Mormons and Creationism

[Foster Zygote]

I had a really good psych teacher in high school who was a member of the LDS. I'm almost certain he was convinced of the validity of evolutionary theory, but that was a long time ago.

Steven

 

[joobz]

I had a really good psych teacher in high school who was a member of the LDS. I'm almost certain he was convinced of the validity of evolutionary theory, but that was a long time ago.

Steven

Was he LDS? wow, I didn't know that.

Mormons can actually be quite educated on a number of topics. However they are often very naive on many more.

I couldn't get your link to work.

That's true about anyone. I knew a baptist undergrad who worked in a lab I was in. Highly skilled in polymer research, we got on the subject of world politics and discovered
1.) Isreal belongs to the Jews cause it's in the Bible
2.) The world is 5000 years old
3.) Radioactive decay is variable

No, Mormons go to the doctor. Infact, they like to think that all technology is of God. Unfortunately, they also commonly accept all the quack medicine as well. I suppose when your brain is full of garbage, you will accept any reasonably harmless seeming garbage that comes along.

Yup, They do have their Mystical Magical Mormon Underwear.

 

[money]

I had a really good psych teacher in high school who was a member of the LDS. I'm almost certain he was convinced of the validity of evolutionary theory, but that was a long time ago.

Steven

Well, I'm guessing the people who teach Biology at BYU are mormon...

Come to think of it, my Biology/physics teacher was LDS at my high school.

 

[Foster Zygote]

Was he LDS? wow, I didn't know that.

Yeah, he mentioned it once in passing. He never brought it up in any academic setting. In fact I'm almost certain that I have a memory of him discussing evolution. If so, then I remember it because I was still a creationist at the time.

Steve

 

[This Guy]

Mormons can actually be quite educated on a number of topics. However they are often very naive on many more.

I couldn't get your link to work.

I had a Mormon as Dept. Head once. I still consider him to be one of the most intelligent people I've ever known personally.

He was a Doctor of Physiology. Basically created and developed the Medical Information System for the company I worked for. He knew just about anything you could want to know about automobile engines, and even rebuilt them for fun. Could hold a decent conversation on any topic I could come up with.

As smart as he was, he was never smug. Never made you feel like an idiot, though I'm sure he had ample opportunities, in my case anyway.

And he never mentioned religion. Don't even remember how I found out he was Mormon.