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New Law Allowing Religion into Science Classrooms Is Dangerous for Everyone (www.scientificamerican.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had a similar upbringing, but was also guided to go to a Christian University and it took me much longer than it should have to realize that what I was taught about Science and "Evolution" were lies, and how much of the evidence for Creation/Intelligent Design was dubious.

And yeah, with as beneficial as deprograming myself has been for my own personal growth, it's not easy or fun - or how I expected to spend my 30s.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I hope it works for you and you find a good social network the way I was able to. The one silver lining I found is that now when I'm asked to believe something incredible I'm a lot more careful about finding out what is actually known. Even within academia what is promised or asserted is sometimes...speculative at best. I try to avoid being cynical, but still skeptical.