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#1424495
Clarker
I bet your kid was called Einstein too, just to make this little story more powerful.
7/17/2012 5:34:49 AM
#1424496
Gawd
Er, sounds a little "made up".
7/17/2012 5:35:08 AM
#1424499
Doubting Thomas
No, he had to leave the room because he didn't want to burst into laughter in front of the student.
Where in the theory of evolution does it deny that Jesus is Lord?
7/17/2012 5:37:39 AM
#1424500
cdcdrr
"if we evolved from monkeys, how come we can't talk with monkeys?"
Cause monkeys don't talk. They communicate on a more primitive level than humans, who have developed a vocal language to replace such archiac grunts and squeals. Also, humans evolved from apes, not monkeys. There is a difference. And furthermore, the christian school I went to does not have a problem with subjects that contradict a literal interpretation of the bible (or gay teachers, as an aside note) because they don't see why science and mythology should clash violently like piggish ignorance and ivory tower intellectuality.
7/17/2012 5:38:04 AM
#1424501
Rubber chicken
The teacher went red in the face and left the room because they are a good teacher and know that you cannot bitchslap children no matter how much they need it.
7/17/2012 5:40:39 AM
#1424511
It's quite common for children to make up stories like that for the benefit of their parents. They want you to be proud of them and they know how strongly you feel about such issues, so they create a scenario that will get them the response they desire. Clearly your kid got such a response based on your multiple over the top happy smilie faces. So I would suspect that's what happened as the story seems unlikely - Your son repeated a very common misconception that can easily be explained by any but the most ignorant. While the Christian science teacher may not know what he's talking about and just reading from a basic text, (which, btw, isn't reason to jump for joy as it doesn't make your position any less wrong, it just means you're sending your kid to a horrible school) it's more likely that the story just isn't true.
7/17/2012 5:53:17 AM
#1424514
Big Jilm
First of all, you can learn about something and not believe in it -in fact, it's rather healthy.
For example, in Economics, we were taught all the various schools of thought...and not told which ones to believe.
Same goes for religion: I remember learning about Ancient Greek, Roman, and Native American religions in Social Studies. I was totally corrupted!
I'm sure the strawman bullshit version of Evolution you've taught to your future burger-flipping child has already been thoroughly trashed so I won't bother.
7/17/2012 5:55:59 AM
#1424524
louislois
The three gay little smileys at the end just brought it all home. They're ignorant and proud of it.
7/17/2012 6:04:43 AM
#1424526
D Laurier
Lying for Jayzus.
There is no way a highschool biology teacher was teaching kids the theory of evolution.
Highschool biology barely touches on the basics of evolution.
If OND's son did ask such a boneheaded question, the teacher would have burst out laughing.
7/17/2012 6:08:11 AM
#1424527
Reynardine
If our ancestors immigrated from Germany, France, Ireland, Russia, or Poland, how come we can't speak German, French, Erse Gaelic, Russian, or Polish without being specially taught?
7/17/2012 6:08:17 AM
#1424531
Anon-e-moose
"if we evolved from monkeys, how come we can't talk with monkeys?" My son said that his teacher's face turned red with embarrassment, and he had to excuse himself from the room!"
Further proof this is just a 'story' (as stated right from the start; subconscious honesty, or what?!). If the above scenario had actually come to pass, then said teacher would have probably answered 'Washoe the chimpanzee. Whose own sign-language skills were so advanced, she even taught such to her own offspring.'
That, and Kanzi the Bonobo completely annihilates whatever these Raptards 'believe'. And that's before I mention Kitzmiller vs. Dover.
7/17/2012 6:13:16 AM
#1424534
John_in_Oz
Coolest story since "The dog ate my homework".
7/17/2012 6:15:45 AM
#1424535
Rabbit of Caerbannog
"My son said that his teacher's face turned red with embarrassment, and he had to excuse himself from the room!"
He's probably embarrassed that he couldn't get through to your dolt of a child.
7/17/2012 6:17:13 AM
#1424537
Brendan Rizzo
It is quite simple. Language is a derived characteristic. In other words, only humans have it. But exploiting your son's ignorance when he had a genuine question that could be easily answered is shameful.
7/17/2012 6:17:42 AM
#1424542
navelgazer
Only a Fundie could take admission of failure and claim a victory.
7/17/2012 6:20:22 AM
#1424543
Paler_Face
Everyone who as read the Discworld series knows that humans and apes (do not use the M-word) can communicate just fine.
The ape expression of 'ook' communicates ideas perfectly depending on the context 'ook' is used in.
Also, humans actually say very little, we just like to use lots of words to say very little.
7/17/2012 6:21:05 AM
#1424573
dionysus
That teacher is probably embarrassed that one of his students could be that stupid as to think that Dr. Doolittle was a documentary about evolution. And every time the teacher looks at your son it only reminds him that some kids are impossible to teach because of how dumb their parents have made them. I'll show you how easy it is to debunk this BS:
if we evolved from monkeys, how come we can't talk with monkeys?
If you share an ancestry with Europeans why can't you speak ancient Greek?
7/17/2012 6:42:24 AM
#1424578
rebel
I'd be embarrassed by that amount of stupidity too. Though, that teacher sounds more merciful than mine would have been.
7/17/2012 6:48:46 AM
#1424583
Horsefeathers
"After class was over, my son came up to the teacher and asked him, 'if we evolved from monkeys, how come we can't talk with monkeys?'"
Your son is an idiot. We evolved from--and still are--apes, not monkeys.
"My son said that his teacher's face turned red with embarrassment, and he had to excuse himself from the room!"
Probably to avoid telling your son he's a fucking moron.
"The teacher hasn't talked to my son since, he's still embarrassed that a high school student destroyed his theory!"
He's embarrassed for your kid; he wasn't embarrassed by your kid. There's a subtle difference there.
7/17/2012 6:53:13 AM
#1424592
FTR...
If you came from the garden of Eden, how come you can't speak "snake"?
7/17/2012 7:05:10 AM
#1424598
TheReasonator
If we came out of Africa why can't we all speak Swahili?
7/17/2012 7:14:40 AM
#1424604
Thinking Allowed
It's not that OND's son "destroyed" the theory of evolution, but that the teacher was thinking "God how stupid is this kid?"
7/17/2012 7:20:18 AM
#1424609
Ook ook , *waves banana* ook oook
I have just disproved your sons idea.
Perhaps if he had paid more attention in class ?
7/17/2012 7:29:09 AM
#1424628
John
"if we evolved from monkeys, how come we can't talk with monkeys?"
We didn't evolve from monkeys; humans and monkeys evolved from a common ancestor which was neither a modern human nor a modern monkey. The kid's question was like asking "if Portuguese and Romanian evolved from Latin, how come Portuguese can't all speak Romanian?"
His face probably turned red with annoyance and he left the room because he didn't want to waste time getting into a debate with some little fundamentalist fool who obviously doesn't know spit about evolution and wasn't listening in class.
7/17/2012 8:00:02 AM
#1424629
Flah
Everything I was going to write here was pretty much said by Titania in the first post.
I would like to add that OND's boy used a variation one of the oldest and weakest arguments out there.
Also... Koko the gorilla.
7/17/2012 8:05:05 AM
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