For the 2012 - 2013 school yr , thou of Louisiana students willreceive state - funded vouchersto attend private school , many of which holdreligious affiliations .
One of these schools — Eternity Christian Academy , in Westlake , Louisiana — utilizes theA.C.E. Curriculum Program , a Christian fundamentalistic course of study that teach students to “ see life from God ’s point of eyeshot . ” And unbeknownst to most theologians , scientist , and amateur monster hunters , the Lord ’s viewpoint apparently contain Scotland ’s favorite cryptid .
Herald Scotlandreports that a certain school text in the A.C.E. curriculum transcends received Creationist teachings and instead informs scholarly person that the Loch Ness Monster is proof positivistic that organic evolution never happened . ( And here I always assume Nessie wasThe Great Beastfrom the Book of Revelation . ) explain Herald Scotland :
One ACE textbook – biological science 1099 , Accelerated Christian Education Inc – reads : “ Are dinosaur animated today ? Scientists are becoming more convinced of their existence . Have you heard of the ‘ Loch Ness Monster ’ in Scotland ? ‘ Nessie ’ for short has been register on asdic from a small submarine , described by eyewitnesses , and photographed by others . Nessie is likely a plesiosaurus . ”
Another title taught is that a Japanese whaling gravy boat once becharm a dinosaur . It ’s ill-defined if the movie Godzilla was the inspiration for this deterrent example .
Jonny Scaramanga , 27 , who went through the ACE programme as a nestling , but now campaign against Christian fundamentalism , enounce the Nessie title was presented as “ grounds that evolution could n’t have happened . The reason for that is they ’re aver if Noah ’s flood only bump 4000 years ago , which they believe literally happened , then possibly a ocean monster survived .
And according toScaramanga , these biology Scripture were still in photographic print as of last month . Herald Scotland also quotes Cruise Loch Ness tour manipulator and Nessie aficionado Tony Drummond , who encourages A.C.E. students to comb the Loch scientifically :
“ They need to do and inquire the loch for themselves , ” says the 47 - year - old . “ We ’ve have some hi - tech equipment . They could come out on the boat and do a whole chunk of the loch .
“ We do get regular sonar contact which are pretty much unexplainable . More research has to be done , but it ’s not way along the realms of opening . ”
But he ’s not win over that the caption of the Loch Ness Monster is being teach the proper way of life . “ That ’s Christian propaganda , ” he says . “ And ridiculous . ”
If Scotland feel a touristry gravy because of Creationist text , it wo n’t be long before Washington State entrepreneurs get shill Bigfoot as a penis of the lose clan of Goliath . Is this the start of the Creationism - Cryptozoology Tourism Complex ? For more on the depressingly zany A.C.E. curriculum , see this recent piece of music on Salon .
ViaDangerous Mindsand a_blackpanther . Top ikon from the 1985 tour de forceBaby : mystery of the Lost Legend . sure enough , it was really aboutMokele - Mbembe , but only seven of you recall that damn movie . Bottom two exposure fromThe Loch Ness Horror , which has been keeping it real since 1981 .
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