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let them develop their own opinions. Sorry creationists, but you have zero evidence :/

Clearly you've never taken a serious look at the evidence for Creation.

Have for years. I beg you to please share any evidence that you can with me. If you can prove evolution wrong and creation correct, you are more than deserving of a Nobel prize. I want to be proven wrong. That's how we progress.

Follow up. I'm working into a series of questions on the topic.

They are all closed

I haven't posted them yet. I've been researching the topic further lately.

Yes, I do study a lot actually.

But communism and socialism should be taught alongside capitalism. Those are all workable economic systems and parts of each appear in our society today.

This. Claiming that creationism should be taught alongside evolution is absurd. "Because some people believe in it" isn't an argument for teaching it in school. Being currently-accepted scientific theory totally is. Myths aren't that, accepted or no.

I agree pseudo science is absurd and that the some people believe in it therefore idea is bunk. But, enough people seem to feel the second idea is valid that I felt the need to ask this

Communism and socialism have never worked on a large scale. Ever. They failed in Russia, North Korea, Cuba, and all of Eastern Europe.

That's also true. Communism has failed.
And despite that, creationism is still utter bunk and pseudo science.

What failed in those countries was not communism. Communism does not mean steal a large majority of your country's wealth to fund over militarization.

Now, those were the only attempts to reach communism through socialism. They all failed miserably.

Problem today is the math professors are teaching communism and socialism.

Socialism and communism are always identified as alternative economic thought and not passed off as something they are not, like a form of mathematics. Therefore I don't think the analogy works. And, yes, they should be taught in public school.

Thought provoking question.

I agree that they are alternative economic thought and that creationism and ID belong in a coma price religion class, not science class. From what I've seen, advocates for creationism and ID want them brought up as valid alternatives because some

People believe them. I don't think they're valid, but if we let x in because only teaching y might offend someone's religious beliefs even if there is no scientific evidence, where do we draw the line? I agree that communism and socialism are, and

Should, be described as alternative economics. The main issue isn't do much whether or not communism is workable but, if we let x in, why not y? Or z? Or €?

You include any economic theory. You include NO pseudo-science

I agree there

Cool

I've definitely seen communism and socialism taught in Econ and history textbooks, but never as valid concepts, ie "just as capitalism works, so can communism or socialism" or something like that. I've seen communism is x capitalism y

No economic theory should be promoted in the curriculum. Only taught as fact. If a country "fails" the teach might ask why students think it failed and if they identify the economic system then so be it...

...but the teacher should not use that as an argument to promote the variant of capitalism active in the USA.

Personally, I agree with that.

I have taken ECON classes where the professor taught the pros and cons of each economic theory along with the cold hard facts about what each one means, but never so much of a, "I like this theory because..." deal.

Jonny-to be fair, college rods and high school teachers are different animals

Profs not rods

He, he...some of them are rods

Do you agree that public schools should should offer an elective that teaches theocracy? For all major religions.

Theocracy? Or theology? I have nothing against an elective like a comparative religions class so long as it remains an elective and isn't mandated to be taken.

Theocracy along with theology, but yes it shouldn't be a required course, unless it's a private school.

A comparative religions or theology elective? Sure if the school had the funds for it. Theocracy class? I'm not so sure teaching a class on how to create a government based on religion, that officially recognizes ONE religion and deity (or set of

Deities) as official and valid, and governed by officials pursuant to only a certain religion or seen as the leaders of said religion is a good idea.

As equally valid to capitalism, or brought up that they are also economic theories that exist?

as equally valid, we had a test each week on all types of economies

High school? Or college? I know my textbook at least was basically communism is x. Socialism is y. Capitalism is z. X and y are not workable. Z is and here are several hindered pages on why

They were taught as in depth as capitalism, we were taught they don't work, but we were taught the motives and economic strategies behind them