They're already teaching one such story as if it were fact (evolution). Might as well put the other theory on the table, too.
Nope. Evolution is a scientific theory, the other is not. Pretty simple really.
> They're already teaching one such story as if it were fact (evolution). Might as well put the other theory on the table, too.
Which "the other theory?"
1) The Raelians: Aliens put us here
2) Scientologists: Aliens put us here (sorta, I think...)
3) The Hindus: Ummmm....
4) The Nation of Islam: White People were Intelligently Designed by a mad scientist
5) The Great Green Arkleseizure: The universe was sneezed out his nose.
6) Communists: Lamarkian selection
7) Spiritualists: We're degraded forms from the Golden Age
8) Christians: Poofism
There seem to be a LOT of "theories" to rate alongside Creationism. Of course, only Natural Selection fits the standards of science, being verifiable, disprovable and observable, while all the rest are faith-based handwaving, but hey... so long as we're gonna teach one form of Creationism, why not teach them all?
What can you possibly be afraid of?
You are more than welcome to, should you come up with one. You'll have to aexclude Creationism and it's lab-coat cousin ID, as THEY ARE NOT THEORIES.
They can never, EVER be tested. Period. Therefore, they cannot be theories.
What about the Norse mythology creation story? How about Islamic creation? What about Vedic creation? What about Last Thursdayism? What about the theory that the Great Green Arkleseizure sneezed the universe out? Should we give "equal time" to all of these (and many other possibilities) or should we stick with the scientific theory in science class?
Ofcourse you realize this is the buggest bunch of az weep ays on the FR.