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"Teachers employed by a large group of Queensland Christian schools were told
to teach creationism in science classes, including that vegetarian baby
dinosaurs would have been taken aboard Noah’s Ark.
Last year, the Open Brethren organisation Christian Community Ministries (CCM)
hosted a Christian science conference by the US-based fundamentalist group
Answers in Genesis, which once built a replica of Noah’s Ark – with model
dinosaurs included.
Some Queensland science and humanities teachers working at CCM – which operates
15 schools around Australia – were told it was compulsory to attend the event.
The conference featured a presentation by the Answers in Genesis’ director of
research, Australian geologist Andrew Snelling.
Those present say Snelling told them the radiometric dating techniques used by
mainstream scientists to show fossils and rocks are millions of years old were
flawed. He said the Himalayas were formed by the “great flood”, and that
juvenile vegetarian dinosaurs had been on the ark.
Teachers say they were then encouraged to incorporate the material by Snelling
into their science and humanities lessons.
Those who raised concerns with
Guardian Australia made clear they did not
object to faith-based schools teaching religious doctrine; their concern was
that schools had a responsibility to educate children based on the curriculum.
Faith-based schools in Queensland are required to teach the approved syllabus."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
