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To: Scully
OK, I can pretty much agree with you about this. However, would it be teaching creationism as a science if the textbooks and teachers are neutral on the subject? I.e., going into the "scientific" reasons Creationists give for events a, b, and c.
467 posted on 08/29/2002 7:25:12 AM PDT by Conservative til I die
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To: Conservative til I die
However, would it be teaching creationism as a science if the textbooks and teachers are neutral on the subject? I.e., going into the "scientific" reasons Creationists give for events a, b, and c.

IFF Creationism could be presented as genuine science, I would agree to having it presented as such...but by the looks of these threads, that's going to be darned difficult to do. Until and unless Creationism applies the scientific method, I think it's better off left to parents, or simply presented as a novel idea outside testable (or verifiable) science.

BTW, I have NO doubt that parents who strenuously disagree with the theory of evolution, supplement their children's education at home. Thus, I'm not really certain what their complaint is. Parents can say whatever they like to their children, and in the circles I traveled in as a child and adolescent, I often heard parents tell their children to "give the teacher what he/she wanted" on exams, but that they "knew the real truth" from their parents and their churches.

495 posted on 08/29/2002 3:54:46 PM PDT by Scully
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