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zipplewrath

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7. At the very least influence

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 17, 2019, 03:21 PM

Jan 2019

It's probably what we'd call an unconscious bias, but it can influence everything from what literature they put in their courses to what areas of study and research they recommend.

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Bill would require Indiana public schools to teach creationism [View all] Mariana Jan 2019 OP

Yep, nothing to see here. Move along. Major Nikon Jan 2019 #1

Creationism, the belief that the Biblical story is literally correct, guillaumeb Jan 2019 #2

Stay in their lane zipplewrath Jan 2019 #3

I had science classes, and religious classes. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #4

RCC has pretty much "reformed" zipplewrath Jan 2019 #5

I am 67, so my expreience in RCC schools ended in 1974 guillaumeb Jan 2019 #6

At the very least influence zipplewrath Jan 2019 #7

Doesn't that make you a definer of what most Christians in the US should believe? Major Nikon Jan 2019 #9

No, it does not. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #10

I happen to agree with you Major Nikon Jan 2019 #11

Why are you asking the Major to prove something he didn't assert? Mariana Jan 2019 #12

"Doesn't that make you a definer of what most Christians in the US should believe?" guillaumeb Jan 2019 #13

Yeah, but those proselytizing atheists are just as bad, amirite??? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #8