Field Trip form...

[Rev. Rye]

This might fit on this subforum, since it is a permission form for a field trip to a natural history museum but then again, it might be on the religion subforum. If this needs to be moved, I understand, but for the time being, I'm posting it here.

This is something I got emailed a few months ago.


HOnestly, I hope, for the sake of my faith in humanity, that this is just a hoax, but I'm pretty sure that this is likely to be real.

Here's what the parent wrote on the bottom:

Just to let you know it is not that we don't believe in [struck out] in things like that it is Just misleading when you speak about it being billions of year old, when we all know that the world is only about 6000 years old, so why would I pay. So[crossed out] that you can miss lead my children , your world is just a revolving, our's has a start and an end. God created the world He created animals and man [crossed out] all in the same week. It was also Adam who named all the animals, they will do the [obey?] Rock and minerals, but it might not be five pages long, and not about billions of yearago,it'll be according to th, Bible

[sic for any and all spelling and grammatical errors.]
I am inclined to believe that this is a forgery. Not out of ignorance of Poe's law, though, but because the handwriting looks like a child wrote it.
Any thoughts?

[Autumnlicious]

It may as well have been a forgery, a poe, but it is not surprising that there definitely are fundamentalist parents who will not let their spawn go on a field trip to a natural history museum. As the Daniel Hauser case and other unfortunate events proved that fundamentalists are not above sacrificing their children to make a point.

I am slightly suspicious of this, as the stereotype of a fundamentalist in my mind is a rather stupid git lacking the ability to write even as eloquently as this one.

Then again, it does appear to be Answers in Genesis quality writing, so it probably is true.

[Dotard]

I know of many many many adults who's writing looks like a childs.

[Amphora]

Me thinks this is a hoax.

[Rhizomorph13]

I think it is real. It reminds me of my days in grade school when the children, whose parent's were Jehovah's Witness(JW) were not allowed to eat birthday cupcakes because the parents consider all celebrations a distraction from God. Boo fucking hiss! I also remember talking to a co-worker who was JW about that looney practice and he thought it was great! How the hell could anyone feel that removing their children from a situation that would normally be joyous or educational is anything except cruel!

Rhizo

[leo-rcc]

It really doesn't matter if it is a hoax or not. I am certain that even if some parents don't write it down that way, they certainly do share those exact sentiments.

[Samson]

I can tell you with 100% certainty that regardless if this letter is a hoax or not, here in the Bible belt every other parent would write something that ridiculous.

I believe it to be a real letter and would not put it past fundi parents to be so f'ing retarded... especially in the South (U.S.)

[Zhalentine]

It is interesting how quick people are to believe something is true when it agrees with their opinion. A lot of Christians and other religious people are quick to believe most of the stories people post online about miracles coming true such as http://www.positiveatheism.org/mail/eml9908.htm#HOAX and some atheists seem to be the same way with "anti-religious" stories.

I'm not trying to say that the people on this forum are quick to believe everything that agrees with their opinion; I'm just pointing out the interesting fact that people do it. Also, it is interesting that so far everyone has voted that they do not think this letter is a hoax

[leo-rcc]

Also, it is interesting that so far everyone has voted that they do not think this letter is a hoax

That is because the poll is a false dichotomy. I haven't voted, because my option "I don't know, I don't have sufficient information to vote." isn't on there. I am certain some fundies would think that way so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a hoax, but it might very well be.

[Samson]

Zhalentine... It's not that I don't agree with your statement...I had just posted on the "Religious" section of our forums about another Chain Mail regarding the U.S. Dollar Coin that has been circulating around..

In my own post above, I was stating that, "I Would not Put it Past" a letter such as that coming from idiots in my own area...

I've talked/debated with too many parents in my area, that believe the creation BS and have taken their children out of public schools because of it's teachings etc.

I've had my children's teachers state in their classrooms of a Young Earth Nature etc. etc.

So NO, I "Can" believe the letter is true, due to my own experience living in the Bible Belt/arm pit of the United States...(Louisiana)......