Should geography classes give equal time to the flat-Earth theory?

[Harbringer]

the link doesnt tell you me anything, ok ok fine the animals get more and more simliar as you go up the line, so wheres the inbetweeners?

If you were god wouldnt you put animals where they were most likely to survive? put the kangaroo in australia and the monkey in asia?It just makes sence.

 

[Taliesin]

Never heard of the wholphin the liger or the zorse or the zeedonk?

I've heard of the first two. Granted, zeedonk is funny, but none of those have quite the same caché as "genguin".

 

[Yom]

Never heard of the wholphin the liger or the zorse or the zeedonk?

Those are portmanteaus (or should it be portmanteaux?), though. Still, some names can be kind of weird.

Perhaps DuDe meant a "penguin" and "wolly mammoth" (either that or he was thinking up of missing links)?

 

[Zarn]

Sorry but I have troubles respecting the opinions of people who believe that a deity created the universe and existence as we know it. Creationism is as silly as the flat-Earth idea. It's ridiculous. I can love and respect people, but there's no way I'll respect their opinion if they believe such nonsense.

Are you confusing Creationism with Bible specific Creationism? If so, don't.

If you are talking about Creationism in general, I find your opinion of not respecting the opinon of believing in Creationism, unrespectable.

 

[Ramius75]

They should teach it in the fairytale classes...

Even CIV's earth is cylindical and not flat.

 

[North King]

If you were god wouldnt you put animals where they were most likely to survive? put the kangaroo in australia and the monkey in asia?It just makes sence.

No, God, if you read the Old Testament, would probably put every animal in an inhospitable environment to penance for its sins.

 

[Taliesin]

Those are portmanteaus (or should it be portmanteaux?), though. Still, some names can be kind of weird.

Perhaps DuDe meant a "penguin" and "wolly mammoth" (either that or he was thinking up of missing links)?

The latter, I assume. His "argument" was that evolution requires that we find fossils of ridiculous hybrids between existing animals.

 

[Harbringer]

i was talking about the missing links......the Genguin is a girraffe and penguin and the Wolfy Mamoth is a wolf and a mammoth(they arent real links just examples ohhh.....you get what i mean).

and uhhh.... to prove evolution wouldnt you need to find the missing links it would kinov help to prove a theory that says theres missing libnks when you have none.

 

[Sims2789]

And saying the animals have similar properties doesnt work because you still need the Genguin or Wolfy Mamoth.

No, evolution says nothing about the species on God's green Earth combining, à la Impossible Creatures. However, species do have common ancestors, as described by this chart.

 

[Yom]

i was talking about the missing links......the Genguin is a girraffe and penguin and the Wolfy Mamoth is a wolf and a mammoth(they arent real links just examples ohhh.....you get what i mean).

Take it to the Creationism vs. Evolution thread. Either way, your argument is flawed. Penguins and giraffes separated long ago.

 

[Harbringer]

IT WAS A JOKE!!!i was just coming up with quick examples.

 

[Birdjaguar]

BTW Dude fastpace. welcome to CFC's OT forum. I hope your arrival greeting from the regulars won't dismay you from ever coming back. You just picked a, well... sensitive topic 'round these parts.

 

[Harbringer]

no, ive already jumped on the handgrenade a few times in other forums, ill be alrite.

 

[kronic]

In order to encourage "critical thought," should we teach students both the round-Earth and flat-Earth theories, similair to the movements to teach students both evolution and creationism?

It's amazing that creationism is taught in US schools and now you want them to teach flat-Earth theories? Are you serious?

 

[Perfection]

the link doesnt tell you me anything, ok ok fine the animals get more and more simliar as you go up the line, so wheres the inbetweeners?

You mean transitional fossils? Here's a few http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional.html

If you were god wouldnt you put animals where they were most likely to survive? put the kangaroo in australia and the monkey in asia?It just makes sence.

Then why do animals with similar structures tend to live in the same geographical area rather then similar climates? Galapagos island Birds are more similar to the ones on the climatactically different but closer South American coastline rather then distant but climactically similar areas.

 

[North King]

It's amazing that creationism is taught in US schools and now you want them to teach flat-Earth theories? Are you serious?

Of course. We must never submit to the tyranny of the Round Earthers! Free Speech MUST PREVAIL! LONG LIVE THE FLAT EARTH!*




*This is a joke.

 

[Sims2789]

IT WAS A JOKE!!!i was just coming up with quick examples.

Even so, your examples are flawed. Evolution does not say that there are combinations of every species on God's green Earth, à la Impossible Creatures. However, species do share common ancestors and at some point started to split off from each other. For example humans and chimps split from a common ancestor eight million years ago.

 

[Perfection]

IT WAS A JOKE!!!

Of course it was, it was an arguement for creationism.

 

[homeyg]

I really hope that this thread is a joke and we're not arguing about whether the Earth is round or not.

 

[Harbringer]

Perfection, its a nice link but theres no photo evidence and as far as im concerned for this type of argument photographic evidence helps alot.

wait no i got it, what and how does that in any way prove evolution?