11/24/2023 0 Comments Diogenes with his lampYou don’t define “controversy”, you don’t present evidence that Hedin or any other teacher at BSU was “teaching the controversy” by that definition, or explain why “controversies” by your definition ought to be taught. However, you do use ID catchphrases such as “Teach the Controversy” which are not just agitprop slogans for every pseudoscience, they’re also poorly thought out and unevidenced. It’s possible I read into them more than I should have, for that I apologize. However, I did not quote you out of context I just deconstructed your sentences. On re-reading your words, it’s possible I misinterpreted some of your points. You’re referring, I assume, to a comment I wrote at Sensuous Curmudgeon here. Email me if you want more context so you can better understand what’s actually happening on this campus, since it interests you. There is a distinct difference between teaching religion as fact and teaching it in its proper context as part of Western culture, and I was defending the right of faculty members to discuss religion in this way without having to be afraid they would be accused of teaching it as fact. My article came directly on the heels of that particular development, not in defense of the professor who taught this science class. That makes history, literature, sociology and religion courses awfully difficult to teach. The issue at Ball State started out as a debate about whether religion should be taught in a science classroom (of course it shouldn’t), but the reaction of the school’s leadership was censor any mention of religion in any classroom. I’m an extremely liberal atheist, but I think hiding the influence of religion is willful ignorance, and if students aren’t told about the impact its had, they’ll be missing a huge piece of the puzzle when trying to understand the formation of Western culture. Hey, you lambasted an article I wrote with absolutely no context as to what I was actually talking about.
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