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I'm getting sick and tired of dinosaurs being forced on our children

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CADministry · 06/02/2015 19:48

I'm really concerned about dinosaurs, and I think something needs to be done. The science behind them is pretty flimsy, and I for one do not want my children being taught lies. Did you know that nobody had even heard of dinosaurs before the 1800s, when they were invented by curio-hungry Victorians?

Charles Darwin's later theory of evolution entirely disproved dinosaurs, yet the dinosaur lie was twisted and adapted to try to make it fit. Any proper look at the facts will reveal that dinosaurs simply never existed.

Aside from the educational aspect, dinosaurs are a very bad example for children. At my children's school, several children were left in tears after one of their classmates (who had evidently been exposed to dinosaurs), became bestially-minded and ran around the classroom roaring and pretending to be a dinosaur. Then he bit three children on the face. One poor girl has been left with a severely dented nose and the whole class was left traumatised by this horrible display.

Nothing about dinosaurs is suitable for children, from their total lack of family values through to their non-existence from any serious scientific point of view.

Recently my sister foolishly gave my two youngest some dinosaurs toys for Christmas. After telling her to get out of my house I burnt the dinosaurs. My children were delighted because they know that dinosaurs are evil. I am fortunate that my family has been very supportive, and has disowned my children's former aunt.

Please, do what you can to get dinosaurs taken off the curriculum. Our school has been recently presented with a 214-signature petition, and following that and our recent protest the headmaster has said that he will take it the governors. We are lucky that he is so sympathetic to our cause, but I fear that others may not be.

If you would like to lend your support to our campaign, we have a Facebook group where we spread facts and research about the dinosaur myth. Hope to see you there! :-)

www.facebook.com/groups/nonexistingdinosaur/

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NormHonal · 06/02/2015 20:41

Can we get the Dino-deniers back for regular Friday night guest-threads? Pretty please?

Awesome thread. Instant classic.

OublietteBravo · 06/02/2015 20:41

Cars don't run on unicorn shit? So that's why DH gets upset with me when the little gauge thingy points to zero.

ThreeQuartersEmpty · 06/02/2015 20:41

Derek cracking pictures!

ProudNorfolk · 06/02/2015 20:42

Im sorry, but I find some of your comments offensive. This is a real issue for many Christians. The people here that are mocking are not being at all supportive.

ChristWalk2009 · 06/02/2015 20:42

Really? this group bans people based on their religious beliefs? I did not expect this to be such an ignorant, prejudice group. Newsflash, you CANT silence God!

Dr. Carla Siemens

SaggyAndLucy · 06/02/2015 20:42

I've been there. They really are that batshit crazy. In fact this one is quite tame compared to some of the others!

Honeydragon · 06/02/2015 20:42

This reminds me, I never did get my Micro Mammoth Sad

SolidGoldBrass · 06/02/2015 20:42

Every now and then I find myself thinking that Christians are not fucking moronic by definition. And then someone like the OP of this thread comes along to remind me that religious belief rots the brain comprehensively.

EatShitDerek · 06/02/2015 20:42

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GnomeDePlume · 06/02/2015 20:43

BuffyBotRebooted it seems that the rules of dinosaur naming are that whichever name got there first wins and it seems that the Apatosaur got there first - basically the same dinosaur got found in different places.

Can you tell that my DS's favourite books were all about dinosaurs?

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:43

I never knew that about brontosaraus.

Poor thing.

McFox · 06/02/2015 20:43

God has been pretty silent for a long time, it's why it's so hard to believe he exists!

BoreOfWhabylon · 06/02/2015 20:44

Oh dear.

IonaMumsnet has wielded the banhammer.

She is going straight to hell for that isn't she? Sad

SaggyAndLucy · 06/02/2015 20:44

IonaMumsnet you missed one! ^^

TerryTheGreenHorse · 06/02/2015 20:44

Banning God from mumsnet, a bold move.

Honeydragon · 06/02/2015 20:44

Welcome to Mumsnet ProudNorfolk, did you enter the normal way of through Iona's special revolving door?

Notrevealingmyidentity · 06/02/2015 20:45

I'm quite happy to mock someone who is actually that fucking stupid.

But I happen to believe this is trolling. No one can be that thick and manage to get out of bed in the morning.

EatShitDerek · 06/02/2015 20:45

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PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 06/02/2015 20:45

My parents are Christian. They believe in dinosaurs. It is definitely a fringe issue.

Baddz · 06/02/2015 20:45

Used to be in a Friday night you couldn't move for bumsex and penis beaker threads round here.
Now it's all the dinosaur deniers and Christians.

Things ain't wot they used to be....

OublietteBravo · 06/02/2015 20:46

I mourn the loss of the brontosaurus. Thunder lizard is such a cool name.

UrchinMadeOfAcne · 06/02/2015 20:46

Best. Thread. Ever.

NormHonal · 06/02/2015 20:46

Apatosaurus = brontosaurus?

Really?

[lightbulb]

Ok, I learned something. Good work MN!

Baddz · 06/02/2015 20:46

God is not a mumsnetter.
He belongs to the other place Hun.

GoofyIsACow · 06/02/2015 20:46

Get yer coat OP...

Massive Grin at Jesus riding a dinosaur!

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