 eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
 522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 4:38:42 PM
@Gerry1of1 What part of South Korea is like this? |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25563 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 10:49:24 AM
@ eddy666 - I've been there too and I'm sticking with what I said. You liked it, good for you. Mexico City and Puerto Villarta are nice, but you don't have to go too far to find squaller and people living without plumbing, water or electricity. Same thing in SK, in my view. |
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 cahalla
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
963 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 10:35:08 AM
Evolution is for the birds. I mean, different skin color is just a figment of our imaginations. |
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 LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 10:15:08 AM
Justahuman, just furthering what I said before because you really twisted my words and I want to clarify. If someone was simply religious, but accepted reality as we know it, even if it counters their religious texts, I'd be fine with it. If they didn't use their religious texts to harm others, I'd be fine with it. If they didn't discriminate against others with differing beliefs, I'd be fine with it. But that's usually not the case. You get parents teaching their kids that evolution is wrong, and that gay people are bad, and that atheists or people of differing religions are evil and shouldn't be trusted. This is what I'm not okay with, so that's why I don't like finding out that religions are growing in other countries. Doesn't mean I think it should be banned, but it's just disappointing, because people have a hard time separating their religion from everything else and it harms others overall. |
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LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 10:06:55 AM
"There are quite a few Koreans who are unhappy with their education system and envy the educational approach of the States."
There are quite a few Americans who are unhappy with their poor education system and envy the approach in other countries, too. And? There are many things I don't like about the Korean education system, but most of it's societal that I don't like, because the extreme amount of pressure on Korean kids often leads to suicide which is awful. But to imply that South Koreans are unintelligent with a poor education system, as chickiesue did, is dishonest. |
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LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 10:02:43 AM
Justahuman, freedom to believe what you want is fine, I never said they shouldn't have that. But considering growth in religion, or Christianity in this case, tends to coincide with reduction of intelligence (due to reality contradicting beliefs and thus parents wrongly teaching their children, which happens in the USA too way too frequently than it should) and often counters civil rights movements, I get disappointed when any country shows a rise in religious people. |
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 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
5252 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 8:49:50 AM
@Draculya: You're on to something. Besides, everyone who's anyone knows that Kim Jong-Il created evolution as a precursor to his invention of the hamburger. |
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 Draculya
Male, 30-39, Asia
6288 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 3:19:31 AM
They should let the secular north come and show them the way. |
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eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 12:10:18 AM
"I read about this elsewhere, and some were claiming this is an exaggeration. On the flip side, haven't the mouthbreathers down in Texas already done this?"
I don't know about Texas, but I live in the very, very deep south and evolution is taught in our public schools and has been for a while. You get parents and students who whine about it from time to time, but there's really nothing they can do about it. |
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eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 12:08:38 AM
@madest
It's not 200 times faster. Don't even pretend like you understand technology. The internet in South Korea isn't even really that much faster, it's just way more accessible. |
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eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 12:05:43 AM
@Gerry1of1 I've been to South Korea, and you're pretty damn wrong. |
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eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 12:05:03 AM
@LillianDulci Comparing America's education to South Korea's education is a tricky issue. The two have much different approaches. There are quite a few Koreans who are unhappy with their education system and envy the educational approach of the States. |
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eddy666
Male, 30-39, Southern US
522 Posts
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Monday, June 11, 2012 12:02:12 AM
@viscera_pink Probably because people who don't take Biology until the 12th grade are too dumb to understand evolution anyways. |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8712 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 10:16:27 PM
Asians are great at taking American ideas and exploiting them to the max. Why should creationism be any different? |
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 Kleion
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
87 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:38:42 PM
Well, at least they aren't NORTH Korea! :D
But seriously, this is total bull. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25563 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:56:01 PM
South Korea has a bunch of rice paddies, peasants, and oxen. 3rd world |
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 vstorm
Male, 30-39, Europe
160 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 5:33:52 PM
Respect for South Korea... fading... |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
6406 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:16:57 PM
Yeah Gerry1of1 South Korea has internet in remote areas 200times faster than yours. This is a country of gleaming high rises and futuristic technology. Really if you get the chance you should check it out. |
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 LordJim
Male, 50-59, Europe
2401 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:51:45 PM
I wouldn't want to take it away, but is it really 'an option of knowledge'? |
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Justahuman
Male, 18-29, Western US
109 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:09:21 PM
"I love South Korea in general but one thing I've always disliked about it is the growing Christianity :/ "
Yea people having the freedom to believe what they want bothers me too we should put a stop that >_> |
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Justahuman
Male, 18-29, Western US
109 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:02:16 PM
This is sad,It would be the same as a country that banned religion,if you take an option of knowledge away from people they cease to be free thinkers. |
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 ledzeppeloyd
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2184 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:52:20 PM
i do not want to live on this planet anymore |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:37:22 PM
It's official: stupidity has become a global pandemic.
which aims to delete the “error” of evolution from textbooks to “correct” students’ views of the world
Say now, Kim-Jong Il has been doing that in his country for a frikkin LIFETIME! |
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 Matwix_2004
Male, 18-29, Europe
2096 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:01:52 PM
Oh, and sorry about the apostrophe, i originally had another word there, but changed it and forgot to delete it. Was quite late here when I submitted it. |
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 BlankTom
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
6532 Posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:36:50 PM
yeah, i read an article about how S. Korea was banning evolution. Apparently, this girl was found to be born with exceptionally good hearing. So she was brought in front of the Devolution Comity and was officially "Devolved" |
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