Fw: Straight up, no chaser

[Matthew Cissell]

Perhaps this is somewhat germane regarding both this issue & the thread on agnosticism and belief.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-critical-thinkers-lose-faith-god

"...encouraging people to think analytically reduced their tendency to believe in God. " We should be quick to recogonise that some very astute and critical thinkers have maintained beliefs of some kind, Martin Buber and Karl Jaspers come to mind.

mc otis





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From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> 
Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Straight up, no chaser

I also saw this yesterday.  It's nice when they so clearly state what
they're really all about.

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> From the online platform of the Republican Party of Texas.
> We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values
> clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are
> simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning)
> which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the
> student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
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