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As Daughter of Vana said (and she's completely right) at public schools Christian creationism isn't the only thing taught, and I believe some Jewish and Muslim groups have their own variety of creationism that still fits in there somewhere.
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Alright, if I now get what you’re talking about, as I think I do, I can say: I don’t know about Islam, but Judaism is totally based on creationsim. That’s what it goes on and on about. That’s what our Jewish Studies teacher spends hours beating into our heads. I don’t really know about Orthodox or that-other-part-have-clean-out-forgotten-what-it’s-called Jews (thought I know that Orthodox Jews are really strict about these things), but Reform Jews (what my school is) leave out many of the customs written out in the Bible, meaning they don’t do everything word-for-word the way it is written in the Torah, but the beliefs stay the same, and that is the big umbrella statement of the Jewish religion: “God created us, He is One.” I don’t really believe in this, but I’m just writing it up in case you guys don’t know. And how did we get onto this topic? Because sometimes topics like this lead to debates over religion (at least on other forums I've seen), and a topic like that would be instantly closed.
~Menelien
Edit: Looking over this post, I realize it looks slightly contemmpuous towards Judaism, and any practicing Jews out there, I'm telling you: that's not the way it's meant. Just making sure you know [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ May 06, 2003: Message edited by: GaladrieloftheOlden ]