spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) (04/16/84)
Let me simply quote without comment a letter that appeared in an
Atlanta newspaper a few years ago when the state legislature was
considering a scientific creationism bill:
An angel appeared to me in a dream and said, "Mary, two and two is
five." I believe this was a sign from God.
I have a problem, though. In school, they teach only one theory of
two-plus-twoism, and that is "two plus two equals four." I believe
that this is not fair to people whose religion requires them to believe
that two plus two equals five. We have to explain to our children that
what they learn in math class goes against God's word as She has
revealed it to us.
Therefore, I am making an appeal to the Georgia legislature to pass a
law that requires that they teach both theories of two-plus-twoism.
Whenever the teacher says that two plus two equals four, she must also
say that two plus two equals five. Of course, she would have the
option not to mention two plus two at all.
Mary G. Dabbs
--
Off the Wall of Gene Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!spafrjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob]) (04/17/84)
The flaw in the slaw is that the teaching of uniform
arithmetical concepts is an A Priori agreed upon idea
in the society where you live that is necessary for
day to day operations. If I have my checking account
at Bozo Bank and Trust Co. up in Shakerag, Ga. and I
keep track of my money with 2 + 2 = 5, well there's
going to be a problem. However, whether I believe I
came from slime or my origins are divine will have no
practical effect on me or the teller when I stand at
his/her window to cash my check.
Bob Brown {...clyde!akgua!rjb}
AT&T Technologies, Inc.............. Norcross, Ga
(404) 447-3784 ... Cornet 583-3784chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon C. Noll) (04/24/84)
when you reply to this, article, please dont include net.math in your list of newsgroups. net.math is not the place for such discussions. chongo <there is a group(s) where is should have gone> /\../\