And this is a school run by evil Pearson who controls all the textbooks, so that’s a bit of a comfort even as America’s educational standards slip down the tubes.

  • @Sterile_Technique
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    ‘Last Thursdayism’ is the key to ending the squabble on evolution vs creation.

    Sure, Earth is a thousand years old or some shit; but you see, god is super sneaky, and made billions+ year long backstory for his fresh creation, so on day 1 the earth has topsoil, fossils, oil, critters in all stages of life including old cranky ones that still remember their childhood (which never took place, you see - that was pre-existence, but to the individual critter, pre and post creation of everything are indistinguishable.

    Boom. Evolution is now compatible with creationism, we can stop bashing heads over that one now.

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      614 hours ago

      god is super sneaky, and made billions+ year long backstory for his fresh creation,

      Now I can’t get this mental image of God sitting there with a typewriter writing incredibly detailed Earth fanfics long before he actually made anything.

      • @Test_Tickles
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        Not the Christian God, he just filled out a DND character sheet. Under the character info he wrote “Looks old as fuck, but is actually really young”. And then in a different color pencil, kind of squeezed in sideways along the edge with an arrow that points back to the original sentence in a second line, “Full of random shit that could only be there if actually super super old!”

        He will then use that sentence to explain away why he always seems to “know” something that could only be known if he was truly ancient.

        Edit: Chatgpt was actually able to make an image I asked for without telling me it violated its rules, and at the same time looking something like what I asked for, what a miracle…

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        112 hours ago

        It would be easier just to set the rules and let everything play out. It’s a shame he wasn’t smart enough to think of that one.