Wednesday, September 4, 2019

"The teaching of creationism could 'creep in' to schools under Wales' new curriculum, scientists have said."

Scientists want creationism teaching ban in Welsh schools

The teaching of creationism could "creep in" to schools under Wales' new curriculum, scientists have said.

A letter signed by 46 individuals and organisations, including Sir David Attenborough, asks the Welsh Government to explicitly ban the teaching of creationism as science.

Organised by campaign group Humanists UK, it also calls for primary school pupils to be taught about evolution.

The Welsh Government expects "all pupils will be taught evolution".

The new curriculum, due to be rolled out from September 2022, sets out six broad "areas of learning and experience" including science and technology.

A draft version published in April sets out "what matters" in each area and is meant to give teachers flexibility to decide on the details of how they cover them.

But scientists - including geneticist Prof Steve Jones and Prof Richard Dawkins - warned the changes could increase the possibility of teaching creationism as science.

"The new science and technology area of learning and experience doesn't explicitly prohibit presenting creationism and other pseudoscientific theories as evidence-based and evolution is only mentioned once (and only at secondary level at that)," the letter said.

"Pupils should be introduced to it early - certainly at primary level - as it underpins so much else.

"What's more, without an explicit ban on teaching creationism, intelligent design and other pseudoscientific theories as evidence-based, such teaching may begin to creep into the school curriculum, when it is vital children in Wales are not exposed to pseudoscientific doctrines masquerading as science".

Wales Humanists coordinator Kathy Riddick said she was not aware of "blatant teaching of creationism" within Welsh schools.

But she said the approach in the draft curriculum "could make it much easier for a school, such as a religious school, to openly teach creationism as science".

A Welsh Government spokesman said: "It is wholly incorrect to claim that evolution will only be introduced at 14 -16.

"We believe that providing children with an understanding of evolution at an early age will help lay foundations for a better understanding of wider scientific concepts later on."

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

I wrote something about a real heaven here on this planet.

"How to be in heaven?"

Move to a farm town like I did. This is a paradise. Everyone is civilized and nice.

What I wrote about the Catholic Church. This is one of the reasons why the Church is the world's largest child abuse organization.

"Why do Catholics not let their priests marry?"

A few hundred years ago the Catholic Church decided they were not going to allow priests to get married. They did this so that the Church would inherit all the money the priest has instead of the wife getting that cash.

The whole thing was about money. The Catholic Church is a business. The customers are suckers.

"The greatest scripture-killer ever penned."

This quote is from the book Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible by Jerry Coyne.

"But these episodes of conflict didn't give rise to public discussion about the relationship of science and religion. That had to wait until the nineteenth century, and was probably ignited by Charles Darwin's 1859 publication of On the Origin of Species. The greatest scripture-killer ever penned, the book demolished (not deliberately) an entire series of biblical claims by demonstrating that purely naturalistic processes -- evolution and natural selection -- could explain patterns in nature previously explainable only by invoking a Great Designer."

JUDY COLLINS - Turn Turn Turn (1966) This was 53 years ago.

JUDY COLLINS ~ SUZANNE ~

Suzanne
Judy Collins

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she's half crazy that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you want to tell her that you have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength and lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you think you'll may be trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

And Jesus was a sailor when He walked upon the water
And He spent a long time watching from a lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him
He said, "All men shall be sailors then until the sea shall free them"
But He Himself was broken long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with Him
And you want to travel blind
And you think you'll maybe trust Him
For He's touched your perfect body with his mind

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night forever
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you trust her
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

Idiot America wins again. We have the fattest people on the planet. For more information about America's disgusting obesity click the label "junk food".

I recommend this post which I published one year ago. It's about smoking gun evidence for evolution and the Christian fucktards who are too dense and too lazy to understand.

http://darwinkilledgod.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-breathtaking-stupidity-of-millions.html

What I wrote for a know-nothing Christian asshole.

"How much faith do you put in human knowledge?"

ZERO. Faith is for childish ridiculous religious fantasies. Science requires evidence. If an idea has overwhelming evidence (for example evolution by natural selection) then I accept the evidence. I don't "believe" in the idea. I don't have "faith" in it. I accept the evidence for it.

"knowing that it's always changing or evolving theories are made then discarded new theories take place."

That's progress and it's a good thing. The minor details of evolution could change if and when new evidence requires it, but the basic facts of evolution are very unlikely to change. For example our close evolutionary relationship with chimpanzees. That's one of the strongest facts of science. That will never be thrown out. The evidence is way beyond overwhelming.

What someone else wrote: "You make it seem like things are thrown out wholesale and are completely replaced when in reality it's a refinement of knowledge."

"Some things are completely untestable and can only be theorized on."

BULLSHIT. For example, evolution is constantly being tested and so far it has past every test. That's why it's the strongest fact of science.

