A Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One
August 7, 2012 1:51 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: Man, a post about set theory would be awesome and a post that was actually like a substantial, researched look at the story behind A Beka's specific argument against set theory would be maybe worth doing too, but this blog post is just kind of splitting the difference in away that seems like a setup for a thread full of unfocused GRAR. -- cortex
Can't they just reject the axiom of choice and be done with it? Of course, this makes certain parts of linear algebra an affront to God, but I am actually completely ok with that idea.
posted by Hactar at 1:59 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Hactar at 1:59 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
∃ Stupidity.
posted by kmz at 2:02 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by kmz at 2:02 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh man, I learned math from A Beka and this is gonna be awesome. I don't think they objected to set theory back then, although I'll admit I didn't read even the assignments that closely, let alone the introduction.
posted by DU at 2:04 PM on August 7, 2012
posted by DU at 2:04 PM on August 7, 2012
Oh wow, A Beka is the publishing arm of Pensacola Christian College, home of "eye babies".
posted by kmz at 2:07 PM on August 7, 2012
posted by kmz at 2:07 PM on August 7, 2012
dogemperor is a great source for learning about dominionists and the anti-intellectual bullshit they're trying to foist on the world around them. Here's what he had to say about Christian fundamentalists and the A Beka curriculum back in 2005.
Of course this is not at all surprising to anyone who has been paying close attention: Christian fundamentalists are in favor of education that supports their worldview, rather than that which challenges and informs it. Further (required) reading: Charlie Pierce's book, Idiot America. I did an FPP on it a couple of years ago, that included the lengthy essay from 2005 in Esquire it was based on.
posted by zarq at 2:07 PM on August 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
Of course this is not at all surprising to anyone who has been paying close attention: Christian fundamentalists are in favor of education that supports their worldview, rather than that which challenges and informs it. Further (required) reading: Charlie Pierce's book, Idiot America. I did an FPP on it a couple of years ago, that included the lengthy essay from 2005 in Esquire it was based on.
posted by zarq at 2:07 PM on August 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
I thought it was going to be because that Venn diagram looked vaguely like a butt pooping.
posted by dunkadunc at 2:08 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by dunkadunc at 2:08 PM on August 7, 2012 [1 favorite]
The thing about teaching that Nessie is real in order to beef up claims about humans and dinosaurs coexisting is one thing, and it makes sense to me (also: I got previously'd!), but the set theory thing seems waaaaay out there. The rationale given in the Boing Boing article makes sense, given what I know about the fundamentalist worldview (read: not much), but it still seems so completely insane that I can't really wrap my head around it, despite having read the article.
posted by asnider at 2:09 PM on August 7, 2012
posted by asnider at 2:09 PM on August 7, 2012
How is this surprising? There are Christian fundamentalists who have taken their school districts to court for teaching critical thinking!
posted by anotherpanacea at 2:09 PM on August 7, 2012
posted by anotherpanacea at 2:09 PM on August 7, 2012
PRIME NUMBERS ARE AGAINST THE ONE GOD, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE PRIME.
posted by T.D. Strange at 2:10 PM on August 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by T.D. Strange at 2:10 PM on August 7, 2012 [2 favorites]
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