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		<title>Comment on Kindle the Book Fires by Dave</title>
		<link>http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/kindle-the-book-fires/#comment-2194</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I think it&#039;s a mistake for libraries to throw out their old books, and I don&#039;t want used bookstores to go away. I also don&#039;t think e-books or e-readers are advanced enough yet to replace all the print books that they should. However, I foresee printed books eventually taking the position that computers held 25 years ago: primarily of interest to geeky eccentrics and high-end collectors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I think it&#8217;s a mistake for libraries to throw out their old books, and I don&#8217;t want used bookstores to go away. I also don&#8217;t think e-books or e-readers are advanced enough yet to replace all the print books that they should. However, I foresee printed books eventually taking the position that computers held 25 years ago: primarily of interest to geeky eccentrics and high-end collectors.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Importance of Public School Socialization by Dave</title>
		<link>http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-importance-of-public-school-socialization/#comment-2193</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Although I am a strong proponent of homeschooling, and my own daughter would also be severely disadvantaged if she were in public school, I have decided on a moderate stance with respect to public schooling.

I would advocate its utility for the purpose of daycare for the working poor and for neglected or abandoned children, provided it operated strictly on local authority. My interactions with public school teachers have convinced me that this is the only purpose they can honestly justify, as this is primarily what they are doing already. 

My interactions with college instructors have convinced me that there is no justification for the claims of academic excellence in public schools; high achievement is always due to extraordinary initiative on the part of an individual teacher, the student, or the parents. 

The socialization argument is plainly ridiculous, yet it is extremely common. Its prevalence is a sign of the widespread despair about the persistent failures in public schooling, a tacit admission that &quot;education&quot; in the public system is a waste of time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although I am a strong proponent of homeschooling, and my own daughter would also be severely disadvantaged if she were in public school, I have decided on a moderate stance with respect to public schooling.</p>
<p>I would advocate its utility for the purpose of daycare for the working poor and for neglected or abandoned children, provided it operated strictly on local authority. My interactions with public school teachers have convinced me that this is the only purpose they can honestly justify, as this is primarily what they are doing already. </p>
<p>My interactions with college instructors have convinced me that there is no justification for the claims of academic excellence in public schools; high achievement is always due to extraordinary initiative on the part of an individual teacher, the student, or the parents. </p>
<p>The socialization argument is plainly ridiculous, yet it is extremely common. Its prevalence is a sign of the widespread despair about the persistent failures in public schooling, a tacit admission that &#8220;education&#8221; in the public system is a waste of time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Kindle the Book Fires by Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve got a Kindle and I love it. Every time I pick up a regular book I feel like a neanderthal. And ebook prices are going to drop way low. It&#039;s already happening. I mean, can you beat spending $9 on a brand new Stephen King novel? Or even .99 on a lesser-known author? 

That being said, I love going to the bookstore or a library. Nothing beats just being able to randomly peruse through dozens of books.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve got a Kindle and I love it. Every time I pick up a regular book I feel like a neanderthal. And ebook prices are going to drop way low. It&#8217;s already happening. I mean, can you beat spending $9 on a brand new Stephen King novel? Or even .99 on a lesser-known author? </p>
<p>That being said, I love going to the bookstore or a library. Nothing beats just being able to randomly peruse through dozens of books.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Importance of Public School Socialization by Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ACK! How did I miss this one? I was homeschooled from beginning to end. Let me tell you something, I socialize better as an adult than most of my peers. Who did I socialize with when I was younger? Mostly other adults. And then when I was around people my own age, all I could think of was immature they were and went to look for an adult to have a serious conversation with. The sad thing is, this went on well into my 20&#039;s. That is, sad for the idiot 20 year olds I&#039;d be around, not for me.

Because my parents homeschooled me I was never subjected to peer pressure, never caught up having to be &quot;cool&quot;, hardly ever got sick, and I ended up being reasonably more intelligent then most of my co-workers. Seriously, I had to explain the difference between Sadism and Satanism to a woman who had 10 years and six kids on me.

I&#039;m also dyslexic. If I had been in public school I would have been held back and doped up. 

There is no excuse that validates public schools. They&#039;re a bad idea and need to be shut down. The last people that should be responsible for educating and taking care of our children are the government.

Plus, I hate school buses sooooooo much. Yellow monsters we called them when I was growing up. All they did was eat up kids and then spit them out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ACK! How did I miss this one? I was homeschooled from beginning to end. Let me tell you something, I socialize better as an adult than most of my peers. Who did I socialize with when I was younger? Mostly other adults. And then when I was around people my own age, all I could think of was immature they were and went to look for an adult to have a serious conversation with. The sad thing is, this went on well into my 20&#8217;s. That is, sad for the idiot 20 year olds I&#8217;d be around, not for me.</p>
<p>Because my parents homeschooled me I was never subjected to peer pressure, never caught up having to be &#8220;cool&#8221;, hardly ever got sick, and I ended up being reasonably more intelligent then most of my co-workers. Seriously, I had to explain the difference between Sadism and Satanism to a woman who had 10 years and six kids on me.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also dyslexic. If I had been in public school I would have been held back and doped up. </p>
<p>There is no excuse that validates public schools. They&#8217;re a bad idea and need to be shut down. The last people that should be responsible for educating and taking care of our children are the government.</p>
<p>Plus, I hate school buses sooooooo much. Yellow monsters we called them when I was growing up. All they did was eat up kids and then spit them out.</p>
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		<title>Comment on If Biologists Believed in Evolution . . . Maybe They Could Fly by Dave</title>
		<link>http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/if-biologists-believed-in-evolution-maybe-they-could-fly/#comment-2190</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, John, here is a book you would probably enjoy, if you have not already see it. Windchy is apparently an evolutionist who rejects Darwinian theory. 

