Ohio House passes bill allowing student answers to be scientifically wrong

[Taaj Manzoor]

Ohio House passes bill allowing student answers to be scientifically wrong due to religion


by WKRC Staff
Thursday, November 14th 2019
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Ohio lawmakers are weighing in on how public schools can teach things like evolution. (WKRC)



COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) - Ohio lawmakers are weighing in on how public schools can teach things like evolution.

The Ohio House on Wednesday passed the "Student Religious Liberties Act." Under the law, students can't be penalized if their work is scientifically wrong as long as the reasoning is because of their religious beliefs.

Instead, students are graded on substance and relevance.

Every Republican in the House supported the bill. It now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate.


https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-...ue-to-religion

[JimRaynor]

I believe in evolution to one degree or another, but arguing that we all evolved from a single celled organism dating back billions of years ago is as good as a religious belief because despite all of our best evidence, something like that is utterly impossible to prove at this date and time and requires just as much faith as a religion.

[JJRod]

I believe in evolution to one degree or another, but arguing that we all evolved from a single celled organism dating back billions of years ago is as good as a religious belief because despite all of our best evidence, something like that is utterly impossible to prove at this date and time and requires just as much faith as a religion.

Do you thing scientist determined that we evolved from a single cell organized by guessing we did?

If not how do you think scientists arrived at their conclusion?

[JimRaynor]

Do you thing scientist determined that we evolved from a single cell organized by guessing we did?

It wasn't a guess that they pulled out of their ass, obviously it was based on best available evidence, but its still far far and I mean far from proven, it takes faith to believe that just as much as it does the creation story.

[JJRod]

It wasn't a guess that they pulled out of their ass, obviously it was based on best available evidence, but its still far far and I mean far from proven, it takes faith to believe that just as much as it does the creation story.

Well somethings are impossible to ever 100% prove. But we use evidence, data and rates of probability to infer things. Nothing to do with faith.

[JimRaynor]

Well somethings are impossible to ever 100% prove. But we use evidence, data and rates of probability to infer things. Nothing to do with faith.

Anything that isnt 100% proven requires faith to believe.

[JJRod]

Anything that isnt 100% proven requires faith to believe.

So we need faith in every murder trial?
Because we rarely have the perpetrator committing murder on camera to prove 100% without a doubt he’s guilty. But using evidence including DNA (which only gives rates of probability) we can determine guilt to a certain degree. Not 100%.

Now if all evidence in a crime scene, including rates of probability by DNA point to one man, I don’t think people need faith to know that man is guilty.

[JimRaynor]

So we need faith in every murder trial?
Because we rarely have the perpetrator committing murder on camera to prove 100% without a doubt he’s guilty. But using evidence including DNA (which only gives rates of probability) we can determine guilt to a certain degree. Not 100%.

Now if all evidence in a crime scene, including rates of probability by DNA point to one man, I don’t think people need faith to know that man is guilty.

Yes 100% you need faith in a murder trial where there isn't 100% conclusive evidence. If it was just good enough to convict someone based on what you said you wouldn't have people wrongly convicted now would you.

[JJRod]

Yes 100% you need faith in a murder trial where there isn't 100% conclusive evidence. If it was just good enough to convict someone based on what you said you wouldn't have people wrongly convicted now would you.

There is almost never 100% conclusive evidence. For that jury’s would have to have video evidence of the murder taking place.

[JimRaynor]

There is almost never 100% conclusive evidence. For that jury’s would have to have video evidence of the murder taking place.

Yeah, and thats why the overwhelming amount of decisions are made based on faith that they're right about their conclusions.