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Science teachers from Queensland Open Brethren schools told to teach students about vegetarian dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's all too silly to actually engage with it, but I think Answers in Genesis are talking about carnivorous dinosaurs potentially becoming 'vegetarian' for the duration of their stay on the ark: https://answersingenesis.org/dinosaurs/humans/dinosaurs-ark-how-possible/

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago

Why the fuck do they even need to talk about (non-avian) dinosaurs at all? If the point they're trying to address is "how did meat eaters on the ark survive?" they could just as easily talk about lions, tigers, wolves, etc.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's such a stupidly adult concern too. Tell the kids they ate meatloaf. They're kids. They'll buy it.

Well ideally the person telling a science teacher to peddle religious doctrine should be stuffed into a cannon and fired at a brick wall, but as an intellectual exercise...

[-] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

And... if only there was a method that could be used to test how well that would have worked...

[-] teft@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Why wouldn’t they just say noah and his kids went fishing for food for the carnivores? It’s always funny when christians come up with weird answers when a more logical one is right there. Not that i think noah or his boat existed just that if i was on a boat with hungry meat eaters i’d probably go fishing.

[-] shads@lemy.lol 1 points 3 weeks ago

But the kids might ask questions:

  • How big was the one window on the ark?
  • Why put only a single door in the side?
  • Why would an all knowing god specify dimensions for an ark to take all the animals that in no way could facilitate even a fraction of the animals on Earth?
  • Why is the church so cool with children being raped?
  • Jesus seems pretty clear that being rich makes getting into heaven a tough pull, does Ken Ham want to go to hell?
  • In a universe ruled over by an all knowing, all good, and all powerful deity... Ken Ham, WTF?!?!?
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