Comments on: Matthew LaClair’s Speech: “You Belong In Hell”

By: DanDare

DanDare — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:18 +0000

mover wrote “And.. Evolution does not explain how nonliving material, just chemical compounds, became alive. How did that single celled protozoa make that magic happen? How did it learn to reproduce? How did it learn to survive by altering its genes? When did it get genes? Darwin and his followers do say, nor do they even address it, that I’ve found.”

Life from non-life is called abiogenesis, and has nothing to do with evolution by natural selection, which is about changes in existing species.

Darwin did not know about genes. They were a later discovery.

Watch this vid for a scientific answer to your questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QYDdgP9eg

By: Separation Anxiety « Tungtide

Separation Anxiety « Tungtide — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:55:55 +0000

[...] story of Matthew LaClair is one of disappointment, courage, hope, and despair. Details can be found here (Via Friendly Atheist). In summary, Matthew had an 11th grade history teacher using the classroom [...]

By: Friendly Atheist » Violations of Church and School

Friendly Atheist » Violations of Church and School — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:00:30 +0000

[...] Not everyone knows that those things are wrong, students and teachers included. And unfortunately, not every person who does know these things are illegal is as courageous as Matthew LaClair. [...]

By: Friendly Atheist » Violations of Church and School

Friendly Atheist » Violations of Church and School — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:00:30 +0000

By: Friendly Atheist » Never Question a Nun

Friendly Atheist » Never Question a Nun — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:00:56 +0000

[...] I thought Catholics were better with all the evolution stuff, but I wouldn’t be shocked if this type of scenario played out at some religious schools. We’ve already seen unfortunate interactions in public schools between students and religious teachers. [...]

By: Friendly Atheist » Jesus Glasses

Friendly Atheist » Jesus Glasses — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:29:47 +0000

[...] a couple parallels with Matthew LaClair’s case — Matthew is the high school student who had a few run-ins with a fundamentalist Christian teacher who preached his personal religious views in class. Like [...]

By: Friendly Atheist » Matthew LaClair’s Op-Ed in the LA Times

Friendly Atheist » Matthew LaClair’s Op-Ed in the LA Times — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:58:42 +0000

[...] LaClair is the high school student who made headlines when he recorded his (public) high school history teacher preaching fundamental Christianity in [...]

By: Mover

Mover — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:24:33 +0000

“Evolution is a fact; it’s been observed. Repeatedly. New species do appear from time to time.”

OK, but, “observed facts” do not work when speaking of evolution. There no observed facts to use prior to the keeping of scientific records. The theory of evolution goes a lot further back than the records of observed facts. Each year, scientists find new facts that they observe in their research.

New species aren’t “new”. They are just new to the scientific community. They’ve been there all along.

And.. Evolution does not explain how nonliving material, just chemical compounds, became alive. How did that single celled protozoa make that magic happen? How did it learn to reproduce? How did it learn to survive by altering its genes? When did it get genes? Darwin and his followers do say, nor do they even address it, that I’ve found.

If you, or anyone know where this science can be found, please let me know. Thanks

By: Bob Carroll

Bob Carroll — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:29:10 +0000

Evolution is a fact; it’s been observed. Repeatedly. New species do appear from time to time. The theory of evolution, that is, the explanations provided to account for the observed facts, are not proved or provable. We can establish, however, explanations which are supported by the observed facts, and in S. J. Gould’s phrase, it would be perverse to to reject well established explanations which are supported by the facts.

By: Mover

Mover — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:26:32 +0000

It is terrible for a community just ten miles west of Manhattan in the 21st century not to understand that evolution is a proven fact.”"

This quote reveals 2 disturbing trains of thought..

1. He seems to believe the Manhattan is the center of human knowledge.

An obvious error, and…

2. That “evolution is a proven fact.”

FYI: It’s still just a theory.

This guy, his parents, and the ACLU, lamed out by not making and following through with a demand that the teacher be fired. The teacher’s attempts to pound his vision of his religion into his students completely unacceptable, no matter your belief, or lack there of, in God, or Darwin, for that matter.