From your question, it's obvious you are a know-nothing god-soaked science denier.

What I wrote for an agnostic asshole.

Agnostics are morons. Is supernatural magic real or not? Agnostics are too dense to be able to figure it out.

Grow up FFS. Magic god fairies and Easter Bunnies are impossible. Period.

I never met an agnostic who wasn't a full of crap retard.

Monday, September 2, 2019

What I wrote about Christian assholes at the Wall Street Journal.

I have zero respect for "pro-lifers". They are Christians who are trying to force everyone to obey their religious rules.

It's a private decision. People who have any moral values mind their own business.

Christian crybabies are unable to mind their own business. They have zero moral values.

This shouldn't even be a subject. You Christians, learn how to grow up and mind your own business.

Christians want everyone to hate them because that makes their Magic Jeebus Man happy.

I answered 2 good question about science and religion.

"Can science and religion coexist?"

Definitely not. Religion requires faith. Science requires evidence. Religions are bullshit. Science is reality.

"Will science eventually replace religion?"

Every religious cult will eventually go extinct because extreme stupidity can't last forever.

Science always wins because it works.

What I wrote 3 years ago at the Wall Street Journal which is infested with Christian assholes.

A typical comment: "What a wonderful way to leave this life for the next!"

Intense relentless religious brainwashing makes this insanity possible. Imagine the magic wand waving required to magically make a magical soul magically fly to a magical paradise where cowards can have a magical 2nd life. I looked it up. 105 people die each minute. This means the Magic Jeebus Man would have to wave his magic wand several times every second. I can't imagine anything more ridiculous than a magical 2nd life. It's obviously just wishful thinking. It's obviously completely impossible. It would require throwing out all of science and all of reality. And of course like every insane religious fantasy, there is not one shred of evidence for it. The people who are infected with the god disease pretend faith is a virtue even though faith is just an excuse to believe in cowardly nonsense that makes these people feel good. The god disease is incurable because the victims were taught how to never think.

One more time to help the idiots of Idiot America understand.

Uneducated morons invented a magical creature with unlimited magical powers who can magically do anything and they think the magical thing loves us and it's going to magically send us to a magical paradise after we drop dead. What a bunch of fucking bullshit. These fucktards are totally insane and there are billions of them. Most of the human race is just plain fucking stupid.

Sunday, September 1, 2019

BBC News has an interesting video about genocide.

BBC News - Understanding the mechanics of hatred

I never met a Christian who wasn't a stupid fucking asshole.

"Will every Atheist go to hell?"

One more time to help lunatics understand: It's impossible to torture dead people because they are fucking dead.

To answer your question, the Christian assholes think their loving god will torture anyone who doesn't suck up their dead Magic Jeebus Man.

The stupid, the insanity, it burns.

"Rising sea temperatures thanks to human-driven global warming remain the biggest threat to the reef, a five-year Australian government report says."

Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor, Australia says

An overhead view of coral on the Great Barrier Reef — Image captionThe Great Barrier Reef's condition is deteriorating due to climate change

The Great Barrier Reef's outlook has been officially downgraded from poor to very poor due to climate change.

Rising sea temperatures thanks to human-driven global warming remain the biggest threat to the reef, a five-year Australian government report says.

Actions to save it "have never been more time critical", the report reads.

Stretching over 2,300km (1,400 miles), the reef was designated a World Heritage site in 1981 for its "enormous scientific and intrinsic importance".

But in recent years the reef has been increasingly damaged by warmer seas which have killed off coral and affected its long-term health.

Unesco's World Heritage Committee is due to consider adding the reef to its list of sites that are "in danger".

The massive report documents the condition of the reef and its outlook for the future.

What does the report say?

Under Australian law, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) must produce a report on the state of the World Heritage site every five years.

In the first report in 2009 scientists said the reef was "at a crossroads between a positive, well-managed future and a less certain one". The second report in 2014 ranked it as "an icon under pressure" with efforts needed to fight key threats.

Media captionIn 2017, researchers tried growing coral larvae in tanks before introducing them to reefs

"Since then, the region has further deteriorated and, in 2019, Australia is caring for a changed and less resilient reef," the most recent report states.

Rising sea temperatures caused "mass bleaching events" in 2016 and 2017 that wiped out coral and destroyed habitats for other sea life. While some habitats remain in a good state, the condition of the site as a whole is worsening.

"Threats to the reef are multiple, cumulative and increasing," the report says. "The window of opportunity to improve the Reef's long-term future is now."

Scientists say the number of new corals plummeted by 89% on the reef thanks to recent bleaching events, which affected a 1,500km stretch.

Australia pledged A$500 million (£276m) to protect the reef last year.

Can we save the reef?

Since the report was released, environmentalist groups have been calling for greater global action to tackle the climate crisis, and for the Great Barrier Reef to be given extra protections.

