[Liberal Classic]

There's nothing wrong with having faith in the Creator. On the contrary, I believe it is a Good Thing ®. I have no problem with prayer in school by students or teachers as personal statements of faith during commencement ceremonies or football games. (Though I consider sporting events to be trivial matters in the grand scheme of things, some people place great importance on them and believe them worthy of prayer.) Nor am I opposed to discussions of the merits of evolution versus creationism in philosophy class, or in english class, or on the debate team. However, in science class, the dominant scientific theory is what should be taught. From a practical standpoint, there isn't enough time to teach alternative theories and minority viewpoints for every scientific field. From an educational standpoint, the dominant theory is what students will be exposed to in college. If public schools want to prepare their students to go on to higher education, science curricula must be taught with this in mind.

[Tax-chick]

From a practical standpoint, there isn't enough time to teach alternative theories and minority viewpoints for every scientific field. From an educational standpoint, the dominant theory is what students will be exposed to in college. If public schools want to prepare their students to go on to higher education, science curricula must be taught with this in mind.

That's a thoughtful point, and I think I pretty much agree with your practical reasoning. (I'm hedging because my kids are all yelling and my brain is foggy, not because of any obvious fault in your reasoning :-).

I would reach roughly the same conclusing by saying, if you send your children to the government's schools, you get the government's agenda in all subjects.

p.s. I agree with you about the sports :-).

[Frank Sheed]

---However, in science class, the dominant scientific theory is what should be taught. From a practical standpoint, there isn't enough time to teach alternative theories and minority viewpoints for every scientific field.---

So let me get this straight. It is okay to reject 2,000 years of Christian history and 6,000 years of Jewish history before that, but a theory of 150 years duration should take precedence. That would appear to be your argument. We would all have believed in "bleeding people" or applying leeches to cure them as rational until disease was traced to microbes. Now which position is rational and which is insane?

Frank

I DO believe in evolution. I completely reject Darwinism, a neo-relgious belief of the Enlightenment.