets, not so much. Greg: "Thanks Bill ... but leave the teaching of my children to me. ..." Belief Blog editors ✔ @ CNNbelief 27 Aug 12 Bill Nye slams creationism says its not appropriate for children and will be gone as a theory in a "couple centuries" on.cnn.com/PimQul Peter Allan @ watsup1101 @ CNNbelief Bill Nye is looking for publicity by beating a dead horse. 27 Aug 12 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Those who say CNN is cooking up controversy where none exists Lots of people suggested we were generating a story instead of covering one. Tony Montana: "Another example of CNN's mostly one-sided reporting. No wonder Fox is (No.) 1. Hopefully CNN will put on both sides in the future if for no other reason than their ratings. Parts of the Bible are dated and contains metaphors. ***SCIENCE IS SIMPLY AN OBSERVATION OF GOD'S CREATION.*** Humans did not make the solar system, billions of stars in billions of galaxies. 'ET' didn't make the universe either. Even if 'ET' did what made 'ET.' " For the record, plenty of other news outlets covered this story, pointing out that Nye's video was posted on YouTube just before the Republican National Convention opened. Turns out that Nye taped the segment awhile back and had no say in when it would be released. Thanks for chiming in. The comments are open here, and you can always hit us up on Twitter @CNNBelief. Eric Marrapodi - CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor

Irony. It's what's for dinner.

I was about to ask why we have no fossils of humans or present day animals.

Despite most people owning guns in the US people with our general opinions are not the mainstream.

46% questions what he believes.

James Yeager is not in Pop Culture at all. He runs a training company in Camden, TN and is a controversial figure in the firearms blogosphere.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/27/bill-nye-slams-creationism/?hpt=hp_c2 August 27th, 2012 11:31 AM ET Share Comments (8,123 comments)Permalink Bill Nye slams creationism By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN)–Famed TV scientist Bill Nye is slamming creationism in a new online for Big Think titled "Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children.""Denial of evolution is unique to the United States," Nye begins in a YouTube video posted on Thursday. The video quickly picked up steam over the weekend and as of Monday morning had been viewed more than 1,100,000 times. Nye – a mechanical engineer and television personality best known for his program, "Bill Nye the Science Guy" – said the United States has great capital in scientific knowledge and "when you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in it, it holds everyone back." "Your world becomes fantastically complicated if you don't believe in evolution," Nye said in the Web video. Creationists are a vast and varied group in the United States. Most creationists believe in the account of the origins of the world as told in the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories In the creation account, God creates Adam and Eve, the world, and everything in it in six days. For Christians who read the Genesis account literally, or authoritatively as they would say, the six days in the account are literal 24-hour periods and leave no room for evolution. Young Earth creationists use this construct and biblical genealogies to determine the age of the Earth, and typically come up with 6,000 to 10,000 years. The Gallup Poll has been tracking Americans' views on creation and evolution for the past 30 years. In June it released its latest findings, which showed 46% of Americans believed in creationism, 32% believed in evolution guided by God, and 15% believed in atheistic evolution. During the 30 years Gallup has conducted the survey, creationism has remained far and away the most popular answer, with 40% to 47% of Americans surveyed saying they believed that God created humans in their present form at one point within the past 10,000 years. Survey: Nearly half of Americans subscribe to creationist view of human origins "The idea of deep time of billions of years explains so much of the world around us. If you try to ignore that, your worldview becomes crazy, untenable, itself inconsistent," Nye said in the video. "I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that's completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that's fine. But don't make your kids do it. Because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems," he said. Creationists' beliefs about the origins of the Earth are often a narrow focus, based in large part on religious beliefs, and while they reject evolution as "just one theory," they often embrace other fields of science and technology. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter In "The Genesis Flood," the 1961 book that in many ways help launch the Young Earth creationism movement in the United States, the authors write: “Our conclusions must unavoidably be colored by our Biblical presuppositions, and this we plainly acknowledge." Their goal for the book was to harmonize the scientific evidence with the accounts in Genesis of creation and the flood. The idea of creationism has been scorned by the mainstream scientific community since shortly after Darwin introduced "The Origin of Species" in 1859. By 1880, The American Naturalists, a science journal, reported nearly every major university in America was teaching evolution. "In another couple centuries I'm sure that worldview won't even exist. There's no evidence for it. So..." Nye ends his video.

If you do not see something showing threats what exactly would it take?

This is the General Chat section. Those topics are for other sections.

Some people here want a revolution started.

You got out?

ND gets press only because of their number of fans. IMO.

I have an HSGI sure-grip padded belt . No tacos. I have no problems with the belt for quality but I wish I had more access to the belt that holds it up.

This thread has the makings of a great read.

This has never been in doubt. What global warming and climate change references would be that human actions are accelerating the process of warming. The issue is that it has a snowball effect.

I am not intending to insult anyone. Smith and I have voiced our own positions on religon numerous times and, I believe at least, maintained a mutual respect, I for him at the very least. In my opinion if you believe and instill a belief in a diety and creationism you are essentially already saying to your children that science is not "as absolute as she is told." If you feel differently I would love to hear it.

If you are taking her to church and instilling a belief in a diety you are already well on your way to "explain to a 9 yr old that science isn't as absolute as she is told." Just IMO.

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Active CA/PSYOP must be Airborne. Reserve units vary. Mine is an Airborne unit and the command, United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, is Airborne. I really am not the best advocate for PSYOP at this point. I'll not drag it through the mud but this deployment has been enlightening.

I have been in four units. All are authorized jump boots.

Don't have one. I have a desk with random odds and ends.

I'm a dirty nasty leg.

I am in Afghanistan.

I suggested she keep my S&W 637 or Sig P6 on her in an email today.