(June 5, 2012 at 5:22 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote:

(June 5, 2012 at 5:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote: So? If a lifeguard pulls you out of the ocean, and saves you from drowning, does that mean because you have superstitions you coddle and adapt the lifeguard's superstitions?

Creation myths have always existed. But this is a case of Korea look at us as inspiration to justify their own superstitions. (Moros Note -- positive assertion)

The disease of all of human history isn't about labels, it is the flaw of evolution in conformation bias. Get enough people to pat you on your back about any topic, a cliff is nearby for all to be yanked off of.

Show me where you discovered that South Korea has been inspired by the United States on this topic and elucidate on how. Be sure to illustrate the magnitude and importance that supports your claims.

I am most interested in this analysis.

Didn't you say that they had their own Creation myths?

Do you know why America supports Israel? And I do too, but not for the original intent of the nutbags who gave them a nation?

South Korea supports teaching "creationism" for the same reason America says "Christian Nation" which justifies Israel for claiming a "Jewish state". If you can find some other nut to pat you on the back you can justify your own nuttiness.

Jews look at our support and say "Hey they have a state, why cant we" and vice versa. Some Americans mostly on the right support a Jewish state because of what the bible says indicating that the end times will be caused by the prophecy of a "Jewish state"

What does this have to do with South Korea? Nothing, other than when humans get a motif in their head, misery loves company.

They simply look at us and see our superstitions and say we need to do that too because we are friends.

When you strip it out of the labels what you are dealing with is one culture looking up to another to justify it's own superstitions. America has superstitions too, so why cant we treat that equal to science ourselves.

I value an Israeli state, but not a Jewish state. I value South Korea because they don't have the dictatorships of China and North Korea, but they still have superstitions. Calling them out as to this being a bad idea doesn't make them bad. It is merely warning them hey "we've been through this shit and you don't want to go there yourselves"

And we are still to a great degree today in America, spending far too much time fighting the political god mongers. We don't need another country telling it's youth that biology is based on "whatever you pull out of your ass".

Yes, I did state that for South Korea, there are other Creation myths. Mainly because their population is mostly buddhist.

(June 5, 2012 at 6:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote: They simply look at us and see our superstitions and say we need to do that too because we are friends.

This is beyond condescending to any self-determined Korean.

Wow. Just wow.

I think there is a great deal of truth the notion that many Koreans are impressed by Christianity because Christianity is the religion of the country they are impressed by.

It is probably no coincidence that the part of South Korean population skeptical of too-close relationship with the US, and believe South Korea should embrace a balanced position between China, Japan and the US, and be open to the North Korea, tend to be mainly non-christians, where as the part of South Korean population who favors staunch hostility to North Korea, distance itself from China, and fully embrace US, particularly the conservative diplomacy and economic idiologies of the Bush years, tend to be overwhelmingly evangelical christian.

Evangelical christianity in Korea is also more openly virulent than is common in the US. Despite belonging to a minority religion(South Korea is still 70% Buddhist), South Korea's conservative christian, but democratically elected, president said in a nationality televised event that he believe Soeul - Korea's capital - was "God's city" and god will cause "all heathenish Buddhist temples in Soeul to tumble down".

(June 5, 2012 at 6:58 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Yes, I did state that for South Korea, there are other Creation myths. Mainly because their population is mostly buddhist.

(June 5, 2012 at 6:19 pm)Brian37 Wrote: They simply look at us and see our superstitions and say we need to do that too because we are friends.

This is beyond condescending to any self-determined Korean.

Wow. Just wow.

No, it is NOT at all. What makes you think if a Koren Buddhist presented me with their creation woo I wouldn't say "BULL SHIT". I love Sam Harris but if you have read any of his books he has a hard on for the superstition of Buddhism. I cheered at his book "Letter To a Christian Nation" .

Just because I like you doesn't mean I like every thing you say.

It is STUPID in any culture in EVERY country and pretend that one's own personal fantasy can be put in the same classroom as a science textbook. I love South Korea for their diversity and their western style open market, but that doesn't mean they should lower themselves to the crap I know exists here in America with our IDers and Creationists. I don't care if their myths are different.

If a culture gets to define itself always on personal taste then Burkas and 72 virgins are equal to sex education.

I'd rather have my children educated in South Korea than the backwards nation that is the United States.

Quote:South Korea supports teaching "creationism"

I just can't help but think that Rev. Moon has his dick up someone's hole on this.

(June 5, 2012 at 8:13 pm)Polaris Wrote: I'd rather have my children educated in South Korea than the backwards nation that is the United States.

Yeah! What kind of country teaches science and not fan death?

My myths are just as relevant as your facts!

(June 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm)Annik Wrote:

(June 5, 2012 at 8:13 pm)Polaris Wrote: I'd rather have my children educated in South Korea than the backwards nation that is the United States.

Yeah! What kind of country teaches science and not fan death?

My myths are just as relevant as your facts!

Except South Koreans are much more intelligent than Americans because of their rigid focus on education especially when it comes to the sciences. We all know America leads the world on alternative education theory as opposed to actually teaching. Both the religious and the secularists are to blame.

(June 7, 2012 at 1:34 pm)Polaris Wrote:

(June 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm)Annik Wrote: Yeah! What kind of country teaches science and not fan death?

My myths are just as relevant as your facts!

Except South Koreans are much more intelligent than Americans because of their rigid focus on education especially when it comes to the sciences. We all know America leads the world on alternative education theory. Both the religious and the secularists are to blame.

Their focus on science is such that their greatest scientist is a fraud and their nation was more indignant that the fraud was exposed than there was a fraud, because they would rather their nation's "science" look good than actually achieve anything scientific.

Seems they're following the example of countless American scientists who have changed the data and whose recommendations the Americans still follow to this day because well...they're Americans, they don't know any better. Even 3rd World nations have more effective primary education than the United States.