The End of Darwinism
by Eugene G. Windchy
http://theendofdarwinism.com/

&lt;blockquote&gt;A series of famous biologists have appeared to support Darwin’s explanation for biological change while not actually believing in it. Even Thomas Huxley. “Darwin’s bulldog,” privately rejected Darwin’s principles of gradual transformation and survival of the fittest. But Huxley needed the money he could make writing on a controversial topic, and he had a grudge against the church. Huxley boasted that, against the church, evolution was his “Whitworth gun,” an advanced firearm of the time.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, John, here is a book you would probably enjoy, if you have not already see it. Windchy is apparently an evolutionist who rejects Darwinian theory. </p>
<p>The End of Darwinism<br />
by Eugene G. Windchy<br />
<a href="http://theendofdarwinism.com/" rel="nofollow">http://theendofdarwinism.com/</a></p>
<blockquote><p>A series of famous biologists have appeared to support Darwin’s explanation for biological change while not actually believing in it. Even Thomas Huxley. “Darwin’s bulldog,” privately rejected Darwin’s principles of gradual transformation and survival of the fittest. But Huxley needed the money he could make writing on a controversial topic, and he had a grudge against the church. Huxley boasted that, against the church, evolution was his “Whitworth gun,” an advanced firearm of the time.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Comment on If Biologists Believed in Evolution . . . Maybe They Could Fly by Dave</title>
		<link>http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/if-biologists-believed-in-evolution-maybe-they-could-fly/#comment-2189</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I don&#039;t understand is why publicly they blame everything on the creationist conspiracy to destroy science and liberal education, and then privately they admit that lots of scientists and liberal educators think of Darwinian evolution as &quot;just-so stories.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I don&#8217;t understand is why publicly they blame everything on the creationist conspiracy to destroy science and liberal education, and then privately they admit that lots of scientists and liberal educators think of Darwinian evolution as &#8220;just-so stories.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Comment on If Biologists Believed in Evolution . . . Maybe They Could Fly by John A. Davison</title>
		<link>http://sophronismos.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/if-biologists-believed-in-evolution-maybe-they-could-fly/#comment-2188</link>
		<dc:creator>John A. Davison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The notion of organic evolution never played a significant role in biochemistry, biophysics, medicine or any other aspect of scientific inquiry. Even Linnaeus taxonomy which is sound as a dollar does not depend on the notion of evolution for its validity. Furthermore there is absolutely nothing in any of these fields that can ever be reconciled with Darwinian gradualism. 

Soren Lovtrup called Darwinism a &quot;deceit.&quot; It is much more than that. It is the most enduring hoax in  the history of science, a rigid mindset, immune to reason and reality, initiated, promoted and perpetuated by six generations of congenital atheists, not one of whom ever contributed a scintilla to the only aspect of phylogeny that has ever been in question - the mechanism by which it took (past tense)place. There is not a single word in Darwin&#039;s opus minimus that has anything whatsoever to do with its title - not a word!

http://www.jadavison.wordpress.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The notion of organic evolution never played a significant role in biochemistry, biophysics, medicine or any other aspect of scientific inquiry. Even Linnaeus taxonomy which is sound as a dollar does not depend on the notion of evolution for its validity. Furthermore there is absolutely nothing in any of these fields that can ever be reconciled with Darwinian gradualism. </p>
<p>Soren Lovtrup called Darwinism a &#8220;deceit.&#8221; It is much more than that. It is the most enduring hoax in  the history of science, a rigid mindset, immune to reason and reality, initiated, promoted and perpetuated by six generations of congenital atheists, not one of whom ever contributed a scintilla to the only aspect of phylogeny that has ever been in question &#8211; the mechanism by which it took (past tense)place. There is not a single word in Darwin&#8217;s opus minimus that has anything whatsoever to do with its title &#8211; not a word!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bow Down by If Biologists Believed in Evolution . . . Maybe They Could Fly &#171; Brainbiter</title>
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		<dc:creator>If Biologists Believed in Evolution . . . Maybe They Could Fly &#171; Brainbiter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] my, it&#8217;s a celebration of evolutionary themes! Who knew that the observance  of Darwin&#8217;s birthday could lead to such exciting cultural [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] my, it&#8217;s a celebration of evolutionary themes! Who knew that the observance  of Darwin&#8217;s birthday could lead to such exciting cultural [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on One Nation Under Which God? by akaGaGa</title>
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		<dc:creator>akaGaGa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;that leads inevitably to dilution of doctrine.&lt;/em&gt;

There are very few left in this country that think doctrine matters.  Tolerance and inclusiveness are the current games, so just ignore your Bible and form an alliance with whoever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>that leads inevitably to dilution of doctrine.</em></p>
<p>There are very few left in this country that think doctrine matters.  Tolerance and inclusiveness are the current games, so just ignore your Bible and form an alliance with whoever.</p>
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		<dc:creator>One Nation Under Which God? &#171; Brainbiter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Roman Catholics are moving even closer together, mostly due to their common political positions (Why Politics Matters). Likewise, there is evidence of evangelical Protestants and Mormons moving closer together: [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Roman Catholics are moving even closer together, mostly due to their common political positions (Why Politics Matters). Likewise, there is evidence of evangelical Protestants and Mormons moving closer together: [...]</p>
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