Political Deactivism
Feb. 15th, 2006 08:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerI was astonished to hear on the radio this morning that some politicians are attempting to use the Dover decision on the teaching of Intelligent Design as an excuse to ban all attempts to introduce students to critical thinking. Because lack of critical thinking is exactly what leads to such things as the ID nonsense.
When you reduce the teaching of anything - science, history, politics - to unquestionable dogma it becomes religion. Which makes me wonder just which side these people are on.
Have no doubts; as a Christian I find the whole idea of ID deeply offensive, and as a critical thinker I find it nonsensical. To use it to justify the elimination of questioning in schools is doing the job of ID's proponents.
When you reduce the teaching of anything - science, history, politics - to unquestionable dogma it becomes religion. Which makes me wonder just which side these people are on.
Have no doubts; as a Christian I find the whole idea of ID deeply offensive, and as a critical thinker I find it nonsensical. To use it to justify the elimination of questioning in schools is doing the job of ID's proponents.
