[js1138]

Selecting the most favored 5% or most plausible 5% or top 2% of the foundational beliefs of the main constituencies in a culture is not that horrible, by a long shot.

Would you mind translating that into English? Listing some specifics would help.

I have not problem with teaching a history of science course in public schools, but within a science class, there really isn't much time to wallow in Galileo's troubles, or the burning of Bruno.

[Quix]

A 5-7 or even 7-12 paragraph presentation of this culture's major alternative explanation vis a vis biological creation in any relevant text book is not something most balanced people should lose any sleep over even if they violently disagree with that perspective.

IF TToE is all THAT superior--it will survive quite well on it's own, anyway.

All the dust and pontificating about it is soooooooo INQUISITIONAL and for mostly very straw dog sorts of reasons.

The opposition to such is EMOTIONAL and not scientific at foundational levels.