Imogen Zethoven, director of strategy for the Australian Marine Conservation Society, said: "We can turn this around, but only if the prime minister cares enough to lead a government that wants to save it. And saving it means being a leader here and internationally to bring greenhouse gas emissions down.

"This is now the third Outlook Report. We've had 10 years of warnings, 10 years of rising greenhouse emissions and 10 years watching the Reef heading for a catastrophe."

Clown fish swimming among the coral on the Great Barrier Reef — Image captionAnimals lose their habitats when coral die off

Addressing reporters in Sydney, the GBRMPA's chief scientist, David Wachenfeld, agreed the reef's problems were "largely driven by climate change".

"Despite that, with the right mix of local actions to improve the resilience of the system and global actions to tackle climate change in the strongest and fastest way possible, we can turn that around," he added.

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I never met a Christian who wasn't a fucking moron.

"Is it true that we must let Jesus in to save us from what he'll do to us if we don't let him in?"

The Magic Jeebus Man died for our sins so the Magic Man would not have to torture us forever.

As if it was possible to torture a dead person.

Christianity is the most ridiculous cult ever invented. Every Christian is insane, not to mention extremely gullible and stupid.

Nobody cares but I thought this chess game I won was interesting.

People can see the game (aka knife fight) and the computer analysis at https://lichess.org/30o4S001/white.

At https://lichess.org/ where I play chess, the computer analysis is free as is everything else. Zero ads.

The best chess website in the universe, Lichess.org, was created by Thibault Duplessis in Paris, France.

"Lichess is better, but it's free." -- Thibault Duplessis

I suck at chess. Win or lose I always make mistakes. But I like to think my rating which is usually in the 1900s is a good thing.

Every game I play is a 10-minute game. Each player gets 10 minutes to finish the game. When a chessplayer's clock runs out they lose the game. When I checkmated my opponent's king on my 64th move I had 44 seconds left and my opponent had 50 seconds left. Knowing when to spend more time thinking is part of the game. Too many times I have moved too fast or not fast enough. Some chess players prefer a slower or faster time control.

In this game, my opponent had 2 connected passed pawns and one of those pawns made it to the 7th rank in the middlegame. I survived that problem despite the odds.

The computer analysis had 4 complaints about me and 10 complaints about my opponent.

The links are to Wikipedia and Lichess.

Nobody cares.

Thanks Trump, you stupid fucking asshole.

Wall Street Journal - Trump Administration Goes Ahead With New Tariffs on Chinese Products

Myron Brilliant, head of international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said that the president was using the wrong tactic to take on unfair Chinese trade practices. “The tariffs—import taxes by any other name—are or will cost every American household between $600 and $1,000 by the end of the year.”

Previous tariffs on Chinese imports are costing the average U.S. household $831 a year through higher prices and reduced economic efficiency, according to a May paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The stupidity, the burning out of control stupidity.

If the Christian fucktards of Idiot America ever learned how to think they wouldn't be Christians. What I wrote for the morons:

Two facts of reality:

1. The magic god fairy is not real.

2. If we wanted to throw out all of reality and pretend a magic god fairy is real, why would the thing be interested in this little insignificant planet in the middle of nowhere in a universe with countless trillions of solar systems? The imaginary fairy might not even notice we are here. Look at what's out there FFS.

I'm adding this to my list of favorite quotes. It was written by somebody who had made religion his career but he eventually threw out the bullshit.

When I was working as a pastor I would often gloss over the clash between the scientific world view and the perspective of religion. I would say that the insights of science were no threat to faith because science and religion are “different ways of knowing” and are not in conflict because they are trying to answer different questions. Science focuses on “how” the world came to be, and religion addresses the question of “why” we are here. I was dead wrong. There are not different ways of knowing. There is knowing and not knowing, and those are the only two options in this world. Religion, even “enlightened” liberal religion, is generally not interested in the facts on the ground. Religion is really not about “knowing” anything; it is about speculation not based on reality.

-- Mike Aus

I never met a Christian who wasn't a stupid fucking asshole.

A stupid fucking asshole for Jeebus wrote this and some other know-nothing bullshit:

"Evolution is based on faith."

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I wrote a few comments for the stupid fucking asshole:

Science makes this moron cry.

The stupidity of American Christians is breathtaking.

Evolution is the strongest fact of science. Look it up you uneducated moron.

"Duh, duh, the Magic Man did it, duh."

Human Chromosome Two. Look it up you fucking asshole for Jeebus.

What kind of magic wand did you fairy use to magically create 350,000 species of beetles? Let's have it asshole.

Assholes for Jeebus and Allah

"Do atheists really consider religions like Christianity and Islam delusions and unnecessary?"

These disgusting anti-reality cults are 100% pure bullshit which continue to exist thanks to the child abuse called religious brainwashing.

Religions are good for nothing but violence, child abuse, and breathtaking stupidity.