• CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world
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    This is a great example of how conspiracy theories are: There are some bits that are quite true, but they are connected in such a weird and completely wrong way that you wonder how it even came to this.

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      That the problem with religions, they are not searching hypotheses to explain observed Phenomens, they search hypotheses to explain in what they believe, ignoring facts.

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    This is somehow more offensive to my brain than if they’d simply said “electricity is god”. The way they completely muddy the issue, making the reader not just misinformed but made to feel complacent, like there’s no correct information to be found, is way more grotesque. It shuts down the mind of the reader. It’s anti-education.

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      That is the sense of religion and because it is so used by goverments. Ignorant and submisive people are easier to dominate and manipulate.

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    Used to live across the street from a Freewill Baptist Church.

    Always curious about other beings mindsets, went and attended a service.

    Walked through the main door and felt the trope of crickets chirping. No one greeted me, said hello, welcome, nothing. I was stared at but never acknowledged.

    The service was strictly talking. No hyms or singing.

    The sermon told me they are creationists that believe “Singing and dancing lead to temptation”.

    Point is their “educational materials” were horrifying. Mostly just fear mongering and advising self segregation from reality.

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    Looking back when I was growing up I think the most nefarious thing about books like this is that printing gave a lot of implied legitimacy because it was expensive to print a book.

    Speaks to how much money these people had to miseducate people.

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      They have several tomes more, in the 4th Science there are total 3 formulas (Area, Volumen, Speed of light) but 32 Bibel quotes. No more needed to make America great again.

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    Electricity is the flow of electrons, (negative charge,) caused by one substance gaining electrons, and one substance losing electrons in a redox reaction. The thing that is oxidized loses electrons, and the substance that is reduced gains electrons. Oxidation is visible in nature via Rust. Water and oxygen gain electrons that are lost by the pure iron creating an iron oxide that is reddish brown. (Batteries have a + and - sign, hooking them up into a loop with a device creates the electricity that powers the device. Everyday batteries utilize zinc and a magnese oxide, but there are many other types of materials that are used in other types of batteries.) 25 years of this Christian faith homeschool bullshit; pretty clear why these dipshits voted trump.

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      It’s not needed to explain electricity here, but needed to ban the Bible and religious faith from science and academic books in the US, because the US has too much (weapon) power in the world to let it in the hands of stupid and ignorant creationist people. 50% of cientifics in the US are foreigners and with the Trump policy and cuts of supports, a lot of these are leaving the US (4.000 from the NASA)-

      https://www.thechristianmyth.com/creationist-nonsense/

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    Index Tome 5

    Meanwhile banned Books in Schools (Dangerous stuff)

    I’m understanding more and more how a stupid pedo_asshole can be voted as president by so much people.

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    Now, i usually don’t advocate for book burning, but this one is making a compelling case

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      slow down there bud. burning the book would release co2 to the atmosphere and only return ashes and heat.

      RECYCLING THE BOOK enables it to have a chance at being a better book, a book not fulla shit. a book someone should read. The tree that was cut down to make these ridiculous pages deserves better.

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      But send a few copies to foreign museums. So your descendants in about a 1000 years can study their history ✊😅

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    This is the stupidest shit I have heard in my life. Ever seen fucking sparks? Ever had to deal with static electricity? What do they mean they don’t know where electricity comes from? We have power plants and an entire grid to provide electricity. The ways to generate electricity is extremely well known and are common fucking knowledge… I mean I learned it as a kid from cartoons and video games.