I'm not proposing teaching anything Biblical in public education (i.e. oil and water). The better question is:
Why can't the evolutionist see/admit the problems in Darwin and evolutionary theory enough to actually debate them - instead of this whack-a-mole diatribe we see so often at FR?
1) All creationist arguments are pretty old and have been repeatedly and obviously refuted....the posted talk.origins link covers most of them.
2) Most creationists have such a rudimentary understanding of science it's actually impossible to have an actual scientific debate with them - evolution and biology are complicated and advanced subjects and it would be hard to debate someone who doesn't understand what an isotope is, the basics of anatomy. etc.
Any problems with the theory of evolution (and there are not as many as you think) are not an automatic plus for creationism or ID. No theory "wins by default." Until some ID researcher actually produces some POSITIVE evidence for his position then creationists do not have a dog in this hunt.
Funny, I haven't seen any supporter of evolution on FreeRepublic try to intimidate others into being quite simply because they don't agree with what they say.
However I have seen at least on ID/Creationist supporter try to get me to be quite by implying that I was a troll/disruptor.
I have also seen numerous ID supports 'quote mine' and refuse to acknowledge evidence when it is put in front of them.
It is fine to teach theories that do not support evolution as long as those theories are scientifically based. Mystical theories against eveolution have no place in the sceince class room.
Evolutionist are afraid if they don't stand firm on evolution, all science will be thrown away and a new dark ages - hundreds of years of ignorance - will rule.
They are afraid.
They are wrong.
Not accepting evolution doesn't imply the validity of any other theory. It's just says evolution's not the answer, nothing more, nothing less. God might or might not exist, intelligent design could be or could not be - but none of it becomes true by rejecting evolution. No need to postulate beyond necessity...