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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy South Korea (and the US) Use Amusement Parks to Push Creationism
from Religious Dispatches magazine:
Why South Korea (and the US) Use Amusement Parks to Push Creationism
Post by Andrew Aghapour
Two recent events portray creationism debates in very different settings. First, Nature reports that a creationist organization in South Korea has successfully campaigned to remove references to evolution from high-school textbooks. The Society for Textbook Revise (STR) petitioned South Koreas Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to make these revisions, and ministry allegedly deferred judgment to textbook publishers who yielded to the demands.
The petition was just one in a series of public campaigns by the creationist movement in South Korea. In 2008, for example, the Korea Association for Creation Research created an exhibition at a popular South Korean amusement park which, they claim, attracted more than 116,000 visitors in three months. More recently, the STR began an effort to publically contest evolutionary theory by highlighting scientific discord over the lineage of particular species, such as Archaeopteryx. Nature noted that this is indicative of a larger trend:
In a 2009 survey conducted for the South Korean documentary The Era of God and Darwin, almost one-third of the respondents didnt believe in evolution. Of those, 41% said that there was insufficient scientific evidence to support it; 39% said that it contradicted their religious beliefs; and 17% did not understand the theory.
Interestingly, a recent survey of trainee teachers indicates that 40% of South Korean biology teachers agreed with the statement that much of the scientific community doubts if evolution occurs. ................(more)
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Why South Korea (and the US) Use Amusement Parks to Push Creationism (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2012
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Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)1. Oh good, we're dumbing down the rest of the world, too.
cali
(114,904 posts)4. uh, what? Christianity seems to what's dumbing down SK.
drm604
(16,230 posts)2. "40% of South Korean biology teachers agreed with the statement..."
"that much of the scientific community doubts if evolution occurs."
That's a startling figure, if it's correct. I could be mistaken, but I don't think it's anywhere near that high in the US.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)6. Sounds like a fabricated FOX "statistic" - face it, all of the "statistics" on FOX are fabricated.
Facts don't matter.
cali
(114,904 posts)3. How has the U.S. pushed Creationist Amusement Parks, as your OP title line claims?
marmar
(77,090 posts)5. It's the headline on the story.....You'll have to consult the author?
I suspect he's referring to the creationist theme park planned in TN or KY (I forget which state)
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)7. Google Creation Amusement Park + Kentucky
Taxpayers footed the bill for that.
cali
(114,904 posts)8. yeah, but that's a state tax break not federal.