US: Christopher Columbus Was a Bad Guy

I wonder what those same schools were teaching about when man realized that the Earth is not the center of the universe around which everything else revolves?

I wonder what those same schools were teaching about when man realized that the Earth is not the center of the universe around which everything else revolves?

You've got that a little wrong. It's the United States that the Earth revolves around.

You've got that a little wrong. It's the United States that the Earth revolves around.

Geesh, Paul, have to agree with Gotta.  We don't call it the world, as in 'I'm being posted back to the world' for nufin. 

Take for example the fact that we're told Columbus's journey proved the earth was round...

I learnt that from Peabody's Improbable History! 

Wait a minute, the world isn't flat??  OMG!!!   

I learnt that from Peabody's Improbable History! 

Peabody's Improbable History is the best source! 

Wait a minute, the world isn't flat??  OMG!!!   

  shhhh. Get in here quick. You life is at risk now. We don't speak about that in public any more. We're developing a coalition with the Moon-Landing-Could-Never-Have-Happened folks and think we'll be strong enough to take over area 51 and be on the first flight outa here when our true founders return.

But then we see this distortion of the truth happening in much more modern times as well, and in some ways it's far more worrying when the historical truth is still relatively recent, still well within living memory of many people. 

True....Winston Churchill is another example. A great wartime leader but look at his peacetime actions, particularly sending armed troops to fire on striking miners.

I wonder what those same schools were teaching about when man realized that the Earth is not the center of the universe around which everything else revolves?

Uh, some places are still teaching that. They're called churches.

Uh, some places are still teaching that. They're called churches.

Uh, not my church.

Your church doesn't teach that humans are the ultimate creation of god in his image and in fact the whole point of creation?

Your church doesn't teach that humans are the ultimate creation of god in his image and in fact the whole point of creation?

My church teaches that humans are a creation of God in his image and are a part of creation, not the ultimate creation and not the whole point of creation. But, my church doesn't teach creationism either. I'm sure some churches do teach what you suggest, but it's only fair to point out that not all churches do.

My church teaches that humans are a creation of God in his image and are a part of creation, not the ultimate creation and not the whole point of creation. But, my church doesn't teach creationism either. I'm sure some churches do teach what you suggest, but it's only fair to point out that not all churches do.

The church I went to in high school taught evolution and the big bang.. even touched on string theory as all apart of God's design... it was quite awesome.

Pretty sure I didn't say all churches.

My church teaches that humans are a creation of God in his image and are a part of creation

That is creationism. Doesn't mean it's young-earth creationism, but it's still creationism. Some churches go with the 'evolution is true for all but humans, who were created', some go with '"microevolution" is true, but god created the major groups of animals and there is no common ancestor', some go with 'evolution is true, but humans were its purpose and god inserted the soul at some mysterious point', and some go with 'evolution is true, but god started it off and maybe helped it along at times with perhaps the ultimate goal of humans'. These are all varying degrees of creationism, with the latter two generally called 'theistic evolution' to be more polite.

I'll concede that astronomically speaking, very few people still teach/believe that the earth is at the centre of the universe, but metaphorically (or should that be metaphysically?) speaking it's still widely taught/believed that the earth is the centre of 'creation'.

My church teaches that the book of Genesis is a story that was written as a way to start the bible.

I think my main beef is that you're saying that churches teach that humans were the main purpose of either creationism or evolution and I honestly don't think my church ever taught us that.

And no, you didn't say all churches, but you didn't say some churches either.