[MikeGranby]

> Evolution sounds like faith instead of science.

That's a bit strong, but on the margins of cosmology, we are certainly getting into untestable theories that are created ex post facto to explain ever more detailed observations of the universe. Quite where one crosses the line into the realm of faith is far from clear.

I am also troubled by the fact that asserting that there is no God is apparently considered a non-religious statement and thus capable of being taught in schools, but that the refutation of this statement, or even the ackknowledgement of the arguments in that direction, are beyond the pale.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

That's a bit strong, but on the margins of cosmology, we are certainly getting into untestable theories that are created ex post facto to explain ever more detailed observations of the universe.

Especially now since the facts are still running ahead of the theories.

[Ichneumon]

I am also troubled by the fact that asserting that there is no God is apparently considered a non-religious statement and thus capable of being taught in schools

Where did you get that impression? I know of no schools that actually teach "there is no God" (there are some things that some touch people have *mistaken* for such a curriculum, but that's a different issue), and if there were I'd think they could be successfully sued on the same kind of grounds as the Dover school.