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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
What similar events? I know that today you won't find creation theory taught in many schools or even problems with the theory of evolution. I know when Darwin first published his theory it was debated public ally both in England and America. News papers publish the contents of the debates rather then interpreting the results. From my prospective evolutionist have been far more guilty of silencing the exchange of ideas than creationists.
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I would just draw some parallels from this situation and the situation of creationism being taught in the States. That they are both religiously motivated. I don't want to throw this thread into a evolution/creation debate. But as far as modern science is concerned. Evolution is the predominate theory and is considered to be correct. Creationism was not being taught for a reason. The way it was presented in the States was that in terms of scientific reasoning evolution and creation are on the same level, which is not the case.
If you feel that creationism is being "silenced" there is probably a good reason for it. The evidence is not very good. I went to that site you linked to me a couple weeks ago, and read quite a bit on it. Frankly I was not impressed. Most of the "scientist and experts" were from Religious universities, which just reeks of bias. Secondly poking holes in evolution is not proof of creationism. Thirdly they painted scientists who supported evolution that they start off their investigation by thinking "ok god doesn't exist, so how I can prove my hypothesis based on this?" When creationist scientists start off way, way more biased that other scientists.
Anyways. The point I am trying to make is that creationism and not teaching the Holocaust is just religious bullying. Both sides are not looking at evidence or using logical reasoning but instead they have their "faith blinders" on. Not teaching the Holocaust is worse than teaching creationism. Teaching creationism supports poor education, where as not teaching the Holocaust in this case is basically supporting their ostracism's.
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If you get a chance some time find an old set of encyclopedias dated before 1950. You'll find a huge difference between it and a modern encyclopedia. Christianity's influence on historical events has been omitted or only mentioned when it is seen in a bad light in the last half century..
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Not sure how this makes your point. How do I not know that Christianity shouldn't be painted in a bad light? Maybe because Christians are not writing these encyclopedias anymore is why they are not seen in good light. What are you getting at?